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Definition of hair
Illustration of hair
hair 1a: 1 shaft, 2 sebaceous gland, 3 epidermis, 4 dermis, 5 hair follicle, 6 bulb, 7 papilla
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Synonyms & Antonyms for hair
Synonyms
ace, hairbreadth (or hairsbreadth), hairline, hop, skip, and jump, inch, neck, shouting distance, step, stone's throw
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In a recent Instagram post, the singer, 39, shared a photo of her eight-year-old daughter sporting a bright new look, alongside an image of Jessica Simpson dyeing the ends of her own daughter's hair. — Zoya Ansari And Megan Thomas, CNN, "Pink dyes daughter's hair in support of Jessica Simpson's decision to do the same," 2 Aug. 2019 Ant stingers are slimmer than the width of a human hair. — Sabine Galvis, Science | AAAS, "Slow-motion video reveals how ants deliver their painful venom," 2 Aug. 2019 Crosby has Type 2 diabetes and eight stents in his heart, and the famous Custer mustache and mane of hair are a billowy white. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "No Stills, no Nash, no Young — but a lot of Crosby," 31 July 2019 Her album is killing it, her hair is constantly changing colors, and her friendship with Justin Bieber is getting better by the minute. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "Billie Eilish's Birth Chart Predicts Some "Mind Blowing" Projects in the Singer's Future," 29 July 2019 So were the visibly vain, checking their reflection in a store window, smoothing their hair or straightening their clothes. — Paula Allen, ExpressNews.com, "San Antonio’s ‘sidewalk photographers’ captured Houston Street life," 27 July 2019 Marc Jacobs, fashion designer and aspiring driver, has always had a lustrous head of inky black hair. — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, "Marc Jacobs Shares His Student ID Cards—and Voluminous Hair—From the Early ’80s," 26 July 2019 Alaska State Troopers have not said how Chynelle died, but the bruises on her face and the missing chunk of her thick hair suggested to her family that someone might have killed her. — Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, "Clergy Abused an Entire Generation in This Village. With New Traumas, Justice Remains Elusive.," 26 July 2019 The bill aims to ensure no employee can be fired or passed over for a job because of racially biased criticism of their hair. — USA TODAY, "Penal farm to produce farm, music under the sea: News from around our 50 states," 16 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hair.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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hair
noun
English Language Learners Definition of hair
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