yare

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See also: Yare and y'are

English

Alternative forms

  • yar (for the nautical sense)

Etymology

From Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare), from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (ready), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (to grab, take, rake). Cognate with Dutch gaar (done, well-cooked), German gar (done, well-cooked; wholly, at all), Icelandic görr, gerr (perfect).

Pronunciation

Adjective

yare (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)

  1. (archaic) Ready; prepared.
  2. (UK dialectal) Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
  3. Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
  4. (nautical, of a ship) Easily manageable and answering readily to the helm; yar.
    • (Can we date this quote by Sir Walter Raleigh and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.

Derived terms

Translations

Adverb

yare (comparative more yare, superlative most yare)

  1. (archaic) Yarely.
    • c. 1610-11 William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene i[2]:
      Hey, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to th'Master's whistle. []

Anagrams


Japanese

Romanization

yare

  1. Rōmaji transcription of やれ

Novial

Noun

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  1. year

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Noun

yare

  1. gravel