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hairdress en · NOUN

Etymology

From hair + dress.

Meanings

1. (countable) A hairstyle.
   • Statuette, fashioned from grayish black terracotta, depicting Princess holding flower jar; short shoulder jacket extending over free flowing robe, exposing upturned sandals; chignon hairdress; traces of red and white pigments with earthy incrustations. 1943, Yamanaka & Company, Collection of Chinese and other Far Eastern art:
   • For the port, the voice, the smell, the hairdress, were seldom the same, from one day to the next, […] 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC:
   • Just as the close, tight hairdress emphasizes and enlarges the face, so the large, loose arrangement that creates a large frame for the face makes it seem smaller by contrast . 1938, Laurene Hempstead, Look Your Best: A Guide to Feminine Style and Beauty, page 13:
   • It is wearing an Egyptian hairdress, but no crown is distinguishable. 1999, Martin Klingbeil, Martin G Klingbeil, Yahweh Fighting from Heaven:
   • One way to judge is to compare the hairdress of the doll under discussion with pictures of the lady at about the time the doll was made. 2016, Clara Hallard Fawcett, Dolls - A Guide for Collectors:
2. (uncountable) The process or act of styling hair.
   • Considerable attention has been given to hairdress in these, with long "page-boy" coiffures shown in modeling and scoring. 1966, An Introduction to American Archaeology: South America, page 266:
   • The play is laid in the period when English society paid a great deal of attention to hairdress. 1938, Robert W. Masters, Lillian Decker Masters, The Curtain Rises, Plays to Produce, page 281:
   • In hairdress, as in clothes, do not be a slave to fashion. 1951, Adelaide Laura Van Duzer, Benjamin Richard Andrews, The Girl's Daily Life, page 315:

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Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
hairdresses	Number=Plur		lexicographic

hairdress en · VERB

Etymology

From hair + dress.

Meanings

1. To dress or style hair.
   • I worked any hours I could at other things to reduce the number of hours I had to hairdress. 2016, Rebecca De Havalland, His Name Is Rebecca:
   • "Monsieur," Francina told Mrs. Sill with the utmost tact, "is not licensed to hairdress or manicure pets. His professional aides are limited to slightly higher mammals — er — people. I am terribly sorry, madam." 1971, Gwendolyn Brooks, Jump bad: a new Chicago anthology, page 71:
   • I can tell you that in three cities in New Mexico there were enough hairdressers trained to hairdress in 16 States the size of New Mexico. 1993, United States, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Fiscal, Economic, and Social Crises Confronting American Cities, page 296:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
hairdresses	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
hairdressing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
hairdressed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
hairdressed	Tense=Past		lexicographic