Definition of hairs in English

Wiktionary

hairs (Noun)
Plural of hair.

Part of speech

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hairs, noun, plural of hair.

WordNet

Noun Plural: hair
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; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"
		body covering any covering for the body or a body part
		integumentary system the skin and its appendages
		pelage, coat 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 (American football) a complete play to advance the football; "you have four downs to gain ten yards"
		head of hair, mane long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
		hairline the natural margin formed by hair on the head
		parting, part something less than the whole of a human artifact; "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
		cowlick a tuft of hair that grows in a different direction from the rest of the hair and usually will not lie flat
		coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle, coif the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
		curl, whorl, ringlet, lock American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933)
		facial hair hair on the face (especially on the face of a man)
		crotch hair, pubic hair, bush hair growing in the pubic area
		eyebrow, supercilium, brow the arch of hair above each eye
		eyelash, cilium, lash any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids
hair - a filamentous projection or process on an organism
		appendage, outgrowth, process a part that is joined to something larger
		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
hair - any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup"
		pilus
		filum, filament a thin wire (usually tungsten) that is heated white hot by the passage of an electric current
		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
hair - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"
		fuzz, tomentum
		plant process, enation a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
		stinging hair a multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluid
hair - cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
		haircloth
hair - a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
		hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, whisker

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Wiktionary

hair (Noun)
A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
hair (Noun)
The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
hair (Noun)
A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
hair (Noun)
A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily Nuphar.
hair (Noun)
Haircloth; a hair shirt.
hair (Noun)
Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

hair (n.)
The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body.
hair (n.)
One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin.
hair (n.)
Hair (human or animal) used for various purposes; as, hair for stuffing cushions.
hair (n.)
A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.
hair (n.)
An outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated. Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
hair (n.)
A spring device used in a hair-trigger firearm.
hair (n.)
A haircloth.
hair (n.)
Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

hair
The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
hair
One single of the filaments growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for parts of the body.
hair
A single filament growing from the non-facial part of the head of humans.
hair
The collection or mass of hair on a person's head except the face.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

hair
hār, n. a filament growing from the skin of an animal: the whole mass of hairs which forms a covering for the head or the whole body: (bot.) minute hair-like processes on the cuticle of plants: anything very small and fine: particular course, quality, or character: (mech.) a locking spring or other safety contrivance in the lock of a rifle, &c., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.—ns. Hair′breadth, Hair's′-breadth, the breadth of a hair (Hairbreadth 'scape, a very narrow escape): a very small distance; Hair′-brush, a brush for the hair; Hair′cloth, cloth made partly or entirely of hair; Hair′dresser, one who dresses or cuts hair: a barber.—adj. Haired, having hair—as black-haired, fair-haired, &c.—ns. Hair′-grass, a kind of grass found generally on poor soil, the bracts of whose florets are generally awned near the base; Hair′iness.—adj. Hair′less, without hair.—ns. Hair′-line, a line made of hair, used in fishing: a slender line made in writing or drawing: (print.) a very thin line on a type; Hair′-oil, perfumed oil used in dressing the hair; Hair′-pen′cil, an artist's brush made of a few fine hairs; Hair′-pin, a pin used in hairdressing; Hair′-pow′der, a white powder for dusting the hair; Hair′-shirt, a penitent's shirt of haircloth; Hair′-space, the thinnest metal space used by compositors; Hair′-split′ter, one who makes too nice distinctions; Hair′-split′ting, the art of making minute and over-nice distinctions; Hair′spring, a very fine hair-like spring coiled up within the balance-wheel of a watch; Hair′-stroke, in writing, a fine stroke with the pen: a hair-line; Hair′-trigg′er, a trigger which discharges a gun or pistol by a hair-like spring; Hair′-work, work done or something made with hair, esp. human; Hair′worm, a worm, like a horse-hair, which lives in the bodies of certain insects.—adj. Hair′y, of or resembling hair: covered with hair.—Against the hair, against the grain: contrary to what is natural; A hair of the dog that bit him, a smaller dose of that which caused the trouble, esp. used of the morning glass after a night's debauch—a homeopathic dose; Comb a person's hair the wrong way, to irritate or provoke him; Keep one's hair on (slang) to keep cool; Make the hair stand on end, to give the greatest astonishment or fright to another; Not to turn a hair, not to be ruffled or disturbed; Put up the hair, to dress the hair up on the head instead of wearing it hanging; Split hairs, to make superfine distinctions; To a hair, To the turn of a hair, exactly, with perfect nicety. [A.S. hǽr, Ger., Dut., and Dan. haar, &c.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

hair
The cold nipping wind called haar in the north: as in Beaumont and Fletcher, "Here all is cold as the hairs in winter."

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

hair
A spring or other contrivance in a rifle or pistol lock, which, being unlocked by a slight pressure on the trigger, strikes the tumbler-catch, and unlocks the tumbler.

Wikipedia

Hair is something that grows from the skin of mammals. The hair of non-human animals is usually called fur. Having no hair is called baldness. Humans and some other animals have lost much of their hair through evolution, and some animals, such as the elephant and the whale, have almost none at all.

Human hair.

In humans, hair grows mostly on the head, and the amount of body hair is different from race to race. Asians and native North Americans have the least amount of body hair, while Caucasians tend to have the most. Hair commonly turns white as people age.

History and culture.

People have been interested in head hair for hundreds of thousands of years. For both men and women, styling and coloring of hair have been a way to show importance and prestige. Sometimes society makes rules to control the amount of hair, for example by not allowing people to cut their hair or beards.

Hair loss.

People have about 100,000 strands of hair on their head. About 100 fall out each day, but they usually grow back.

Men often lose some of their hair as they grow older. This is known as "baldness", and doctors call it "male pattern baldness". Its name comes from the fact that hair loss almost always follows the same pattern. It begins by hair falling out first from the front and sides of the head, and thinning from the top of the head, usually until it is all gone. After a while, all that may be left is a fringe of hair running above the ears and around the lower back of the head. Even though