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yare

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
7
Words With Friends
6
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/jɛː/
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/jɛː/ · /jɛɹ/ · /jeːɹ/ · /jeː/ · /ˈjeə/ · /ˈjiə/ · /ˈjɜː(ɹ)/ · /jɛə(ɹ)/

Definition of yare

7 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (archaic)Ready; prepared.
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adj

  1. (archaic)Ready; prepared.
  2. (UK, dialectal)Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
    “[…]Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly.”
  3. Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
  4. Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.
    “c. 1587-1612 (undated), Sir Walter Raleigh, letter to Prince Henry The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.”

adv

  1. (archaic)Yarely.
    “Hey, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to th'Master's whistle.[…]”

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of yair.

name

  1. A river in Norfolk, England, which flows into the North Sea at Great Yarmouth.

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Etymology

From Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”). Cognate with Dutch gaar (“done, well-cooked”), German gar (“done, well-cooked; wholly, at all”), Icelandic görr, ger (“perfect”).

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