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hair [n]
 
1)dense growth of hairs covering the body or parts of it (as on the human head); helps prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"
    Synonyms :
    See Also: body_covering  integumentary_system  coat  guard_hair  mane  forelock  beard  body_hair  down  head_of_hair  hairline  part  cowlick  coiffure  curl  beard  moustache  bush  brow  cilium  ceratin 
 
2)a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"
    Synonyms :hair's-breadth hairsbreadth whisker 
    See Also: small_indefinite_amount 
 
3)filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"
    Synonyms :fuzz tomentum 
    See Also: enation  stinging_hair  coma  beard 
 
4)any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup"
    Synonyms :pilus 
    See Also: filament  mammal  ingrown_hair 
 
5)cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery or stiffening in garments
    Synonyms :haircloth 
    See Also: cloth 
 
6)a filamentous projection or process on an organism
    Synonyms :
    See Also: appendage  bristle  sensory_hair  seta  pilus 
 

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing: (http://www.foldoc.org/, Editor Denis Howe)

[back-formation from hairy] The complications that make something hairy. "Decoding TECO commands requires a certain amount of hair." Often seen in the phrase "infinite hair", which connotes extreme complexity. Also in "hairiferous" (tending to promote hair growth): "GNUMACS elisp encourages lusers to write complex editing modes." "Yeah, it's pretty hairiferous all right." (Or just: "Hair squared!")








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