hairnoun [ C or U ]
uk/heər/us/her/A1 the mass of thin thread-like structures on the head of a person, or any of these structures that grow out of the skin of a person or animal:
He's got short, dark hair.
I'm going to have/get my hair cut.
She brushed her long, red hair.
He had lost his hair by the time he was 25.
He's starting to get a few grey hairs now.
I found a hair in my soup.
More examples
- She combed her hair and put on some lipstick.
- Her hair fell in curls over her shoulders.
- I think grey hair on a man can look very distinguished.
- I got quite a surprise when I saw her with short hair.
- Oh yuck, there's a hair in my soup!
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Hair
- -haired
- a full, good, thick, etc. head of hair idiom
- bald patch
- balding
- beard
- crinkle
- curl
- curly
- hairpiece
- hairy
- hirsute
- plica
- pube
- receding hairline
- rug
- tache
- toupée
- tresses
- unshaven
- wisp
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Idiom(s)
a hair's breadth
get in sb's hair
the hair of the dog (that bit you)
keep your hair on
make sb's hair stand on end
not a hair out of place
that'll put hairs on your chest!