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# hair

noun (hair — usually uncountable; a hair, hairs — single strands)

«hair» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Hair is what grows on your head and on parts of your body. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hair/#m1)
2. A hair is one single thin strand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hair/#m2)
3. Hair, or fur, also grows on many animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hair/#m3)

### In the lessons

A word of the story; sometimes a length that grows or is cut, or a haircut price. In science: hair grows from roots in the skin; mammals have hair. In health: brush and wash your hair; head lice spread by touching heads. Phrases: «brush your hair», «haircut», «by a hair», «let your hair down», «hair-raising».

### Examples

- Her hair is 30 cm long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hair/#x1)
- She cut 5 cm off her hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hair/#x2)
- Hair grows about 1 cm a month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hair/#x3)
- A haircut costs 15 dollars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hair/#x4)
- I found a hair in my soup! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hair/#x5)
- Grandpa's hair is grey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hair/#x6)
- Do not share combs, or you may share head lice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hair/#x7)
- She won the race by a hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hair/#x8)
- What if the hair should break? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hair/#x9)

### Note

Cutting takes away length, growing adds. Trap: hair often only describes a person (red hair) and gives no number. Hair on your head is uncountable: «her hair is long», not «her hairs are long». Homophone: hare (an animal like a big rabbit).

## In Jewish tradition

Goats' hair was spun to make the cloths for the Tabernacle. Hair in the skin laws helps the priest judge whether a scall is clean. In the primary lessons: A word of the story; sometimes a length that grows or is cut, or a haircut price. In science: hair grows from roots in the skin; mammals have hair. In health: brush and wash your hair; head lice spread by touching heads. Phrases: «brush your hair», «haircut», «by a hair», «let your hair down», «hair-raising».

### Examples

- and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair; (Torah EXO.25.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hair/#x1)
- And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair. (Torah EXO.35.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hair/#x2)
- And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. (Torah LEV.13.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hair/#x3)
- Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that trail down from Gilead. (Writings SNG.6.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hair/#x4)
- Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. (Prophets JDG.16.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hair/#x5)
- Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair polled; (Prophets JER.25.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hair/#x6)

### Note

Cutting takes away length, growing adds. Trap: hair often only describes a person (red hair) and gives no number. Hair on your head is uncountable: «her hair is long», not «her hairs are long». Homophone: hare (an animal like a big rabbit).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «hair» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hair/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hair» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hair.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «hair» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hair/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«hair» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hair.html) on Mova free.