hair in English
- hair⇄adj. hairless.
- hair⇄adj. hairlike.
- hair⇄adj. 1. of, having to do with, or connected with hair or a hair.
2. made of or with hair. - hair⇄expr. by a hair's breadth, by the narrowest margin imaginable.
Ex. The car suddenly swerved and missed hitting the tree by a hair's breadth. - hair⇄expr. get in one's hair, (Informal.) to bother one; be a nuisance to one.
Ex. The insistent salesman got so in her hair that she slammed the door in his face. - hair⇄expr. hair of the dog (that bit one),
a. a drink of liquor taken to steady the nerves or alleviate the effects of drunkenness.
Ex. Drink again. Another hair of the dog that bit you, Captain (Dickens).
b. (Figurative.) more of anything - hair⇄expr. let one's hair down, (Slang.)
a. to be carefree or relaxed.
Ex. The older folks decided to let their hair down and join in the square dance.
b. to be frank or candid.
Ex. The only person with whom she let her hair down and - hair⇄expr. make one's hair stand on end, to fill one with great fear; frighten or alarm one.
Ex. The horror picture made my hair stand on end. - hair⇄expr. split hairs, to make too fine distinctions.
Ex. He splits hairs with such surprising versatility (Leslie Stephen). - hair⇄expr. tear one's hair, to be frenzied with grief or rage.
Ex. Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair And curst himself in his despair (Robert Southey). - hair⇄expr. to a hair, exactly; just right.
Ex. Three or four single men, who suit my temper to a hair (William Cowper). - hair⇄expr. turn a hair, to show signs of being disturbed or embarrassed.
Ex. Cletus never turned a hair. His nonchalance was remarkable (Jessamyn West). - hair⇄hair, noun, adjective, verb.
- hair⇄noun 1a. a fine, threadlike growth from the skin of people and animals. Hairs contain pigment.
b. any similar outgrowth from the body of insects and other invertebrates.
2. a mass of such growths.
Ex. The little girl's hair was yellow - hair⇄v.i. 1. to produce or grow hair.
2. to form hairlike fibers. - hair⇄v.t. to free from hair.
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