Illustration of hair
- 1 shaft
- 2 sebaceous gland
- 3 epidermis
- 4 dermis
- 5 hair follicle
- 6 bulb
- 7 papilla
often attributive
1
2
3
a
: a minute distance or amount
won by a hair
b
: a precise degree
aligned to a hair
5
: a filamentous structure that resembles hair
leaf hair
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Examples of hair in a Sentence
He plucked a hair from his arm.
There are dog hairs all over my coat.
The hair on her arms is blond.
He has a lot of hair on his chest.
He got his hair cut last week.
He has a thick head of hair.
a balding man who is losing his hair
He won the race by a hair.
He was a hair off on the count.
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Black eyes, dark hair, Han is blocking the exit, standing with his hands on his hips, like a big fat X.
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Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
Higher doses for women can cause side effects including acne, excessive body hair and even body odor.
—Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
There’s a new promo picture going around showing a Dusty Milligan with facial hair (see: above) — and listen, not to besmirch his infinity-pool jawline, but the dude looks so much better with that scruff.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Why not the kid with spiked hair and a steely glare?
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
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Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
Higher doses for women can cause side effects including acne, excessive body hair and even body odor.
—Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
There’s a new promo picture going around showing a Dusty Milligan with facial hair (see: above) — and listen, not to besmirch his infinity-pool jawline, but the dude looks so much better with that scruff.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Why not the kid with spiked hair and a steely glare?
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for hair
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“Hair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hair. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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hair
noun
ˈha(ə)r 
ˈhe(ə)r
1
a
: a slender threadlike growth from the skin of an animal
especially
: one that usually contains coloring and forms part of the characteristic coat of a mammal
b
: a covering or growth of hairs of an animal or a body part
2
: a tiny distance or amount
won by a hair
3
: a threadlike structure that resembles hair
leaf hairs
Medical Definition
hair
nounoften attributive
1
: a slender threadlike outgrowth of the epidermis of an animal
especially
: one of the usually pigmented filaments that form the characteristic coat of a mammal
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