Hair

German Meaning

Haar

Haare

Borste

English Meaning

  1. Any of the cylindrical, keratinized, often pigmented filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal.
  2. A growth of such filaments, as that forming the coat of an animal or covering the scalp of a human.
  3. A filamentous projection or bristle similar to a hair, such as a seta of an arthropod or an epidermal process of a plant.
  4. Fabric made from the hair of certain animals: a coat of alpaca hair.
  5. A minute distance or narrow margin: won by a hair.
  6. A precise or exact degree: calibrated to a hair.