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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The waterless, weightless spray lays smooth on the hair but provides a strong hold without making strands look crunchy.—Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 25 June 2025 If box braids are your go-to, try knotless box braids, which don’t require such a tight grip on your scalp to fuse the braiding hair with your natural hair.—Annie Blay-Tettey, Allure, 24 June 2025 His head becomes a circle, flattened and shaded on the right (hair) and pointed on the left (chin).—Nishant Jain, The Dial, 24 June 2025 Fat is also important for your hair, skin, and brain health.—Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 24 June 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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