[{"word":"hairs","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A pigmented filament of keratin which grows from a follicle on the skin of humans and other mammals.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The collection or mass of such growths growing from the skin of humans and animals, and forming a covering for a part of the head or for any part or the whole body.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"In the western world, women usually have long hair while men usually have short hair."},{"definition":"A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects, spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of growth.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Internal hairs occur in the flower stalk of the yellow frog lily (Nuphar)."},{"definition":"A locking spring or other safety device in the lock of a rifle, etc., capable of being released by a slight pressure on a hair-trigger.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Haircloth; a hair shirt.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any very small distance, or degree; a hairbreadth.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Just a little louder please—turn that knob a hair to the right."},{"definition":"Complexity; difficulty; quality of being hairy","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hair","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hairs"]}]