yare

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Ready; prepared.
  2. Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
  3. Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
  4. Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.
adv
  1. Yarely.
noun
  1. Alternative form of yair.
name
  1. A river in Norfolk, England, which flows into the North Sea at Great Yarmouth.

Pronunciation

/jɛː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-yare.wav /jɛɹ/ /jeːɹ/ /jeː/ /ˈjeə/ /ˈjiə/ /ˈjɜː(ɹ)/ /jɛə(ɹ)/

Word forms

yare yarer yarest yar more yare most yare

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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