hairdress noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A hairstyle.Just as the close, tight hairdress emphasizes and enlarges the face, so the large, loose arrangement that creates a large frame for the face makes it seem smaller by contrast . — 1938 •The process or act of styling hair.The play is laid in the period when English society paid a great deal of attention to hairdress. — 1938 verb1 •To dress or style hair.I can tell you that in three cities in New Mexico there were enough hairdressers trained to hairdress in 16 States the size of New Mexico. — 1993 formshairdressed · hairdressing · hairdresses