hair

Speech parts

1. hair - Noun

2. hair - Verb

3. Hair - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

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.

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

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.

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).

A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.

A haircloth.

Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

whisker fuzz filament beard mane bristle haircloth pilus tomentum locks hairsbreadth bristles whiskers filaments hank
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Antonyms

infinity mile baldness alopecia hairlessness long distance
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Hypernyms

process material fabric cloth filament textile

Hyponyms

bush down coat coiffure lock pile

Phrases with the word

bad hair day make someone's hair stand on end by a hair's breadth hair removal hair bun hair-comb

Anagrams

Ahir Hari Hira HRIA Ihar riah Riha

Examples

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom. Menander

Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair. George Burns

If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library? Lily Tomlin

Better wise language than well combed hair. Icelandic Proverb

With a sweet tongue of kindness, you can drag an elephant by a hair. Persian Proverb

A gentle hand may lead even an elephant by a single hair. Persian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

hainted Haiphong haique hair air blaster hair air blower hair air drier