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hair

Haar

Definitionen

Englisch > Deutsch
hair
1. Substantiv:
2. [1] Singular und Plural, konkret: ein (einzelnes) Haar
3. [2] kein Plural, meist ohne Artikel, kollektiv: das Haar, die Haare, die Behaarung, (Haarpracht)
4. [3] von Tieren und Pflanzen: Haar; Härchen
[1, 2] George has (–) brown hair, but I found a hair on the sofa and suspect he's getting some gray hairs.
George hat braune Haare, aber ich fand ein Haar auf dem Sofa und vermute, dass er einige graue Haare bekommt.
[1, 2] George's hair is brown, but one hair I found was grey, so I think there are probably more grey hairs on his head as well.
Georges Haare sind braun, aber ein Haar, das ich gefunden habe, war grau; daher glaube ich, dass er wohl noch mehr graue Haare auf dem Kopf hat.
[2] Her hair grew stronger.
Ihr Haar wuchs kräftiger.
Englisch > Englisch
hair
1. subst. A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.
2. subst. The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.
In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair.
3. subst. (zoology) A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mo
4. subst. (botany) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar).
5. subst. (obsolete) Haircloth; a hair shirt.
6. subst. Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.
Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right.
Deutsch > Englisch
Haar
1. subst. hair