hairlike
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4.3
- adjective
- /ˈhɛrˌlaɪk/
- 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
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6.8
Long and very thin with a very small inside width
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4.2
Very thin and long like a single hair
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8.2
Having many small hairs on a surface, like some cells, that move things
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6.5
Thin, stiff hairs or threads that stick out and sense touch
Thin and long like a thread
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.