Meaning of hair | Babel Free

Definitions

1. hair (a single hair)
2. A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
   countable
3. A surname.
4. an abnormal fear of hair.
5. hair (all hair on the head)
6. 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.
   uncountable
7. the state of being hairy. — crinous, adj.
8. fur
9. Specifically, the collection of hairs on the top and sides of the human head, growing from the scalp.
   uncountable
10. the use of electrolysis for removing moles, warts, or excess hair. — electrologist, n.
11. 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.
    countable
12. first-person singular present indicative of pelar
13. the state or quality of being covered with small spines or bristles. — hispid, adj.
14. A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
    countable
15. a condition of excessive hairiness either all over the body or covering a particular part.
16. Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
    countable
17. people with smooth hair; a division of mankind characterized by people with such hair. Cf. Ulotrichi. — Leiotrichan, adj.
18. 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.
    countable
19. the loss of hair, especially of the eyelashes, as a result of disease.
20. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
    countable
21. a surgical instrument for pulling out hairs.
22. Complexity; difficulty; the quality of being hairy.
    slang, uncountable
23. darkness or blackness of eyes, hair, or complexion.
24. an excessive hairiness; furriness. — pilose, adj.

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Examples

“And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.”

“Threading its way out from among his grey hairs, and continuing right down one side of his tawny scorched face and neck, till it disappeared in his clothing, you saw a slender rod-like mark, lividly whitish.”

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

“Her abundant hair, of a dark and glossy brown, was neatly plaited and coiled above an ivory column that rose straight from a pair of gently sloping shoulders, clearly outlined beneath the light muslin frock that covered them.”

“Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).”

“(uncountable, by extension) The collection or mass of such outgrowths, filaments, or fibers growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.”

“Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.”

“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.”

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