Meaning of hair in English
(Definition of hair from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of hair
hair
A portion of the transmitters (factor r) returns from the synaptic cleft into the presynaptic hair cell.
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He clearly found running the shrine very stressful: he lost weight and his hair started to fall out.
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Most of the hairs arise from little creamy white dots, some of which are enclosed in small round black or bluish grey spots.
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The characteristics were : hair, facial hair, larynx, voice, figure, height, skin, hands/feet, muscularity, chin, nose, jaw, speech, and gestures/movement.
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He adjusts his clothing, he tends to his hair, with infinite loving pains.
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He was only 5 feet 3 inches tall with a dark complexion, hazel eyes, and dark hair.
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He was 5 feet 6 1/2 inches tall with dark skin, hazel eyes and black hair.
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We are told that its carriages are made of protein filaments one-thousandth the diameter of a human hair.
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She shakes her head, somewhat more violently than is called for, and runs her hand over her head to loosen her hair.
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They dyed their hair and wrote slogans on their clothes and on city walls.
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Wing fringes distinctly smoky grey; some of the hairs on the veins are also dark grey or smoky grey.
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Her hair was arranged in a bun with her front hair parted in the middle.
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The defective coat structure of the uncovered mice is due to the abnormal texture of the hairs themselves.
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A combed skein of hair forms the background to the smaller images, which explains the curious criss-crossing in the crook of the swimsuited woman's arm.
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Collocations with hair
hair
These are words often used in combination with hair.
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auburn hair
She has long, straight auburn hair.
bleached hair
She has peroxide blonde bleached hair and hair extensions.
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केस…
髪, 毛, 1本の髪（毛）…
saç, kıl, tüy…
cheveux [masculine, plural], poils [masculine…
cabell(s), pèl(s)…
een haar, het haar…
ஒரு நபரின் தலையில் மெல்லிய நூல் போன்ற கட்டமைப்புகளின் நிறை, அல்லது ஒரு நபர் அல்லது விலங்கின் தோலில் இருந்து வளரும் இந்த அமைப்புகளில் ஏதேனும்…
बाल…
વાળ, કેશ…
hår…
hårstrå, hår…
bulu, rambut…
das Haar…
hår [neuter], hår…
بال…
волосина, волосся, коси…
జుట్టు…
চুল, কেশ, রোম…
chlup, vlas(y)…
bulu, rambut…
เส้นขน, ผม…
lông, tóc…
włosy, włos, sierść…
머리, 털…
capelli, pelo, capello…
