hairy
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- adjective
- /ˈhɛri/
- The very worst thing of all was those big, hairy paws in lacy gloves.
- a hairy chest
- hairy animals
- hairy hands
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Watch on YouTubeIf I expose my calf, my beautiful hairy calf, it's a crime.
- If I expose my calf, my beautiful hairy calf, it's a crime.
- You know, I've had hairy back and hairy buttocks.
- No, the only the only the hairiest areas need to be blow dry.
- I'm quite hairy, but like not too hairy, shaved.
- Bald face, not bald face, hairy face, baldy.
- You should have hairy legs and, you know, hairy arms because that's the way you're made.
- You know, build me some beautiful hairy texture with color pencil.
- Small back, small lower back, long back, small lower back, hairy, dirt ground beef.
- They were pig shaped mounds of hairy Bony pudding, that is.
Examples
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She wore a sweater made of hairy wool to keep warm in winter.
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I like a hairy chest, myself.
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It's a huge hairy monster.
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You know, I'm just a big, hairy, American winning machine.
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The two brides hold a fan made of the hairy part of a horse's tail while they dance.
Academic text (1993) -
You know, I've had hairy back and hairy buttocks.
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He's older and hairier, but it's him.
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I'm just a massive, hulking, hairy Frankenstein boy.
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Her face is buried in the hairy, bare chest of Kezure, an enormous, bear-like pirate king.
Fiction book (1990) -
The dog had a hairy coat that shed all over the living room.
Synonyms
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Covered with soft thick hair like an animal
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Thick and full, spreading like a small bush, often for hair or tails
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With long, thick, untidy hair, fur, or material that looks rough
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Covered with thick soft hair like an animal
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Having a lot of hair on the body or face
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Covered with fine white hairs, usually on plants or animals
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Long, thick hair that looks messy and not neat
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With a surface covered in fine soft hairs
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Having long, thick, untidy fur or hair that needs brushing
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Having a lot of hair on the head or body
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Having thick, curly or matted hair like wool
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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A harmless mouth problem where the tongue looks dark and furry because tiny bumps grow too long, often after antibiotics
- Specialized
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Many thin roots growing abnormally near a plant's base, often caused by a disease called crown gall
- Specialized
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A plant that comes back every year with yellow flower heads and fine hairs, growing in dry places
- Specialized
A climbing shrub with hairy leaves and yellow-orange fragrant flowers
- Specialized
A small evergreen plant with woolly hairs on the leaf stems and underside of its leaves
- Specialized
A small freshwater fish with short stiff hairs on its fins often kept in aquariums
A plant from Europe and Asia with purple red flowers and hairy stems that often grows near rivers
A North American plant that grows in woods with pale blue or purple spotted flowers
How Hairy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hairy comes from the word hair plus the ending -y, which means 'full of'. So hairy literally means 'full of hair', which is why we use it for people or things covered with hair.