noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ auburn , black , blond , brown , chestnut , dark , fair , ginger ( BrE ), golden , grey/gray , grizzled , jet-black , light , raven ( literary ), red , sandy , silver , silvery , white , yellow
▪ bushy , coarse , curly , fine , flyaway ( esp. AmE ), frizzy , kinky ( AmE ), nappy ( AmE ), shaggy , spiky , straight , thick , wavy , wiry , wispy
▪ beautiful , glossy , shiny , silky , sleek
▪ dishevelled/disheveled , dry , dull , fuzzy , greasy , matted , messy , scruffy , tangled , tousled , unkempt , unruly , untidy ( esp. BrE ), windswept
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a new shampoo for dull or dry ~
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His ~ was tousled and he looked as if he'd just woken up.
▪ cropped , long , short , shoulder-length , waist-length
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She had shoulder-length black ~.
▪ stray
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She pushed a stray ~ behind her ear.
▪ thinning
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He ran both hands through his thinning ~.
▪ body , chest , facial , pubic
▪ cat , dog , etc.
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The rug was covered with cat ~s.
… OF HAIR
▪ lock , wisp
VERB + HAIR
▪ have
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She had beautiful auburn ~.
▪ lose
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He had turned forty and was beginning to lose his ~.
▪ wear
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She wore her long ~ loose on her shoulders.
▪ arrange , do , fix , tidy ( esp. BrE )
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I don't like the way she's arranged her ~, do you?
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I'll be down in a minute, I'm just doing my ~.
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She showered, fixed her ~, and applied make up.
▪ braid ( esp. AmE ), plait ( BrE ), put up , tie back
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Why don't you put your ~ up for this evening?
▪ brush , comb
▪ shampoo , wash
▪ cut , trim
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He went to the barber's to have his ~ cut.
▪ blow-dry , dry
▪ style
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They had styled my ~ by blowing it out straight.
▪ curl , gel , perm , relax , straighten
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I've decided to have my ~ permed.
▪ bleach , colour/color , dye
▪ grow
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I'm trying to grow my ~.
▪ shave
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His ~ was shaved close to his head.
▪ mess up , muss ( AmE ), ruffle
▪ smooth , stroke
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Kyle reached out to stroke her ~.
▪ flick , toss
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She tossed her long ~ out of her eyes.
HAIR + VERB
▪ grow
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Why don't you let your ~ grow?
▪ curl
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His ~ curls naturally.
▪ fall , flow , hang , lie , tumble
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Her blond ~ fell over her eyes.
▪ gleam , glint , glisten , shine
HAIR + NOUN
▪ loss
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how to cope with ~ loss
▪ salon , stylist
▪ colour/color
▪ accessory
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Her only ~ accessory was a headband.
▪ extension
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a stylist specializing in ~ extensions
▪ removal
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waxing, and the other ~ removal methods available for men