Meaning

4 senses
  1. (singular, transitive, usually)To remove the hair from.

  2. (intransitive, singular, usually)To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).

  3. (singular, transitive, usually)To cause to have or bear hair; to provide with hair

  4. (singular, usually)To string the bow for a violin.

Examples

3432 sentences
  1. You should get your hair cut.

    Тобі требе підстригтися. — deniko

    ruТебе нужно постричься. — Tonari

    deDu solltest mal wieder zum Friseur gehen. — Manfredo

  2. Her hair is long and beautiful.

    Її волосся довге і красиве. — uaspeaker

    ruЕё волосы длинные и красивые. — Gruzilkin

    deIhre Haare sind lang und wunderschön. — MUIRIEL

  3. She had long hair last year.

    Минулого року у неї було довге волосся. — deniko

    ruВ прошлом году у нее были длинные волосы. — sharptoothed

    deSie trug langes Haar letztes Jahr. — Alois

  4. I thought Tom had red hair.

    Я думав, що Том рудий. — deniko

    ruЯ думал, у Тома рыжие волосы. — marafon

    deIch dachte, Tom hätte rotes Haar. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. I need to wash my hair.

    Мені потрібно помити голову. — deniko

    ruМне нужно помыть голову. — marafon

    deIch muss mir die Haare waschen. — Luiaard

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

hairs, hairing, haired, haired
Base formhair · to hair
3rd person singularhairs
Present participlehairing
Past simplehaired
Past participlehaired

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhair
he, she, ithairs

Past simpleLesson

all personshaired

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave haired
he, she, ithas haired

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hair

Word family

1 related words
Derivedhair up

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