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- [hair]
- /hɛər/
- /heə(r)/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hair]
- /hɛər/
Definitions of hair word
- noun hair any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus. 1
- noun hair an aggregate of such filaments, as that covering the human head or forming the coat of most mammals. 1
- noun hair a similar fine, filamentous outgrowth from the body of insects, spiders, etc. 1
- noun hair Botany. a filamentous outgrowth of the epidermis. 1
- noun hair cloth made of hair from animals, as camel and alpaca. 1
- noun hair a very small amount, degree, measure, magnitude, etc.; a fraction, as of time or space: He lost the race by a hair. 1
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Origin of hair
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
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)
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Parts of speech for Hair
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hair popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
hair usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hair
noun hair
- wig — an artificial covering of hair for all or most of the head, of either synthetic or natural hair, worn to be stylish or more attractive.
- hairstyle — a style of cutting, arranging, or combing the hair; hairdo; coiffure.
- grass — Günter (Wilhelm) [goo n-ter wil-helm;; German gyn-tuh r vil-helm] /ˈgʊn tər ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈgün tər ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1927–2015, German novelist, poet, and playwright.
- fur — the fine, soft, thick, hairy coat of the skin of a mammal.
- haircut — an act or instance of cutting the hair.
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