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hair
1 a: a slender threadlike outgrowth of the epidermis of an animal
; especially : one of the usually pigmented filaments that form the characteristic coat of a mammal b: the hairy covering of an animal or a body part
; especially : the coating of hairs on a human head2: haircloth3 a: a minute distance or amount <won by a hair> b: a precise degree <aligned to a hair>4obsolete : nature, character5: a filamentous structure that resembles hair <leaf hair>
— hair·less adjective
— hair·less·ness noun
— in one's hair
: persistently and annoyingly in one's presence <can't work with you in my hair all day>
— out of one's hair
: out of one's way : not in one's hair <keep the children out of his hair for a while>
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