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Meaning of 'hair'
Meaning of 'hair' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Hair 
[ n.]
- The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of
an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any
part or the whole of the body. [ n.]- One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.
- Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.
- 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.
- An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
- A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
- A haircloth.
- Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
Meaning of 'hair' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. hair [ n]
[ n]Meaning (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
- 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
Example in sentence:
- each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells;
- he combed his hair
Meaning (2):
- filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
- filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
Example in sentence:
- peach fuzz
Meaning (3):
- any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
- any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
Example in sentence:
- there is a hair in my soup
Meaning (4):
- a very small distance or space
- a very small distance or space
Example in sentence:
- they escaped by a hair's-breadth;
- they lost the election by a whisker
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