hair meaning

Noun: hair  hehr

1. A covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss
   "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells" 
2. A very small distance or space
   "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"
   - hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker 
3. Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
   - fuzz, tomentum 
4. Any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
   "there is a hair in my soup"
   - pilus 
5. Cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
   - haircloth 
6. A filamentous projection or process on an organism

Sounds like: hare, Herr

Derived forms: hairs

See also: capillary, hairy

Type of: appendage, body covering, cloth, enation, fabric, filament, filum, material, outgrowth, plant process, process, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, textile

Part of: integumentary system, mammal, mammalian

Encyclopedia: Hair

[Medicine]
A filament-like structure consisting of a shaft which projects to the surface of the SKIN from a root which is softer than the shaft and lodges in the cavity of a HAIR FOLLICLE. It is found on most surfaces of the body. n often attrib
1 : a slender threadlike outgrowth of the epidermis of an animal; esp : one of the usu. pigmented filaments that form the characteristic coat of a mammal
2 : the hairy covering of an animal or a body part; esp : the coating of hairs on a human head — hair·like adj

[Computer]
The complications that make something hairy. "Decoding TECO commands requires a certain amount of hair." Often seen in the phrase "infinite hair", which connotes extreme complexity. Also in "hairiferous" (tending to promote hair growth): "GNUMACS elisp encourages lusers to write complex editing modes." "Yeah, it's pretty hairiferous all right." (Or just: "Hair squared!")

• by a hair:    [American idiom]ju ...
• to a hair:     or to the turn of ...
• hair interceptor, hair trap:    [Architecture]A de ...

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1. at that time i wore my hair in two braids.
2. a wisp of hair straggled across her ear.
3. her hair nearly reached down to her waist.
4. i rinsed the shampoo out of my hair.
5. did not you notice ? he has dyed his hair ..