skare

See also: skäre, skåre, skære, and škare

English

Adjective

skare (comparative more skare, superlative most skare)

1. Alternative form of skar

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “skare”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• Akers, Kaser, Kears, Rakes, akers, asker, eskar, kesar, rakes, reaks, reask, saker, skear

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch schare, from Middle Dutch schare, from Old Dutch skara, from Proto-Germanic *skarō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɑː.rə/, [skɑːɾə]

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Noun

skare (plural skares)

1. crowd

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skari, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skarō.

Noun

skare

1. a host, a crowd; a large number of people

Declension

Declension of skare

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skare	skaren	skarer	skarerne
genitive	skares	skarens	skarers	skarernes

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse skari, from Middle Low German schāre, from Old Saxon scara, from Proto-Germanic *skarō. Akin to English share. Doublet of skar (Etymology 4).

Noun

skare m (definite singular skaren, indefinite plural skarar, definite plural skarane)

1. a host, crowd

Verb

skare (present tense skarar, past tense skara, past participle skara, passive infinitive skarast, present participle skarande, imperative skare/skar)

1. (intransitive) to crowd
2. (intransitive) to go, walk, march together as a crowd

Usage notes

• This is a split infinitive verb.

Alternative forms

• skara (a- and split infinitives)

Related terms

• skjera, skjere (“to cut”)

Etymology 2

snø med skare

Related to skjera (“to cut”).

Alternative forms

• skårrå (dialectal)

Noun

skare m (definite singular skaren, indefinite plural skarar, definite plural skarane)

1. a hard and rough crust as top layer of snow
2. (uncountable) snow with such a crust

Etymology 3

From Old Norse skara, from skǫr f whence modern Norwegian Nynorsk skar n (Etymology 4).

Alternative forms

• skara (a- and split infinitives)

Verb

skare (present tense skarar, past tense skara, past participle skara, passive infinitive skarast, present participle skarande, imperative skare/skar)

1. (transitive) to put or place in a dense row or crowd
2. (transitive, intransitive) to dig in, gather and drop ashes upon the embers in a fireplace

References

• “skare” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• -erska, karse, kresa, raske, rekas, saker

Swedish

Noun

skare c

1. a hard, icy surface on a snow cover

Declension

Declension of skare
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	skare	skaren	skarar	skararna
Genitive	skares	skarens	skarars	skararnas

References

• skare in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• skare in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• skare in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• -erska, ekars, raske, saker