mare

mare · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    An adult female horse or other equine animal.

  2. 2.

    (astronomy) A large, dark, flat area on the surface of the moon or Mars, formerly thought to be seas.

Forms

plural: mares

Related words

Antonyms: gelding, stallion
See also: foal, horse, stallion
Synonyms: female horse

Etymology

From Old English mere, miere (mare), from Proto-Germanic marhijo.