hair

Hair is that stuff that grows from the top of your head and all over your body.

• If your hair gets too long, you need to get a haircut.
• Women go to a salon to have their hair styled or dyed.
• People who work around food might have to wear a hairnet. (A hairnet covers the hair.)
• A person who has a lot of hair is said to be hairy. (The word "hairy" is an adjective.)
• A man who grows hair under his nose has a moustache.
• A man who grows hair on his chin has a beard.
• The hair that grows above your eye is an eyebrow.
• A baby doesn’t have much hair.
• As people get older they tend to lose their hair.
• Hair turns gray or white on most elderly people.
• A person who doesn’t have any hair is bald.
• If you don’t like the color of your hair, you can dye it.

She dyed her hair pink.

There are a few expressions that use the word "hair."

• Bob came within a hair of getting that job. (He came close to getting that job.)
• The people at the party let down their hair when the music started. (They relaxed and, perhaps, started to dance.)
• Get out of my hair! (Stop bothering me!)
• He’s just splitting hairs. (He’s finding fault with something that is not important.)

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October 8, 2015