Definitions for HAIR
hɛərha·ir

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hairnoun

   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. hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair, whiskernoun

   a very small distance or space

   "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"

3. hair, fuzz, tomentumnoun

   filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

   "peach fuzz"

4. hair, pilusnoun

   any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal

   "there is a hair in my soup"

5. haircloth, hairnoun

   cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments

6. hairnoun

   a filamentous projection or process on an organism

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hairnoun

   A pigmented keratinaceous growth that forms thin spires and grows out from a follicle on the human head.

2. hairnoun

   The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

   In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.

3. hairnoun

   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.

4. hairnoun

   A cellular 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).

5. hairnoun

   Haircloth; a hair shirt.

6. hairnoun

   Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

   Just a little louder please - turn that knob a hair to the right.

7. Etymology: her, heer, hær, from hær, from hēran. Compare West Frisian hier, haar, German Haar, Swedish hår, from keres-. Compare carrach, šerys, шерсть, कपुच्छल.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HAIRnoun

   1.One of the common teguments of the body. It is to be found upon all the parts of the body, except the soles of the feet and palms of the hands. When we examine the hairs with a microscope, we find that they have each a round bulbous root, which lies pretty deep in the skin, and which draws their nourishment from the surrounding humours: that each hair consists of five or six others, wrapt up in a common tegument or tube. They grow as the nails do, each part near the root thrusting forward that which is immediately above it, and not by any liquor running along the hair in tubes, as plants grow. John Quincy

   Etymology: hær, Saxon.

   2. A single hair.

   My fleece of woolly hair uncurls. William Shakespeare, Tit. Andr.

   Shall the difference of hair only, on the skin, be a mark of a different internal constitution between a changeling and a drill? John Locke.

   Naughty lady,
   These hairs which thou do’st ravish from my chin,
   Will quicken and accuse thee. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Much is breeding;
   Which, like the courser’s hair, hath yet but life,
   And not a serpent’s poison. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   3. Any thing proverbially small.

   If thou tak’st more
   Or less than just a pound; if the scale turn
   But in the estimation of a hair,
   Thou diest. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   He judges to a hair of little indecencies, and knows better than any man what is not to be written. Dryden.

   4. Course; order; grain; the hair falling in a certain direction.

   Mr. doctor, he is a curer of souls, and you a curer of bodies: if you should fight, you go against the hair of your profession. William Shakespeare, Merry Wives of Windsor.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hair

   Hair is a protein filament that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and fine vellus hair. Most common interest in hair is focused on hair growth, hair types, and hair care, but hair is also an important biomaterial primarily composed of protein, notably alpha-keratin. Attitudes towards different forms of hair, such as hairstyles and hair removal, vary widely across different cultures and historical periods, but it is often used to indicate a person's personal beliefs or social position, such as their age, sex, or religion.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hair

   Hair is a thread-like structure composed of protein, mainly keratin, that grows from follicles found in the dermis, or skin. It is a defining characteristic of all mammals, including humans, and serves multiple functions such as protection, sensory perception, and temperature regulation. An individual's hair can vary in terms of its color, thickness, and length due to factors such as genetics and age. Hair can grow on various parts of the body, but the highest concentration is typically found on the head.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hairnoun

   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. Hairnoun

   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. Hairnoun

   hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions

4. Hairnoun

   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. Hairnoun

   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. Hairnoun

   a spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm

7. Hairnoun

   a haircloth

8. Hairnoun

   any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth

9. Etymology: [OE. her, heer, hr, AS. hr; akin to OFries. hr, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. hr, Dan. haar, Sw. hr; cf. Lith. kasa.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hair

   Hair is a filamentous biomaterial that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Hair is one of the defining characteristics of mammals. The human body, apart from areas of glabrous skin, is covered in follicles which produce thick terminal and fine vellus hair. Most common interest in hair is focused on hair growth, hair types and hair care, but hair is also an important biomaterial primarily composed of protein, notably keratin. Attitudes towards hair, such as hairstyles and hair removal, vary widely across different cultures and historical periods, but it is often used to indicate a person's personal beliefs or social position, such as their age, gender, or religion.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hair

   hār, n. a filament growing from the skin of an animal: the whole mass of hairs which forms a covering for the head or the whole body: (bot.) minute hair-like processes on the cuticle of plants: anything very small and fine: particular course, quality, or character: (mech.) a locking spring or other safety contrivance in the lock of a rifle, &c., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.—ns. Hair′breadth, Hair's′-breadth, the breadth of a hair (Hairbreadth 'scape, a very narrow escape): a very small distance; Hair′-brush, a brush for the hair; Hair′cloth, cloth made partly or entirely of hair; Hair′dresser, one who dresses or cuts hair: a barber.—adj. Haired, having hair—as black-haired, fair-haired, &c.—ns. Hair′-grass, a kind of grass found generally on poor soil, the bracts of whose florets are generally awned near the base; Hair′iness.—adj. Hair′less, without hair.—ns. Hair′-line, a line made of hair, used in fishing: a slender line made in writing or drawing: (print.) a very thin line on a type; Hair′-oil, perfumed oil used in dressing the hair; Hair′-pen′cil, an artist's brush made of a few fine hairs; Hair′-pin, a pin used in hairdressing; Hair′-pow′der, a white powder for dusting the hair; Hair′-shirt, a penitent's shirt of haircloth; Hair′-space, the thinnest metal space used by compositors; Hair′-split′ter, one who makes too nice distinctions; Hair′-split′ting, the art of making minute and over-nice distinctions; Hair′spring, a very fine hair-like spring coiled up within the balance-wheel of a watch; Hair′-stroke, in writing, a fine stroke with the pen: a hair-line; Hair′-trigg′er, a trigger which discharges a gun or pistol by a hair-like spring; Hair′-work, work done or something made with hair, esp. human; Hair′worm, a worm, like a horse-hair, which lives in the bodies of certain insects.—adj. Hair′y, of or resembling hair: covered with hair.—Against the hair, against the grain: contrary to what is natural; A hair of the dog that bit him, a smaller dose of that which caused the trouble, esp. used of the morning glass after a night's debauch—a homeopathic dose; Comb a person's hair the wrong way, to irritate or provoke him; Keep one's hair on (slang) to keep cool; Make the hair stand on end, to give the greatest astonishment or fright to another; Not to turn a hair, not to be ruffled or disturbed; Put up the hair, to dress the hair up on the head instead of wearing it hanging; Split hairs, to make superfine distinctions; To a hair, To the turn of a hair, exactly, with perfect nicety. [A.S. hǽr, Ger., Dut., and Dan. haar, &c.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hair

   The Olympus of the pediculidæ.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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!”)

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hair

   The cold nipping wind called haar in the north: as in Beaumont and Fletcher, "Here all is cold as the hairs in winter."

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hair

   A spring or other contrivance in a rifle or pistol lock, which, being unlocked by a slight pressure on the trigger, strikes the tumbler-catch, and unlocks the tumbler.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hair

   A type of filament that grows on the body of specific types of animals.

   Most animals known to us have hair growing on their body.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2020  

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   hair

   A type of filament that grows on the groin area of the body of an adult human being.

   Male and female adult human beings have hair in their groin area.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2020  

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   hair

   A type of filament that grows on the scalp of a human being.

   The hair grows easily and efficiently.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 12, 2020  

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1. hair

   The hair symbol -- In this Symbols.com article you will learn about the meaning of the hair symbol and its characteristic.

2. hair

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3. HAIR

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EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hair

   a slender, flexible filament of equal diameter.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. HAIR

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Hair is ranked #4539 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Hair surname appeared 7,814 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Hair.
   
   79.1% or 6,184 total occurrences were White.
   12.9% or 1,014 total occurrences were Black.
   2.5% or 200 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   2.3% or 185 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.2% or 178 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 53 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Body Covering
   • Fabric
   • Filament
   • Plant Process
   • Process
   • Small Indefinite Quantity

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'HAIR' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #683

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'HAIR' in Written Corpus Frequency: #744

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'HAIR' in Nouns Frequency: #268

Anagrams for HAIR »

1. Hira

2. riah

3. ahir

How to pronounce HAIR?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say HAIR in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of HAIR in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of HAIR in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of HAIR in a Sentence

1. Stephen King:

   And, you know, there was something about Mike Pence that’s creepy, and I think it has something to do with the hair. The hair doesn’t look like it has strands. It’s just there. He’s like the mean doctor on a soap opera, the one who sells drugs, you know, or has a prostitution ring from Bulgaria or something. He has that look.

2. Peter Doocy:

   Their favorite adjective is Kennedyesque, they all talk about his hair and his teeth, they talk about no substance, nothing about his record, they don’t talk about his being open to abolishing [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], they don’t talk about his wanting to impeach the president.

3. Markus Nthen:

   It is, however, exciting to see that hair loss is by no means an isolated characteristic, but instead displays various relationships with other characteristics.

4. Both Ruiz and Wagner:

   One of my doctors in the past went so far as to say that I should have children because I would have such cute ginger babies since I have red hair. As if having a cute baby is enough of a reason to change my mind about not wanting a biological child.

5. Zozibini Tunzi:

   I grew up in a world where a woman who looks like me — with my kind of skin and my kind of hair — was never considered to be beautiful, i think it is time that that stops today. I want children to look at me and see my face and I want them to see their faces reflected in mine.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=HAIR
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Hair
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=HAIR
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/HAIR
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=HAIR
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=HAIR
9. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=HAIR
10. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#Hair
11. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=HAIR
12. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
13. ^ Entomology
    https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=HAIR
14. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html