tress
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7.9
- noun
- /trɛs/
:
trenza
- In the past, we saw more of Quimby's misdeeds, including drug use and secret murders, as well as his general contempt toward his constituents. But now it seems all the gags involve him banging other women, particularly nowadays with Miss Springfield, another goddamn Tress MacNeille voice.
Examples
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Tress.
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His beard was long and stretched with white, and his hair the same, a double tress falling on his breast, etcetera.
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Scarcely had the rooting or Ruddy Phoebus spread the golden tresses of his beauteous hair over the face of the wide and spacious earth.
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She admired her friend’s long, flowing tress as it shimmered in the sunlight.
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The little girl wore her hair in a beautiful tress that was meticulously braided.
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After styling her hair, she let one tress fall gently over her shoulder.
Synonyms
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1.0
A lock of hair shaped into a small spiral
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3.7
A small bunch of hair that forms a curl
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3.1
A single thin piece of hair or thread
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1.3
A hairstyle made by weaving three or more strands of hair together
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1.0
A thin piece of hair
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4.0
A hairstyle where hair is wrapped or braided into small sections
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5.0
A length of hair made by braiding three or more strands together
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7.2
A small piece of hair that falls over the forehead
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The word tress comes from the old French tresse, which means 'braid'. A tress is a long 'lock' or 'braid' of hair, so the origin helps explain why we use it for a long, often braided piece of hair.