yare
/jɛː
/adjective US
(Of a ship) moving lightly and easily; easily manageable: the boat became taut and yare...
- As she said about a boat in The Philadelphia Story, she was yare - i.e., quick, agile, responding easily.
Origin
Old English gearu 'prepared, ready', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch gaar 'done, dressed' and German gar 'ready'.
- open-minded
- open-mindedly
- open-mindedness
- open-mouth
- open-mouthed
- open-neck
- open-necked
- openness
- open newel
- open occupancy
- open one's mind to
- open one's mouth
- open order
- open outcry
- open-pit
- open-plan
- open-planned
- open planning
- open pollinated
- open pollination
- open primary
- open prison
- open question
- open range
- open reading frame