yare

American  

[yair, yahr] / jɛər, jɑr /

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

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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)”; see y-

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

yare

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

From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2024

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

"Here, yow Harry!" shouted Jim, "yare noot afeared o' doogs together,—darng un, I doont like un."

From The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems by Various

It was formerly a favourite nautical phrase, as "Be yare at the helm;" and is used by Shakspeare's boatswain in the Tempest.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Sir Edward Belcher

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