hair
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
How often you will meet it
Rank 424 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 47,315 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.022% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- 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 haireach hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells
- a very small distance or space also: hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker they escaped by a hair's-breadththey lost the election by a whisker
- filamentous hairlike growth on a plant also: fuzz, tomentum peach fuzz
- any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal also: pilus there is a hair in my soup
- cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments also: haircloth
- a filamentous projection or process on an organism
hair in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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She hastily dried her eyes and smoothed her hair.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1
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The man's face, at first glance, appeared to be covered with hair.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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She had nice, round, fresh cheeks and nice, big, honest eyes, plenty of mouse-brown hair and a short, straight nose.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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I at once pictured to myself a creature with spectacles and lank hair, horribly freckled, and tramping about on huge feet.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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The flowing hair was all gone; nothing remained but the red nose, and the sparkling eyes, which looked more malicious than ever.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1