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1. (n.) hair
any of the numerous fine, usu. cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of mammals; a pilus.
2. hair
an aggregate of such filaments, as that covering the human head or forming the coat of most mammals.
3. hair
any of various fine processes or bristles appearing on the surface of other animals or plants.
4. hair
a very small amount, degree, measure, etc.; a fraction, as of time or space:
The rock missed him by a hair.
5. hair
to behave in a relaxed, unrestrained manner.
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| Definition of 'Hair' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) hair
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
"he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"
2. (noun) hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whisker
a very small distance or space
"they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
3. (noun) hair, fuzz, tomentum
filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
"peach fuzz"
4. (noun) hair, pilus
any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
"there is a hair in my soup"
5. (noun) haircloth, hair
cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
6. (noun) hair
a filamentous projection or process on an organism
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1. (noun) hair
the mass of thin thread-like strands on humans' heads and some animals
She has long black hair.; dog hair
2. hair
a single piece of hair
the hairs on your arm
3. hair
red-/blond-/dark-haired
having red, blond, dark etc. hair
a red-haired little girl
4. hair
let your hair down
to relax and have fun
You need to go out and let your hair down.
5. hair
make your hair stand on end
to scare sb badly
a noise that made our hair stand on end
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| Definition of 'Hair' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Hair
the collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body
2. (noun) Hair
one the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin
3. (noun) Hair
hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions
4. (noun) Hair
a slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth
5. (noun) Hair
an outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar)
6. (noun) Hair
a spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm
7. (noun) Hair
a haircloth
8. (noun) Hair
any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth
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| Definitions of 'Hair' |
The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Hair
The Olympus of the pediculidæ.
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| Definitions of 'Hair' |
The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. Hair
[back-formation from hairy] The complications
that make something hairy. “Decoding TECO
commands requires a certain amount of hair.” Often seen in the
phrase infinite hair, which connotes
extreme complexity. Also in hairiferous (tending to promote hair growth):
“GNUMACS elisp encourages lusers to write complex editing
modes.” “Yeah, it's pretty hairiferous all right.” (or
just: “Hair squared!”)
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| Definition of 'Hair' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. Hair
A filament-like structure consisting of a shaft which projects to the surface of the SKIN from a root which is softer than the shaft and lodges in the cavity of a HAIR FOLLICLE. It is found on most surfaces of the body.
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Sense: one of the mass of thread-like objects that grow from the skin
He brushed the dog's hairs off his jacket.
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 Afrikaans: haar |
 Arabic: شَعْرَه |
 Bulgarian: косъм |
 Brazilian: pelo |
 Czech: chlup |
 German: das Haar |
 Danish: hår |
 Greek: τρίχα |
 Spanish: pelo, cabello |
 Estonian: juus, karv |
 Farsi: مو |
 Finnish: karva |
 French: poil |
 Hebrew: שֵׂיעָר |
 Hindi: बाल |
 Croatian: dlaka |
 Hungarian: szőr |
 Indonesian: bulu |
 Icelandic: hár |
 Italian: pelo |
 Japanese: 毛 |
 Korean: (동물의) 체모(體毛) |
 Lithuanian: plaukas |
 Latvian: mats; (dzīvnieka) spalva |
 Malay: bulu |
 Dutch: een haar |
 Norwegian: hår |
 Polish: włos |
 Persian: مو |
 Pashto: ويښته |
 Portuguese: pelo |
 Romanian: (fir de) păr |
 Russian: волосок; шерсть |
 Slovak: chlp |
 Slovenian: dlaka |
 Serbian: dlaka |
 Swedish: hårstrå |
 Thai: เส้นขน |
 Turkish: tüy, kıl |
 Taiwanese: 毛髮 |
 Ukrainian: волосина |
 Urdu: بال |
 Vietnamese: lông |
 Chinese: 毛发 |
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