hair
/ˈhɛɚ/ sustantivo A1En español: pelo, cabello, capilar, piloso
- 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 any part or the whole body.
- Specifically, the collection of hairs on the top and sides of the human head, growing from the scalp. · In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.
- 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. · Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
- Any slender, flexible outgrowth, filament, or fiber growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
- 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.
- Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth. · Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.· I won by a hair.
Plural hairs
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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“I’m sure I’m not Ada,” she said, “for her hair goes in such long ringlets, and mine doesn’t go in ringlets at all; and I’m sure I can’t be Mabel, for I know all sorts of things, and she, oh!
A little bright-eyed terrier, you know, with oh, such long curly brown hair!
“And your hair has become very white;
It was opened by another footman in livery, with a round face, and large eyes like a frog; and both footmen, Alice noticed, had powdered hair that curled all over their heads.
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