mare Meaning & Definition
What Does Mare Mean?
Mare is a noun that means An adult female horse. It is also used to mean A foolish woman.
Mare: Key Facts
| Part of speech | noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | //mɛə// |
| Syllables | 1 |
| Synonyms | female horse, maria and incubus |
| Plural | mares |
Mare Definition (Noun)
- An adult female horse.
- A foolish woman.
Noun
- A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit (likely a folkloric interpretation of sleep paralysis).
- A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.
I'm having a complete mare today.
Noun
- A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon.
- On Saturn's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
Kraken Mare (a lake of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan which is slightly larger than the Caspian Sea)
Noun
- Obsolete form of mayor.
- Obsolete form of mair.
Noun
- A type of evil spirit formerly thought to sit on the chest of a sleeping person; also, the feeling of suffocation felt during sleep, attributed to such a spirit.
Noun
- A demon or monster, thought to plague people while they slept and cause a feeling of suffocation and terror during sleep.
- Sleep paralysis.
- A very bad or frightening dream.
I had a nightmare that I tried to run but could neither move nor breathe.
- Any bad, miserable, difficult or terrifying situation or experience that arouses anxiety, terror, agony or great displeasure.
Cleaning up after identity theft can be a nightmare of phone calls and letters.
Noun
- A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea.
- On Saturn's moon Titan, a large expanse of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.
Synonyms of Mare
Mare synonyms and antonyms →Antonyms of Mare
No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.
Mare in a Sentence
I'm having a complete mare today.
Kraken Mare (a lake of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan which is slightly larger than the Caspian Sea)
I had a nightmare that I tried to run but could neither move nor breathe.
Cleaning up after identity theft can be a nightmare of phone calls and letters.
Word Forms & Grammar
mare (plural mares)
mare (plural maria)
Words That Rhyme With Mare
Origin of Mare
Origin 1: From Middle English mare, meare, meir, mer, mere, meyre, mure, from Old English mīere (“female horse, mare”), from Proto-West Germanic *marhijā, from Proto-Germanic *marhijō (“female horse”), from *marhaz (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-European *márkos (“horse”).
Origin 2: Inherited from Middle English mare, from Old English mare (“nightmare, monster”), from Proto-West Germanic *marā, from Proto-Germanic *marǭ (“nightmare, incubus”), from Proto-Indo-European *mor- (“feminine evil spirit”). Doublet of mara.
Origin 3: After becoming obsolete in its original usage, the term was recreated in modern colloquial speech as a clipping of the derived term nightmare.
Origin 4: Borrowed from Latin mare (“sea”), from Proto-Italic *mari, from Proto-Indo-European *móri, possibly from *mer-. Doublet of maar and mere (“a body of standing water”).
How Do You Say Mare?
Mare is pronounced //mɛə// and has 1 syllable.
Common Questions About Mare
What part of speech is mare?
Mare is a noun.
What is another word for mare?
Close synonyms of mare are female horse, maria and incubus. See the full list of mare synonyms and antonyms.
What is the plural of mare?
The plural of mare is mares.