hair

/heː/ · noun

Meaning

A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
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.
A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
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.
Haircloth; a hair shirt.
To remove the hair from.
To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).
To cause to have hair; to provide with hair
To string the bow for a violin.

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