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Synonyms for hair

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hair
Phonetic Transcription : hɛər

Top 10 synonyms for hair
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Définition of hair

Origin :
  • Old English hær "hair, a hair," from Proto-Germanic *khæran (cf. Old Saxon, Old Norse, Old High German har, Old Frisian her, Dutch and German haar "hair"), perhaps from PIE *ghers- "to stand out, to bristle, rise to a point" (cf. Lithuanian serys "bristle;" see horror).
  • Spelling influenced by Old Norse har and Old English haire "haircloth," from Old French haire, from Frankish *harja or some other Germanic source (see above). To let one's hair down "become familiar" is first recorded 1850. Phrase hair of the dog that bit you (1540s), homeopathic remedy, is in Pliny.
  • noun threadlike growth on animate being
Example sentences :
  • Hence the hair of the deceased was consecrated to her, and her name invoked at funerals.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • She could feel the shears against her hair, and she was so scared she swore like he told her.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • One-half of the pink roses were on the table, and one from the other half was in her hair.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He recalled the story Uncle Peter had told at the Oldakers' about the woman and her hair.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Let me fix your hair and we'll hurry to Vinton's as fast as ever we can.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Once more the sun flashed on her hair; then the machine disappeared.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Her eyes were red with weeping, and her hair was in disorder.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • The cultivated Jewess no longer cuts off her hair at her marriage.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
  • His eyes were black an' his hair was red an' his voice like the parish bull.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • He seemed older than she had recalled him: the hair over his ears was almost white.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
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