Sekirov Dictionary

hair

UK /ˈhɛə/US /ˈhɛɚ/

noun 9
verb 4
forms 3
phrases 20

noun9

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one of the long, thin parts that grow out of the skin of people and many animals
- And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. — 1579
The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for any part or the whole body.
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Specifically, the collection of hairs on the top and sides of the human head, growing from the scalp.
- In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.
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Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
- Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.
- I won by a 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.
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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).
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Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
- (uncountable, by extension) The collection or mass of such outgrowths, filaments, or fibers growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
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(slang) Complexity; difficulty; the quality of being hairy.
- January 2014, Barack Obama, quoted in "Going the Distance" by David Remnick, in The New Yorker Having said all that, those who argue that legalizing marijuana is a panacea and it solves all these social problems I think are probably overstating the case. There is a lot of hair on that policy.
A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.

verb4

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To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).
- He has haired up and healed over. — 1863
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To cause to have or bear hair; to provide with hair
- So they did three different sculptures and then ran the masks and painted them, haired them, and sent them out to us. — 2014
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To string the bow for a violin.
- The bow is now haired, and all that remains to make it ready for use is to rosin it. — 1896
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To remove the hair from.
- By his method raw hides, after hairing and baiting, are converted into leather in less than thirty hours. — 1825

forms

haired · hairing · hairs

Phrases with hair

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