Definition of "mare" in английский

noun

1. An adult female horse.

2. (UK, Ireland, derogatory, slang) A foolish woman.

noun

1. (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.

2. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, colloquial) A nightmare; a frustrating or terrible experience.

   • I'm having a complete mare today.

noun

1. (planetology) A large, dark plain, which may have the appearance of a sea, such as those on the Moon

2. (planetology) On Saturn's moon Titan, any of several lakes which are large expanses of what is thought to be liquid hydrocarbons.

   • Kraken Mare (a lake of liquid hydrocarbons on Titan which is slightly larger than the Caspian Sea)

noun

1. Obsolete form of mayor.

2. Obsolete form of mair.