hairlike
- adjective
- /ˈhɛrˌlaɪk/
:
filamentoso
- Some thorns were stuck to the tires, but no way were these hairlike tips going to puncture the rubber.
Examples
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Some fish have hairlike appendages on their bodies that help them blend into their surroundings.
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PHOTOS: To avoid predators, the purple heart urchin below can use its small, hairlike spines to burrow into the bottom sediments.
Academic text (1992) -
Their toe pads have ridges, each ridge covered with thousands of setae, hairlike structures that branch into hundreds of microscopic endings called spatulae that maximize contact with a surface.
Academic text (2006) -
The flower has delicate, hairlike stems that sway gently in the breeze.
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The spider spun a web with hairlike strands, making it almost invisible in the sunlight.
Synonyms
5
6.8
Long and very thin with a very small inside width
1
4.2
Very thin and long like a single hair
Thin and long like a thread
Having many small hairs on a surface, like some cells, that move things
Thin, stiff hairs or threads that stick out and sense touch
Very thin and light, almost hard to see or hear
Having short stiff hairs like a brush
How Thin
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word hairlike comes from the simple parts hair and -like, where -like means 'similar to'. So hairlike literally means 'similar to hair', which explains why we use it for things that are very thin and slender.