Definition of hari
1. hair [ n ] dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head); helps prevent heat loss
Examples:
"he combed his hair"
2. hair [ n ] any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal
Examples:
"there is a hair in my soup"
(Tom F. Driver, "Beckett by the Madeleine,"...)
Unruly hair goes straight up from his forehead , standing so high that the top falls gently over , as if to show that it really is hair and not bristle .
Unruly hair goes straight up from his forehead , standing so high that the top falls gently over , as if to show that it really is hair and not bristle .
(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)
Thus shielded , we played many foolish games in comfortable unselfconsciousness ; even when the fences became a part of the game - when a vine embowered gate-post was the Sleeping_Beauty 's enchanted castle , or when Rapunzel let_down her golden hair from beneath the crocketed spire , even then we paid little heed to those who went_by on the path outside .
(Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)
Besides , Miss_Henrietta - as she was generally known since she had put up her hair with a chignon in the back - had little time to spare them from her teaching and writing ; so Cyrus_Adler became interested in her friend Racie_Friedenwald , and Joe_Jastrow - the only young_man who when he wrote had the temerity to address her as Henrietta , and signed himself Joe - fell_in_love with pretty sister Rachel .
(Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)
Prettier , she 'd do her hair another way ; smarter , and wear different kinds of clothes - she 'd be Katharine_Ross , just what that sounded like .
Synonyms hair pilus Related Terms filament body_covering beard mustache eyebrow lock mane mane hairdo hairpiece pubic_hair guard_hair eyelash coat ingrown_hair forelock hairball cowlick beard mammal part hairline keratin3. hair [ n ] filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
Examples:
"peach fuzz"
4. hair [ n ] a very small distance or space
Examples:
"they escaped by a hair's-breadth"
"they lost the election by a whisker"
5. hair [ n ] cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
Synonyms hair haircloth Related Terms fabric6. Hair [ n ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4603
Synonyms Hair7. hair [ n ] a filamentous projection or process on an organism
Synonyms hair Related Terms process bristle pilus seta whiskerSimilar Spelling
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