mare

Examples

• All

• My dad had a favorite horse, a big bay mare named Rhythm.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Dail reached high, grabbed both sides of the mare's bridle, and pulled her head down.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I want you to help me buy a mare.

  Dream Horse (2021)

• It would be better for the mare's health to run free.

  The Last Duel (2021)

• He'd paid good money for the mare, and didn't want to lose her.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I thought of her lying there and straining, and I remembered the mare foaling Thursday night.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Two of those horses were mares named Sunday Slippers and Sandy Fork.

• The pied gelding was restless, the brown mare impatient to begin the day's journey.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Colleen steadied herself and reached for the mare's bridle as the steed galloped closer.

  Fiction book (1992)

• I want you to help me buy a mare for my new riding program.

Synonyms

H

horse

vsmare

∞ 1.0

A large four-legged animal kept by people for riding, work, or racing

is specifically an adult female of that species rather than any sex

M

mount

vsmare

14 4.9

A horse kept and used for riding

is an adult female animal rather than defined by riding use

Antonyms

S

stallion

61 3.2

An adult male horse kept for breeding

Compounds

F

flying mare

• Jargon

9.9

A wrestling move that throws an opponent over your shoulder with a quick twist

M

mare clausum

• Formal

9.9

A sea or ocean that one country controls and keeps other countries out

M

mare liberum

• Formal

9.9

A large area of sea that ships from any country can use freely

M

mare nostrum

• Archaic

9.9

The Mediterranean Sea the ancient Romans called theirs

M

mare nostrum

9.9

An Italian naval rescue operation to save migrants at sea

T

three-legged mare

• Offensive

9.9

Something like a plan that is weak or badly made and hard to use

S

shank's mare

• Archaic

9.9

To go somewhere on foot

S

shanks' mare

• Archaic

9.9

Walking instead of using a car or bus

S

stud mare

• Specialized

7.5

A female horse kept for breeding

How Fertile

stud mare

• Specialized

7.5

mare

54 1.4

filly

56 7.0

Surface Forms

Etymology