body hair en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbɒ.diˌhɛː(ɹ)/
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) Hair of the body; in particular, androgenic hair, to the exclusion of facial hair and the hair atop one's head.
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(countable, uncountable) An individual strand of such hair.
If I were the water of your bath/I would send part of me to gather/in the recess of your navel.../and there my temperature would rise to match yours/and I would move your body hairs like plants of the sea/in and out with the tide/created by your movement.
1984 February 11, James R. Wetter, “The Water of Your Bath”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 29, page 8:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| body hairs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
asshair · chest hair · ballhair · facial hair · pubic hair
Translations (53)
pt pelo corporal (androgenic hair) · tpw aba (individual strand of body hair) · hu testszőrzet (androgenic hair) · gu રુવાંટી (androgenic hair) · km រោម (androgenic hair) · el τρίχες (androgenic hair) · bn লোম (androgenic hair) · it pelo (androgenic hair) · fr poils du corps (androgenic hair) · yag ačala (androgenic hair) · pl uwłosienie (androgenic hair) · de Körperbehaarung (androgenic hair) · hu szőrszál (individual strand of body hair) · ru волосо́к на те́ле (individual strand of body hair) · de Körperhaare (androgenic hair) · fi ihokarvoitus (androgenic hair) · th ขน (androgenic hair) · grt খিমিল (androgenic hair) · hu szőrzet (androgenic hair) · pt pelo (androgenic hair) · ja 体毛 (androgenic hair) · sv kroppsbehåring (androgenic hair) · hu szőr (androgenic hair) · km លោម (androgenic hair) · fi ihokarva (individual strand of body hair) · fr poils androgéniques (androgenic hair) · sv kroppshår (androgenic hair) · ru во́лос на те́ле (individual strand of body hair) · tpw aba (androgenic hair) · nn kroppshår (androgenic hair) · es vello androgénico (androgenic hair) · da kropshår (androgenic hair) · nb kroppshår (androgenic hair) · jv wulu kalong (androgenic hair) · kix mài (androgenic hair) · ota توی (androgenic hair) · cho hishi (androgenic hair) · ru во́лосы на те́ле (androgenic hair) · pl owłosienie (androgenic hair) · ga clúmh (androgenic hair) · pt pelo androgênico (androgenic hair) · cmn 體毛 /体毛 (androgenic hair) · da kropsbehåring (androgenic hair) · es vello corporal (androgenic hair) · ka ბანჯგვლი (androgenic hair) · ko 체모 (androgenic hair) · es vello (individual strand of body hair) · pl włos (individual strand of body hair) · fi ihokarvat (androgenic hair) · ka ბალანი (androgenic hair) · tr vücut kılı (androgenic hair) · pt pelo (individual strand of body hair) · ro păr de pe corp (androgenic hair)