hair

n 1: any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing

from the epidermis of a mammal and covering the body or

parts of it

2: a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a

hair's-breadth"; "they lost by a hair" [syn: {hair's-breadth},

{hairbreadth}]

3: filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz" [syn: {fuzz},

{tomentum}]

4: cloth woven from horsehair or camelhair; used for upholstery

or stiffening in garments [syn: {haircloth}]

5: a filamentous projection or process on an organism

hair

[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!")