MARE

mare, female horse

(noun) female equine animal

mare, maria

(noun) a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

mare (plural mares)

An adult female horse.

(UK, pejorative, slang) A foolish woman.

Antonyms

• stallion, stud and gelding refer to adult male horses (a colt refers to an immature one)

Coordinate terms

• (adult female horse): foal (young horse), colt (young male horse) and filly (young female horse); pony can refer to adult horses of either sex under a certain height.

Etymology 2

Noun

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, colloquial) (Clipping of nightmare) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.

Etymology 3

Noun

mare (plural maria)

(planetology) A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea.

(planetology) On Saturn's moon Titan, a large expanse of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.

Anagrams

• Amer., Arem, Erma, Ream, amer., mear, rame, ramé, ream

Source: Wiktionary

Mare, n. Etym: [OE. mere, AS. mere, myre, fem of AS. mearh horse, akin to D. merrie mare, G. mähre, OHG. marah horse, meriha mare, Icel. marr horse, OCelt. marka (Pausan. 19, 19,4), Ir. marc, W. march. Cf. Marshal.]

Definition: The female of the horse and other equine quadrupeds.

Mare, n. Etym: [AS. mara incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. mara; cf. Pol. mora, Bohem. m.] (Med.)

Definition: Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; -- obsolete, except in the compound nightmare. I will ride thee o' nights like the mare. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition