hair

A1
Pronunciation
/heː/
/hɛ(ə)ɹ/
[hiə]
/hɛə/
/hɛ(ə)ɹ/
Noun
8 definition(s)
1 Definition

A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

2 Definition

The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.

Example Sentences
  • In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.
3 Definition

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.

4 Definition

A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.

Example Sentences
  • Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
5 Definition

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.

6 Definition

Haircloth; a hair shirt.

7 Definition

Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Example Sentences
  • Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.
8 Definition

Complexity; difficulty; quality of being hairy

Verb
4 definition(s)
1 Definition

To remove the hair from.

2 Definition

To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).

3 Definition

To cause to have hair; to provide with hair

4 Definition

To string the bow for a violin.