hart

Examples

• All

• During the wildlife tour, we were thrilled to spot a hart grazing peacefully in the meadow.

• They were hunting a white hart.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The hart darted frantically through the forest, kicking up clods of moist earth.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The hart was a magnificent creature, with antlers of burnished gold and a milk-white coat that seemed to gather up all the light of the wood.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The hart paused to listen for any signs of danger in the silent forest.

• As the sun set, the majestic hart emerged from the thicket, its antlers silhouetted against the orange sky.

Synonyms

D

deer

vshart

330 1.0

A wild animal with hooves and antlers that lives in forests and fields

is specific to adult males rather than the whole species

S

stag

vshart

18 1.0

An adult male deer with antlers

is narrower and often refers to adult male red deer

H

hert

vshart

• Archaic

9.9

An old word for a male deer, especially a red deer

is the current term used especially for adult male red deer

Surface Forms

Etymology