Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, singular, usually)A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.

    Haar

    во́лосvólos, волоси́нкаvolosínka, волоси́наvolosína

    волоси́наvolosýna, во́лосvólos

  2. (singular, uncountable, usually)The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for any part or the whole body.

    Haar

    во́лосыvólosy

    воло́ссяvolóssja

  3. (singular, uncountable, usually)Specifically, the collection of hairs on the top and sides of the human head, growing from the scalp.

    In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.

    Haar, Haare

    во́лосыvólosy, во́лосvólos, волоси́нкаvolosínka

    воло́ссяvolóssja, во́лосvólos, во́лосиvólosy

  4. (countable, singular, usually)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.

  5. (countable, singular, usually)A cellular 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).

  6. (countable, singular, usually)Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.

    (uncountable, by extension) The collection or mass of such outgrowths, filaments, or fibers growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.

  7. (countable, singular, usually)A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.

  8. (countable, singular, usually)Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

    Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.

    I won by a hair.

    a very small distance or space

  9. (singular, slang, uncountable, usually)Complexity; difficulty; the quality of being hairy.

Examples

3432 sentences
  1. You should get your hair cut.

    Тобі требе підстригтися.

    ruТебе нужно постричься.

    deDu solltest mal wieder zum Friseur gehen.

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  2. Her hair is long and beautiful.

    Її волосся довге і красиве.

    ruЕё волосы длинные и красивые.

    deIhre Haare sind lang und wunderschön.

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  3. She had long hair last year.

    Минулого року у неї було довге волосся.

    ruВ прошлом году у нее были длинные волосы.

    deSie trug langes Haar letztes Jahr.

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  4. I thought Tom had red hair.

    Я думав, що Том рудий.

    ruЯ думал, у Тома рыжие волосы.

    deIch dachte, Tom hätte rotes Haar.

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  5. I need to wash my hair.

    Мені потрібно помити голову.

    ruМне нужно помыть голову.

    deIch muss mir die Haare waschen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
pigmented filament of keratin on the skin of humans and other mammals:
mass of such filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals:
mass of such filaments on the human head:
Русский
By meaning 2
pigmented filament of keratin on the skin of humans and other mammals:
mass of such filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
pigmented filament of keratin on the skin of humans and other mammals:
mass of such filaments on the human head:

Origin

From Middle English her, heer, hær, from Old English hǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, f

From Middle English her, heer, hær, from Old English hǣr, from Proto-West Germanic *hār, from Proto-Germanic *hērą (“hair”), from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to scrape, comb”).

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Forms

plural: hairs
Singularhair
Pluralhairs

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal:pilus
  • filamentous hairlike growth on a plant:fuzztomentum
  • cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments:haircloth
  • a very small distance or space:hair's breadthhairsbreadthwhisker

Word family

247 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • hair cut
  • dyed his hair
  • my hair cut
  • his hair cut
  • wash my hair
  • comb his hair
  • washes his hair
  • dye my hair
  • brown hair
  • your hair cut
  • long hair
  • had long hair

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hair — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto