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English to English noun
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a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss |  | Example: he combed his hair
each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells
source: wordnet30
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a very small distance or space | | Example: they escaped by a hair's-breadth
they lost the election by a whisker
source: wordnet30
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filamentous hairlike growth on a plant | | Example: peach fuzz
source: wordnet30
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any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal | | Example: there is a hair in my soup
source: wordnet30
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cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments | | source: wordnet30
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a filamentous projection or process on an organism | | source: wordnet30
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The collection or mass of filaments growing from the skin of an animal, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole of the body. | | source: webster1913
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