ALL meanings of hairlike
hair
H h - noun hairlike Resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair. 1
- noun hairlike any of the numerous fine, usually cylindrical, keratinous filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals; a pilus. 1
- noun hairlike an aggregate of such filaments, as that covering the human head or forming the coat of most mammals. 1
- noun hairlike a similar fine, filamentous outgrowth from the body of insects, spiders, etc. 1
- noun hairlike Botany. a filamentous outgrowth of the epidermis. 1
- noun hairlike cloth made of hair from animals, as camel and alpaca. 1
- noun hairlike a very small amount, degree, measure, magnitude, etc.; a fraction, as of time or space: He lost the race by a hair. 1
- idioms hairlike get in someone's hair, Slang. to annoy or bother someone: Their snobbishness gets in my hair. 1
- idioms hairlike 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. 1
- idioms hairlike 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. 1
- idioms hairlike 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. 1
- idioms hairlike 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. 1
- idioms hairlike 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. 1
- idioms hairlike to a hair, perfect to the smallest detail; exactly: The reproduction matched the original to a hair. 1
- idioms hairlike without turning a hair, without showing the least excitement or emotion. Also, not turn a hair. 1