HAIR


Meaning of HAIR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈher ]

noun

Usage: often attributive

Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hǣr; akin to Old High German hār hair

Date: before 12th century

1.

a. : a slender threadlike outgrowth of the epidermis of an animal ; especially : one of the usually pigmented filaments that form the characteristic coat of a mammal

b. : the hairy covering of an animal or a body part ; especially : the coating of hairs on a human head

2. : haircloth

3.

a. : a minute distance or amount

won by a hair

b. : a precise degree

aligned to a hair

4. obsolete : nature , character

5. : a filamentous structure that resembles hair

leaf hair

• hair·less adjective

• hair·less·ness noun

• hair·like -ˌlīk adjective

- in one's hair

- out of one's hair

[

hair 1a: 1 shaft, 2 sebaceous gland, 3 epidermis, 4 dermis, 5 hair follicle, 6 bulb, 7 papilla

]

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