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Definitions: Hoar |
HoarAdjective1. Showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head". Noun1. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "hoar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Synonyms: HoarSynonyms: gray (adj), gray-haired (adj), gray-headed (adj), grey (adj), grey-haired (adj), grey-headed (adj), hoary (adj), white-haired (adj), frost (n), hoarfrost (n), rime (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Age | Adjective: aged; old; elderly, geriatric, senile; matronly, anile; in years; ripe, mellow, run to seed, declining, waning, past one's prime; gray, gray-headed; hoar, hoary; venerable, time-worn, antiquated, passe, effete, decrepit, superannuated; advanced in life, advanced in years; stricken in years; wrinkled, marked withthe crow's foot; having one foot in the grave; doting; (imbecile); like the last of pea time. |
Cold | Ice; snow, snowflake, snow crystal, snow drift; sleet; hail, hailstone; rime, frost; hoar frost, white frost, hard frost, sharp frost; barf; glaze, lolly; icicle, thick-ribbed ice; fall of snow, heavy fall; iceberg, icefloe; floe berg; glacier; nev_e, serac; pruina. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Hoar |
| English words defined with "hoar": Hore. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "hoar": HUMORIST. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "hoar": Haar, Hore. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The Massachusetts hoar, outwitted, or hopping-John, and Johnny-vake, for cod fish 'notions,' wide awake!!!.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | HUMORIST, n. A plague that would have softened down the hoar austerity of Pharaoh's heart and persuaded him to dismiss Israel with his best wishes, cat-quick. Lo! the poor humorist, whose tortured mind See jokes in crowds, though still to gloom inclined -- Whose simple appetite, untaught to stray, His brains, renewed by night, consumes by day. He thinks, admitted to an equal sty, A graceful hog would bear his company. Alexander Poke |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Hoar" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 72.22% of the time. "Hoar" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 72.22% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (singular) | 27.78% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 18 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "hoar" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Hoar | Last name | 1,000 | 16,134 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "hoar": hoar frost ♦ make hoar. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "hoar": hoar-frost, hoar-stone. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
hoar | 30 |
hoar construction | 22 |
hoar cross hall | 17 |
hoar nicole | 6 |
goodwin procter hoar | 5 |
hoar john | 2 |
frost hoar | 2 |
hoar s william | 2 |
goodwin hoar proctor | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "hoar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | beryp (frosted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Njeri I Thinjur, Njeri Flokëthinjur, I Thinjur (grey, grey headed, greyish, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, hoary, white-headed), I Lashtë (age-old, ancient, antique, early, grey, grey headed, hoary, old, old world, primaeval, primeval, primordial), Flokëthinjur (grey haired), Brymë (frost, hoarfrost, rime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | أشيب (frosty, gray, grey, grizzly, hoary, white). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Побелял, Старост (Eld). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Bílý (hoary, ivory white, white). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | rimfrost (hoar frost, hoarfrost), rim (bloom, frost, hoar frost, hoarfrost, resource interface module, rime). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | met rijp bedekt, met rýp bedekt (frosted), berijpt, berýpt (frosted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | prujna (frosted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | rím (hoar-frost, rhyme). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | huurre (frost, hoar frost, hoarfrost, rime, white frost), härmä (blight, downy mildew, hoar frost, hoarfrost, mildew, peronospora, rime, white frost), kuura (frost, hoar frost, hoarfrost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Givre (hoar frost, hoarfrost, hoar-frost), Chenu (hoary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Weißgrau, Reif (bangle, bloom, circlet, collar, ferrule, frost, hoar frost, hoarfrost, hoar-frost, hoop, mature, matured wine, maturely, mellowly, ready, rime, ripe, seasoned), Rauhreif (frost, hoar frost, hoarfrost, rime), Grau (ashen, bleak, cheerless, dark, drab, drabness, dullness, gloomy, gray, grayUS, grey, greyBrit, grizzled, short finish), Alter (age, anatomical age, antiqueness, chronological age, old age, seniority). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Λευκόφαιοσ, "κρίζοσ (Gray), ολιόσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | deres (dun, frosted, hoary), dér (frost, hoarfrost, rime, white frost), fehér (blanch, blank, blaze, hoary, white), ősz (autumn, fall, frosted, grizzled, hoary, white), ősrégi (age-old, hoary, immemorial, of great antiquity, primaeval). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Vecchiaia (age, eventide, old age, oldness), Grigio (dingy, dun, Gray, grey, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, short finish), Canuto (frosty, hoary, white, white haired), Candore (candor, candour, innocence, purity, whiteness), Brina (brine, frost, hoar frost, hoarfrost, rime, saline water, salt water). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lheeah-rio (ground frost, hoar frost, rime, white frost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oarhay Velhice (age, elder, old age, old civilization, senescence), Inflamação Da Laringe, Geada (fog depositing rime, freeze, freezing cold, frost, frost injury, frosting, hoar frost, hoarfrost, hoarse, rime, rime fog, wind frost, wind-borne freeze), De Cabelos Brancos, Brancura (fairness, whiteness), Branco (blank, European, hoary, paleographer, virgin, white, white man). (various references) Vechime (age, seniority), Vechi (ancient, antique, back, decrepit, grey headed, inveterate, old, quondam, stale, superannuated, time worn, used), Cãrunt (ancient, Gray, grey, grey haired, greyish, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, hoary), Brumã (dust, hoar-frost, rime, smattering), Bãtrâneţe (caducity, consenescence, old age), Antichitate (ancientry, antiquity, curio), Antic (ancient, antiquated, antique, crusted, old, old fashioned, venerable), Albit De Bãtrâneţe, Alb (blank, clean, hoary, pale face, unstained, white). (various references) "устой Туман, Иней, Седой (Gray). (various references) pokriven injem (frosted, frosty), inje (frosting, hoarfrost, hoar-frost, rime). (various references) venerable (honourable, venerable). (various references) rimfrost (frost, frostwork, hoar frost, hoarfrost, hoar-frost, rime). (various references) Yaşlı Ve Saygın, Yaşlı Başlı (hoary), Kırağı Ýle Kaplı, Beyaz (blank, heroin, leuco-, white, white part), Bembeyaz (extremely white, snow white, whiter than white), Ak Saçlı (hoary, white-haired), Ak (clean, leuco-, white), Ağarmış (frosty, hoary). (various references) іній (frosting, hoarfrost, rime), черствий (callous, cold-hearted, obdurate, ossified, stale), Паморозь, "устий Туман, Сірий (Gray), Сивий (Gray), Сивина (Gray). (various references) sự lâu đời, sự cổ kính, m u trắng xám, m u tóc hoa râm sự cũ kỹ, lúc tuổi gi sương muối, cổ kính (grey-headed). (various references) llwydrew (hoar-frost), barrug (hoar-frost), arien (hoar-frost). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Exodus Chapter 16, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai idou epi proswpon thV erhmou lepton wsei korion leukon wsei pagoV epi thV ghV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cumque operuisset superficiem terrae apparuit in solitudine minutum et quasi pilo tunsum in similitudinem pruinae super terram |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And whanne it hadde couerde the vttermore parti of the erthe, it aperid in wildernes lassid, and as with a pestel pownyd, into the lyknes of an hoore frost vpon the erthe. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And whe the dewe was falle: behold, it laye apo the grounde in the wildernesse, small ad roude ad thyn as the hore frost on the groude. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And when the dew was gone, on the face of the earth was a small round thing, like small drops of ice on the earth. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Exodus Chapter 16, Verse 14 |
| Bulgarian | И като се изпари падналата роса, ето, по лицето на пустинята имаше дребно люспообразно нещо, тънко като слана по земята. |
| Cebuano | Ug sa misaka ang tun-og nga naglukop sa campo, ania karon, sa ibabaw sa nawong sa kamingawan dihay usa ka butang nga diyutay ug malingin, diyutay nga ingon sa usa ka tun-og nga tibook sa ibabaw sa yuta. |
| Croatian | Kad se prevlaka rose digla, površinom pustinje ležao tanak sloj, nešto poput pahuljica, kao da se slana uhvatila po zemlji. |
| Danish | og da Duggen svandt, var Ørkenen dækket med noget fint, skælagtigt noget, noget fint der lignede Rim på Jorden. |
| Dutch | Als nu de liggende dauw opgevaren was, zo ziet, over de woestijn was een klein rond ding, klein als de rijm, op de aarde. |
| Finnish | Ja kun kastesumu oli haihtunut, katso, erämaassa oli maan pinnalla jotakin hienoa, suomujen tapaista, jotakin hienoa niinkuin härmä. |
| French | Quand cette rosée fut dissipée, il y avait la surface du désert quelque chose de menu comme des grains, quelque chose de menu comme la gelée blanche sur la terre. |
| German | Und als der Tau weg war, siehe, da lag's in der Wüste rund und klein wie der Reif auf dem Lande. |
| Haitian Creole | Lè lawouze a disparèt, li kite yon kwout tou blan atè nan dezè a. Kwout la te fen, li te plen ti grenn tankou sèl, li te kouvri tout atè a. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ketika embun itu menguap, tampaklah di atas padang gurun sesuatu yang tipis seperti sisik dan halus seperti embun yang beku. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Setelah sudah naik embun itu, heran, maka pada muka padang belantara di atas bumi itu adalah suatu macam benda yang seni dan beku, halusnya seperti embun beku. |
| Italian | Poi lo strato di rugiada svanì ed ecco sulla superficie del deserto vi era una cosa minuta e granulosa, minuta come è la brina sulla terra. |
| Maori | A ka mimiti ake te papanga tomairangi, na, he mea ririki, potakataka nei, kei te mata o te koraha, ririki, me te haupapa, i runga i te whenua. |
| Norwegian | Og da duggen gikk bort, se, da lå det utover ørkenen noget fint, kornet, fint som rim på jorden. |
| Portuguese | Quando desapareceu a camada de orvalho, eis que sobre a superfície do deserto estava uma coisa miúda, semelhante a escamas, coisa miúda como a geada sobre a terra. |
| Rumanian | Cknd s`a luat roua aceasta, pe faya pustiei era ceva mqrunt ca niwte grqunye, mqrunt ca bobiyele de ghiayq albq pe pqmknt. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "hoar": hoard, hoarded, hoarder, hoarders, hoarding, hoardings, hoards, hoarfrost, hoarfrosts, hoarier, hoariest, hoarily, hoariness, hoarinesses, hoars, hoarse, hoarsely, hoarsen, hoarsened, hoarseness, hoarsenesses, hoarsening, hoarsens, hoarser, hoarsest, hoary. (additional references) | |
Words containing "hoar": uphoard, uphoarded, uphoarding, uphoards. (additional references) | |
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"Hoar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dhofar, ghor, Hafar, har, heora, hiar, Hibar, hoab, hoad, hoaf, hoag, hoah, Hoak, hoam, hoan, hoara, hoare, hoarf, hoarg, hoari, hoars, hoart, hoaru, hoat, hogar, Hoham, hoia, hoir, hoja, holar, hoor, hora, horah, Horak, horan, horf, hovar, htar, huar, Huari, Huzar, hvar, hwar, Ihor, joar, Khobar, mhoir, oha, ohr, phwoar, Phwooar, thoar, whoar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "hoar" (pronounced hô"r) |
| 3 | h ô" r | abhor, whore. |
| 2 | -ô" r | adore, antiwar, anymore, ashore, before, boar, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, decor, deplore, door, Dore, Dorr, drawer, explore, floor, for, fore, four, galore, Gore, guarantor, hardcore, heretofore, ignore, implore, inshore, lore, Mor, more, nor, oar, offshore, or, ore, outpour, outscore, pore, postwar, pour, prewar, rapport, restore, roar, score, Senor, shore, snore, soar, sore, spore, store, swore, tor, tore, Torr, underscore, war, wore, yore, your. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hora. | |
| Words within the letters "a-h-o-r" | |
-1 letter: hao, oar, ora, rah, rho. | |
-2 letters: ah, ar, ha, ho, oh, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-h-o-r" | |
+1 letter: abhor, hoard, hoars, hoary, horah, horal, horas, orach, roach, torah. | |
+2 letters: abhors, ahorse, anchor, archon, ashore, author, barhop, broach, carhop, caroch, chador, charro, choral, chorea, chroma, coprah, dhoora, dourah, gherao, hadron, hairdo, harbor, harlot, harrow, havior, hoards, hoarse, hoaxer, holard, hoorah, hooray, horahs, horary, mahzor, mohair, ochrea, orache, orphan, pharos, rancho, shofar, shoran, thorax, thoria, throat, torahs. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)48 6F 61 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).... --- .- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001000 01101111 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)H o a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0048 006F 0061 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)42816784 |
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