hair

Definitions

1. 1noun

   The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.

2. 2noun

   One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.

3. 3noun

   Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.

4. 4noun

   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.

5. 5noun

   An 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).

6. 6noun

   A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.

7. 7noun

   A haircloth.

8. 8noun

   Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

9. 9noun

   a filamentous projection or process on an organism

10. 10noun

    cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments

    Synonyms

    haircloth
11. 11noun

    any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal

    "there is a hair in my soup"

    Synonyms

    pilus
12. 12noun

    a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

    "he combed his hair"

    "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"

13. 13noun

    filamentous hairlike growth on a plant

    "peach fuzz"

    Synonyms

    fuzztomentum
14. 14noun

    a very small distance or space

    "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"

    "they lost the election by a whisker"

    Synonyms

    hairsbreadthwhisker