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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hair /hɛr/USA pronunciation n. - Anatomy, Zoology any of many small, thin, tiny, threadlike pieces growing from the skin of mammals;
a pilus:[countable]She plucked a hair from her head. - Anatomy, Zoology[uncountable] a mass of such pieces, such as that covering the human head or forming the coat of most mammals.
- [ count;
usually singular; a + ~] a very small amount or distance:The falling rock missed him by a hair. Idioms- Idioms get in someone's hair, to annoy someone.
- let one's hair down, to to behave in a relaxed, informal manner.
- Idioms, Informal Terms make one's hair stand on end:
- Idioms split hairs, to make petty objections or distinctions:splitting hairs about the rules.
- Idioms tear one's hair (out), to behave frantically:tearing my hair out with worry.
hair•less, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hair (hâr),USA pronunciation n. - Anatomy, Zoologyany of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals;
a pilus. - Anatomy, Zoologyan aggregate of such filaments, as that covering the human head or forming the coat of most mammals.
- Insectsa similar fine, filamentous outgrowth from the body of insects, spiders, etc.
- Botanya filamentous outgrowth of the epidermis.
- cloth made of hair from animals, as camel and alpaca.
- a very small amount, degree, measure, magnitude, etc.;
a fraction, as of time or space:He lost the race by a hair. - Idioms get in someone's hair, [Slang.]to annoy or bother someone:Their snobbishness gets in my hair.
- Idioms, Informal Terms hair of the dog, [Informal.]a drink of liquor, supposed to relieve a hangover:Even a hair of the dog didn't help his aching head.Also, hair of the dog that bit one.
- Informal Terms let one's hair down:
- to relax;
behave informally:He finally let his hair down and actually cracked a joke. - to speak candidly or frankly;
remove or reduce restraints:He let his hair down and told them about his anxieties.
- Idioms make one's hair stand on end, to strike or fill with horror;
terrify:The tales of the jungle made our hair stand on end. - Idioms split hairs, to make unnecessarily fine or petty distinctions:To argue about whether they arrived at two o'clock or at 2:01 is just splitting hairs.
- Idioms tear one's hair, to manifest extreme anxiety, grief, or anger:He's tearing his hair over the way he was treated by them.Also, tear one's hair out.
- Idioms to a hair, perfect to the smallest detail;
exactly:The reproduction matched the original to a hair. - Idioms without turning a hair, without showing the least excitement or emotion. Also, not turn a hair.
- Old High German hāria (cognate with Middle English here, Old English hǣre, Old Norse hǣra)
- Old French
- Middle English heer, Old English hǣr (cognate with Dutch, German haar, Old Norse hār), with vowel perh. from Middle English haire hair shirt bef. 900
hair′like′, adj. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hair /hɛə/ n - any of the threadlike pigmented structures that grow from follicles beneath the skin of mammals and consist of layers of dead keratinized cells
- a growth of such structures, as on the human head or animal body, which helps prevent heat loss from the body
- any threadlike outgrowth from the epidermis, such as a root hair
- a fabric or material made from the hair of some animals
- another word for hair's-breadth: to lose by a hair
- get in someone's hair ⇒ informal to annoy someone persistently
- hair of the dog, hair of the dog that bit one ⇒ an alcoholic drink taken as an antidote to a hangover
- keep your hair on! ⇒ Brit informal keep calm
- let one's hair down ⇒ to behave without reserve
- not turn a hair ⇒ to show no surprise, anger, fear, etc
- split hairs ⇒ to make petty and unnecessary distinctions
Etymology: Old English hær; related to Old Norse hār, Old High German hār hair, Norwegian herren stiff, hard, Lettish sari bristles, Latin crescere to growˈhairˌlike adj |