'Mare' definitions:
Definition of 'mare'
(from WordNet)
noun
Female equine animal [syn: mare, female horse]
noun
A dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon [syn: mare, maria]
Definition of 'Mare'
From: GCIDE
- Mare \Mare\, n. [AS. mara incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. mara; cf. Pol. mora, Bohem. m[*u]ra.] (Med.) Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare. [1913 Webster]
- I will ride thee o' nights like the mare. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Mare'
From: GCIDE
- Mare \Mare\ (m[^a]r), n. [OE. mere, AS. mere, myre, fem of AS. mearh horse, akin to D. merrie mare, G. m[aum]hre, OHG. marah horse, meriha mare, Icel. marr horse, OCelt. marka (Pausan.
- 19, 19,4), Ir. marc, W. march. Cf. Marshal.] The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'mare'
From: GCIDE
- maria \maria\ n. pl.
- 1. (Astron.) Plural form of mare, a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. (Bot.) A valuable timber tree of Panama.
- Syn: Calophyllum longifolium. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'mare'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alkali flat,
- alluvial plain,
- basin,
- biddy,
- bitch,
- bossy,
- bottomland,
- brood mare,
- bushveld,
- campo,
- champaign,
- champaign country,
- charger,
- coastal plain,
- colt,
- courser,
- cow,
- critter,
- delta,
- desert,
- dobbin,
- doe,
- down,
- downs,
- entire,
- entire horse,
- equine,
- ewe,
- ewe lamb,
- fell,
- filly,
- flat,
- flat country,
- flatland,
- flats,
- foal,
- gelding,
- grass veld,
- grassland,
- guinea hen,
- gyp,
- heath,
- heifer,
- hen,
- hind,
- horse,
- Houyhnhnm,
- jenny,
- lande,
- level,
- lioness,
- llano,
- lowland,
- lowlands,
- lunar mare,
- mesa,
- mesilla,
- moor,
- moorland,
- mount,
- nag,
- nanny,
- nanny goat,
- open country,
- pampa,
- pampas,
- Partlet,
- peahen,
- peneplain,
- plain,
- plains,
- plateau,
- playa,
- prairie,
- prancer,
- roe,
- salt flat,
- salt marsh,
- salt pan,
- savanna,
- sebkha,
- she-bear,
- she-goat,
- she-lion,
- slut,
- sow,
- stallion,
- steed,
- steppe,
- stud,
- studhorse,
- table,
- tableland,
- tarpan,
- tigress,
- top horse,
- tree veld,
- tundra,
- upland,
- vega,
- veld,
- vixen,
- war-horse,
- weald,
- wide-open spaces,
- wild horse,
- wold