mane
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- noun
- /meɪn/
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melena
- The horse galloped through the field, its mane flowing beautifully in the wind.
- a lion's mane
As you can tell from my flowing mane, we are still on lockdown.
- As you can tell from my flowing mane, we are still on lockdown.
- Things like how the lion got his mane and how the camel got his hump and so on.
- It sets the stage for the rest of her hair, her mane, and it shows me where to go.
- Now let's see if I can deal with this mane of hair.
Examples
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As a result, lions with dark, luxurious manes may fade into Serengeti history.
Academic text (2009) -
It's my lion's mane!
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You could have said drain or mane, like a horse's mane.
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The wind had troubled his gray mane and had given his face a ruddy touch.
Fiction book (1993) -
Things like how the lion got his mane and how the camel got his hump and so on.
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The cowboy scrambled over and clutched her mane as though he didn't want her to try to move.
Fiction book (1994) -
Drizzt shook his head and brushed his thick white mane back from his face with slender fingers.
Fiction book (1992) -
The lion shook its head, causing its majestic mane to ripple like a golden wave.
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After the storm, the wild horse stood proudly, its mane tangled yet striking against the sunset.
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Etymology
Mane comes from an old German word that meant 'hair of the neck', so think of a lion's crown or a horse's flowing neck hair; that's why a mane is the long, thick hair that grows along an animal's neck.