yare
Meanings
adj
- Ready; prepared.
- Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
- Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
- Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.
adv
- Yarely.
noun
- Alternative form of yair.
name
- A river in Norfolk, England, which flows into the North Sea at Great Yarmouth.
Pronunciation
Word forms
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”).
Derived words
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