# tare

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɛə/ · frequency rank #64,759

## Definitions
1. A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa)
2. Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel.
3. A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.

## Etymology
From Middle English tare (“vetch”), from Old English *taru, from Proto-West Germanic *taru.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tare