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   mare

   /mɛː/

   noun

   • 1. a very unpleasant or frustrating experience: informal British "this week is going to be a bit of a mare but at least the end is in sight"
   • ▪ (especially in sport) a very poor performance: informal British "Eboue had an absolute mare down the right hand side"

   Word Origin 1990s: abbreviation of nightmare.

   Scrabble Points: 6

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   What does Mare mean in English?

   • Borrowed from Latin mare (“sea”). Doublet of mar and mere . mare (plural maria) ( planetology) On Saturn 's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons . See mayor . mare (plural mares) Obsolete form of mayor. Obsolete form of mair. maré f (singulative maréyta m or mareytá f) maré

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   What is the plural of Mare?

   • Plurale tantum; plural of variant marë, borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin marum (“cat thyme, kind of sage”) . mare f ( definite marja ) mare máre Misspelling of mari. From Old Catalan mare, from Latin māter, mātrem, from Proto-Italic *mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂tēr. Compare Occitan maire, French mère, Spanish madre .

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   Is a mare a male or female horse?

   • A mare is an adult female horse. There is more to come from this mare. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 2. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collins English Dictionary.

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   What does a mare feel like?

   • mare (plural mares) ( obsolete or historical) 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. ( UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience. I'm having a complete mare today.

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   What does mere mean?

   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of MARE is a female horse or other equine animal especially when fully mature or of breeding age.

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   Do mares make their own decisions?

   • But in fact, they have some input into a band of mares, but the mares tend to make a lot of their own decisions. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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     MARE translate: （成年）母馬. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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   Jun 3, 2024 · mare (plural mares) ( obsolete or historical) 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. ( UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience. I'm having a complete mare today.

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