He plucked a hair from his arm.
There are dog hairs all over my coat.
The hair on her arms is blond.
He has a lot of hair on his chest.
He got his hair cut last week.
He has a thick head of hair.
a balding man who is losing his hair
He won the race by a hair.
He was a hair off on the count.
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Many hair dryers have a removable piece on the back that houses the filter.—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025 What’s the most common error men make when dyeing their hair or beards?—The Editors, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2025 In photos from this period, his thin frame has filled out, his hair is pomaded, and his mustache is of the pencil-thin, Clark Gable variety.—David Kamp, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025 In one scene, Johnson’s character goes to the barber shop and shaves his hair.—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hair
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English hǣr; akin to Old High German hār hair
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of hair was
before the 12th century
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