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Definitions for Hair

[1] any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus.
[2] an aggregate of such filaments, as that covering the human head or forming the coat of most mammals.
[3] a similar fine, filamentous outgrowth from the body of insects, spiders, etc.
[4] Botany . a filamentous outgrowth of the epidermis.
[5] cloth made of hair from animals, as camel and alpaca.
[6] a very small amount, degree, measure, magnitude, etc.; a fraction, as of time or space: He lost the race by a hair.
[7] get in someone's hair , Slang . to annoy or bother someone: Their snobbishness gets in my hair.
[8] hair of the dog , Informal . a drink of liquor, supposed to relieve a hangover: Even a hair of the dog didn't help his aching head. Also hair of the dog that bit one.
[9] let one's hair down , Informal . to relax; behave informally: He finally let his hair down and actually cracked a joke. to speak candidly or frankly; remove or reduce restraints: He let his hair down and told them about his anxieties.
[10] make one's hair stand on end , to strike or fill with horror; terrify: The tales of the jungle made our hair stand on end.
[11] split hairs , to make unnecessarily fine or petty distinctions: To argue about whether they arrived at two o'clock or at 2:01 is just splitting hairs.
[12] tear one's hair , to manifest extreme anxiety, grief, or anger: He's tearing his hair over the way he was treated by them. Also tear one's hair out.
[13] to a hair , perfect to the smallest detail; exactly: The reproduction matched the original to a hair.
[14] without turning a hair , without showing the least excitement or emotion. Also not turn a hair.
[15] any of the threadlike pigmented structures that grow from follicles beneath the skin of mammals and consist of layers of dead keratinized cells
[16] a growth of such structures, as on the human head or animal body, which helps prevent heat loss from the body
[17] botany any threadlike outgrowth from the epidermis, such as a root hair
[18] a fabric or material made from the hair of some animals (as modifier ) a hair carpet ; a hair shirt
[19] another word for hair's-breadth to lose by a hair
[20] get in someone's hair informal to annoy someone persistently
[21] hair of the dog or hair of the dog that bit one an alcoholic drink taken as an antidote to a hangover
[22] keep your hair on! British informal keep calm
[23] let one's hair down to behave without reserve
[24] not turn a hair to show no surprise, anger, fear, etc
[25] split hairs to make petty and unnecessary distinctions

Words related to Hair

wig, hairstyle, grass, fur, haircut, fiber, wool, strand, eyebrow, mane, shock, lock, tress, down, cut, tuft, bristle, filament, beard, mop

Words nearby Hair

hainan, hainan strait, hainaut, haines city, haiphong, hair, hair bulb, hair cast, hair cell, hair disk, hair follicle

Origin of Hair

before 900; Middle English heer, Old English hǣr (cognate with Dutch, German haar, Old Norse hār ), with vowel perhaps from Middle English haire hair shirt < Old French < Old High German hāria (cognate with Middle English here, Old English hǣre, Old Norse hǣra )

Words that may be confused with Hair

hair, hare

Other words from Hair

hair·like , adjective
de·hair , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Hair

Old English hær; related to Old Norse hār, Old High German hār hair, Norwegian herren stiff, hard, Lettish sari bristles, Latin crescere to grow

Synonyms for Hair

eyebrow, fiber, fur, grass, haircut, hairstyle, mane, sideburn, strand, wig, wool, beard, bristle, cilium, coiffure, cowlick, cut, down, eyelash, feeler, filament, fluff, fringe, lock, mop, moustache, quill, ruff, shock, thatch, tress, tuft, vibrissa, villus, whiskers, frizzies, split ends