gare

See also: Gare, garé, garë, and gäre

English

Etymology

Compare gear.

Noun

gare (uncountable)

  1. coarse wool on the legs of sheep
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gare in
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

gare

  1. Inflected form of gaar

Verb

gare

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of garen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaʁ/, /ɡɑʁ/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: Gard

Noun

gare f (plural gares)

  1. railway station

See also

gare routière

Verb

gare

  1. first-person singular present indicative of garer
  2. third-person singular present indicative of garer
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of garer
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of garer
  5. second-person singular imperative of garer

Interjection

gare

  1. (transitive with à) beware (something)
    Gare au refroidissement !
    Synonym: attention

Further reading

Anagrams


German

Verb

gare

  1. First-person singular present of garen.
  2. First-person singular subjunctive I of garen.
  3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of garen.
  4. Imperative singular of garen.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -are

Noun

gare f

  1. plural of gara

Anagrams


Middle English

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old English gār, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaːr/, /ˈɡɔːr/

Noun

gare (plural gares)

  1. (chiefly Early Middle English) A weapon (especially one with a sharp point, such as a spear, or a sword)
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old English gāra.

Noun

gare

  1. Alternative form of gore (patch (of land, fabric), clothes)

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French gare.

Noun

gare f (plural gares)

  1. train station or platform

Scots

Adjective

gare (comparative mair gare, superlative maist gare)

  1. greedy; miserly
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