n.
Pronunciation: ' her
Function: noun
Usage: often attrib
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English h ǣ r; akin to Old High German h ā r 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 \ - ˌ l ī k \ adjective
– in one's hair : persistently and annoyingly in one's presence <can't work with you in my hair all day>
– out of one's hair : out of one's way : not in one's hair <keep the children out of his hair for a while>
hair 1a: 1 shaft, 2 sebaceous gland, 3 epidermis, 4 dermis, 5 hair follicle, 6 bulb, 7 papilla