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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

hairlike en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English hair Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English hairlike From hair + -like.

Meanings

  1. Resembling hair; having the texture, consistency, or appearance of hair.
    • Near-synonym: furlike
    • The moss grew in a hairlike mass over the rocks.

Forms

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more hairlike Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most hairlike Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

hairy · piloid · furlike

Translations (2)

de haarähnlich (Translations) · cy blewynnaidd (Translations)