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/ˈhɛə̯/ · noun
(countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals..
And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.
Threading its way out from among his grey hairs, and continuing right down one side of his tawny scorched face and neck, till it disappeared in his clothing, you saw a slender rod-like mark, lividly whitish.
In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.
Her abundant hair, of a dark and glossy brown, was neatly plaited and coiled above an ivory column that rose straight from a pair of gently sloping shoulders, clearly outlined beneath the light muslin frock that covered them.
Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
(uncountable, by extension) The collection or mass of such outgrowths, filaments, or fibers growing or projecting from the surface of an object or organism.
Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.
I won by a hair.
Use hair when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hair means (countable) A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals..
Common synonyms include thatch, mop, locks, tomentum.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And draweth new delights with hoary hairs.
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