hair
/ˈhɛɚ/ verb C1- To remove the hair from.
- To grow hair (where there was a bald spot).
- To cause to have or bear hair; to provide with hair
- To string the bow for a violin.
He/she/it hairs · Past haired · Past participle haired · -ing form hairing
Verb forms
- Base form
- hair
- He/she/it
- hairs
- Past
- haired
- Past participle
- haired
- -ing form
- hairing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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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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