hair

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 105262259)
    "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"
    is a type of: body covering - any covering for the body or a body part
    subtypes:
    • coat, pelage - growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal
    • guard hair - coarse hairs that form the outer fur and protect the underfur of certain mammals
    • mane - long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
    • forelock, foretop - a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears
    • beard - hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
    • body hair - short hair growing over a person's body
    • down, pile - fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)
    • head of hair, mane - growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being
    • cowlick - a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat
    • coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle - the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
    • curl, lock, ringlet, whorl - a strand or cluster of hair
    • facial hair - hair on the face (especially on the face of a man)
    • bush, crotch hair, pubic hair - hair growing in the pubic area
    • brow, eyebrow, supercilium - the arch of hair above each eye
    • cilium, eyelash, lash - any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
    has:
    • hairline - the natural margin formed by hair on the head
    • part, parting - a line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions
    • root - the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair
    is a part of: integumentary system - the skin and its appendages
    substance holonym: ceratin, keratin - a fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves
  2. A very small distance or space (synset 113783743)
    "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
    is a type of: small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude
    same as: hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker
  3. Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant (synset 113110851)
    "peach fuzz"
    is a type of: enation, plant process - a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
    subtypes:
    • stinging hair - a multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluid
    • beard - a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses
    same as: fuzz, tomentum
  4. Any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal (synset 105261857)
    "there is a hair in my soup"
    is a type of: filament, filum - a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells)
    subtypes: ingrown hair - a hair that does not emerge from the follicle but remains embedded in the skin (usually causing inflammation)
    is a part of: mammal, mammalian - any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair; young are born alive except for the small subclass of monotremes and nourished with milk
    same as: pilus
  5. Cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair;
    Used for upholstery or stiffening in garments (synset 103480797)
    is a type of: cloth, fabric, material, textile - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
    same as: haircloth
  6. A filamentous projection or process on an organism (synset 101902791)
    is a type of: appendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
    subtypes:
    • bristle - a stiff hair
    • sensory hair, vibrissa, whisker - a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
    • seta - a stiff hair or bristle
    • pilus - hairlike structure especially on the surface of a cell or microorganism

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