Hair | Mean of hair in English Dictionary

/ˈheɚ/

• Noun
• a thin threadlike growth from the skin of a person or animal
1. He plucked a hair from his arm.
2. There are dog/cat hairs all over my coat.
• a covering or growth of hairs
1. The hair on her arms is blond.
2. He has a lot of hair on his chest.
3. facial/pubic hair
• the covering of hairs on a person's head
1. He got his hair cut last week.
2. Your hair looks nice.
3. She has long/black/straight hair.
4. He has a thick/full head of hair.
5. a balding man who is losing his hair
6. a lock/strand of hair
7. hair conditioners/curlers
8. a hair dryer
9. I'm having a bad hair day. [=my hair does not look nice today]

• a very small distance or amount
1. He won the race by a hair.
2. He was a hair off on the count.
• an alcoholic drink that is taken by someone to feel better after having drunk too much at an earlier time
• to relax and enjoy yourself
1. We work hard all week, so when Friday comes we like to let our hair down a little and have some fun.
• to have a very neat appearance
1. a politician who never has a hair out of place
• to remain calm even though something frightening or shocking has happened
1. Most people would have been very nervous in that situation, but she never turned a hair.
• to be very worried or upset about something
1. We've been tearing our hair out trying to decide what to do.
• to argue about small details or differences that are not important
1. His lawyers are splitting hairs over the wording of his contract.