a head of hair

  • 81Not worth a hair — Hair Hair (h[^a]r), n. [OE. her, heer, h[ae]r, AS. h[=ae]r; akin to OFries. h[=e]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[=a]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[*a]r; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 82To a hair — Hair Hair (h[^a]r), n. [OE. her, heer, h[ae]r, AS. h[=ae]r; akin to OFries. h[=e]r, D. & G. haar, OHG. & Icel. h[=a]r, Dan. haar, Sw. h[*a]r; cf. Lith. kasa.] 1. The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 83hair — 1. One of the fine, keratinized filamentous epidermal growths arising from the skin of the body of mammals except the palms, soles, and flexor surfaces of the joints; the full length and texture of h. varies markedly in different body sites. SYN …

    Medical dictionary

  • 84Hair clipper — A manual beard clipper. Hair clippers are specialized implements used to cut human head hair. They work on the same principle as scissors, but are distinct from scissors themselves and razors. Similar but heavier duty implements are used to shear …

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  • 85Hair coloring — A hairdresser colors a client s hair. Hair coloring is the practice of changing the color of hair. Common reasons are to cover gray hair, to change to a color regarded as more fashionable or desirable, and to restore the original hair color after …

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  • 86hair */*/*/ — UK [heə(r)] / US [her] noun Word forms hair : singular hair plural hairs [uncountable] the mass of thin fibres that grows on your head long black hair a girl with dark shoulder length hair He wore his hair in a ponytail. You need to brush your… …

    English dictionary

  • 87Hair —    1) The Egyptians let the hair of their head and beard grow only when they were in mourning, shaving it off at other times. So particular were they on this point that to have neglected it was a subject of reproach and ridicule; and whenever… …

    Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • 88hair — [OE] No general Indo European term for ‘hair’ has come down to us. All the ‘hair’ words in modern European languages are descended from terms for particular types of hair – hair on the head, hair on other parts of the body, animal hair – or for… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 89hair*/*/*/ — [heə] noun 1) [U] the thing that grows on your head in a mass of thin fibres long black hair[/ex] brush/comb your hair[/ex] 2) [C] a single fibre of hair a few grey hairs[/ex] dog hairs on the furniture[/ex] • let your hair down informal to relax …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 90hair — [OE] No general Indo European term for ‘hair’ has come down to us. All the ‘hair’ words in modern European languages are descended from terms for particular types of hair – hair on the head, hair on other parts of the body, animal hair – or for… …

    Word origins