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hairy (her′ē)
Related Forms:
- hairiness hair′i·ness noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Alternate definitions:
hairy
modif.
Bushy
bristly, shaggy, woolly, unshorn, downy, fleecy, whiskered, pileous, pubescent, setaceous, tufted, unshaven, bearded, bewhiskered, furry, fuzzy, hirsute, pilose, flocculent, nappy, lanate, tufted, piliferous, ulotrichous, comose, strigose, fluffy, villous, crinite. *Dangerous
hazardous, difficult, perilous, frightening; see dangerous 1, uncertain 2.
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Preposition: on
- side: The leaves are alternate, round, 4-10 cm long, and somewhat hairy on both sides when young.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
- get: One each, please, for the time being - could all get a bit hairy later.
Modifies a noun
- cress: Hairy bitter cress develops clusters of tiny flowers at the ends of the stem branches.
Modifying Another Word
- softly: The upper surface is rough to the touch, the lower more softly hairy.
Used with adjective complement
- get: Comments C Keep your diaper on tight, it gets pretty hairy in here.
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And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold,Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
There will be a quick rash of hairy American filth, but it shouldn't threaten the existence of decent, serious British filth.
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