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Meaning of hair

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

hair

Pronunciation:/heː//hɛ(ə)ɹ/[hiə]/hɛə//hɛ(ə)ɹ/

noun

Definitions

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

  2. 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: In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.

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

    Example: Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).

verb

Definitions

  1. To remove the hair from.

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

  3. To cause to have hair; to provide with hair

  4. To string the bow for a violin.