yare

American  

[yair, yahr] / yɛər, yɑr /

Also yar

adjective

yarer, yarest

1. quick; agile; lively.

2. (of a ship) quick to the helm; easily handled or maneuvered.

3. Archaic.

   1. ready; prepared.

   2. nimble; quick.

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yare British  

/ jɛə /

adjective

1. archaic ready, brisk, or eager

2. (of a vessel) answering swiftly to the helm; easily handled

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adverb

1. obsolete readily or eagerly

Other Word Forms

• yarely adverb

Etymology

Origin of yare

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English gearu, gearo, equivalent to ge- archaic prefix + earu “ready”; cognate with Dutch gaar, German gar “done, dressed (as meat)”; y-

Example Sentences

She had been able to attend for only “tow yare and a half.”

From Slate • Nov. 20, 2024

Diane, a pert, yare redhead, began to patrol the streets.

From Time Magazine Archive

But on CBS's Best of Broadway, Actress McGuire made an excellent Tracy Lord, tawny and yare, as the script said she should be.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seems to me, even from SKINNER, whom he cites, that yare is used only as a personal quality.

From Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies by Sherbo, Arthur

My daughtare is edu_cate_; she stoody fife, seex yare in te convent at Montreal.

From The Mystery of Metropolisville by Eggleston, Edward