Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Agile; lively.
- adjective Nautical Responding easily; maneuverable. Used of a vessel.
- adjective Archaic Ready; prepared.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Briskly; dexterously; yarely.
- Ready; prepared.
- Prompt; active; brisk; sprightly.
- Easily wrought; answering quickly to the helm; manageable; swift: said of a ship.
- See
yar .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Ready; dexterous; eager; lively; quick to move.
- adverb obsolete Soon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective archaic
Ready ;prepared . - adjective
Ready ,alert ,prepared ,prompt . - adjective
Eager ,keen ,lively ,handy ;agile ,nimble . - adjective nautical, of a ship Easily
manageable and answering readily to thehelm ;yar .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A little background study into the word "fear," the Hebrew word yare, will reveal that it means, "to be afraid" [and] "to stand in awe" (
Apprising Ministries 2009
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However, there is another aspect of this word yare as in "to be afraid" of.
Apprising Ministries 2009
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Hit them first you already know the yare going to opose it.
Trippi: GOP trying to turn Obama into another Jimmy Carter 2009
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The yare also looking for tools and strategies that might improve their own digital surveillance.
Repressing the Internet, Western-Style Evgeny Morozov 2011
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Borumoter first took his gage at lil lolly lavvander waader since when capriole legs covets limbs of a crane and was it the twylyd or the mounth of the yare or the feint of her smell made the seo-men assalt of her (in imageascene all: whimwhim whimwhim).
Finnegans Wake 2006
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NAMA ashi miwaku no MAAMEIDO dasu toko dashite tawawa ni nattara houmono no koi wa yare soukai
thewhat Diary Entry thewhat 2005
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We had our first full day of patients yesterday and I'm happy to report that my ship is yare.
Archive 2003-10-01 2003
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We had our first full day of patients yesterday and I'm happy to report that my ship is yare.
Medpundit 2003
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I do desire to learn, sir: and I hope, if you have occasion to use me for your own turn, you shall find me yare; for truly, sir, for your kindness I owe you
Measure for Measure 2004
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The yare wrong, just like people who think that believing in God means that you have to hate liberals.
TechnoMom commented on the word yare
characterized by speed and agility; nimble, lively, handy, maneuverable
archaic: set for action
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gearu; akin to Old High German garo ready
Date: before 12th century
She's a right yarely ship, she is.
October 31, 2007
Exitaisle commented on the word yare
This word's most popular usage in the 20th Century may have been three times in the movie "Philadelphia Story," in reference to a boat and to the heroine of the movie, as in this dialogue by characters played by Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant:
Tracy Lord: Oh Dexter you're not doing it just to soften the blow?
C. K. Dexter Haven: No.
Tracy Lord: Nor to save my face?
C. K. Dexter Haven: Oh, it's a nice little face.
Tracy Lord: Oh Dexter, I'll be yare now, I promise to be yare.
C. K. Dexter Haven: Be whatever you like, you're my redhead.
The script had previously set the stage for this exchange by using yare in reference to a boat the two erstwhile (in the original, precise definition) lovers had enjoyed.
July 5, 2009