📖 H — The English dictionary · page 2

hag — Everyday, meaning 1: A hag is an ugly, old and unpleasant woman.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In fairy tales, a hag is a wicked old witch.↗ Example: "There you are!" said the hag.↗ · The hag ate up everything in the house.↗ · The Baba Yaga is a wicked hag who lives in a hut on hen's legs.↗

hagfish — Everyday, meaning 1: A hagfish is a long, eel-shaped sea fish with no jaws and no proper backbone that lives on the deep sea floor and eats dead animals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is famous for making huge amounts of slime when attacked, which clogs the gills of predators.↗ Example: A hagfish can make a bucket of slime in seconds.↗ · The hagfish ate the dead whale on the sea floor.↗ · Hagfish have no jaws.↗ · Sharks spit out hagfish because of the slime.↗ · Hagfish can tie themselves in knots to clean off slime.↗ · Some people call the hagfish a slime eel.↗

haggard — Everyday, meaning 1: Haggard means looking tired, thin and worn out, from worry, hunger or illness.↗ Example: After weeks at sea he looked pale and haggard.↗ · The old king grew thin and haggard with worry.↗ · Her haggard face showed she had not slept.↗

haggle — Everyday, meaning 1: To haggle is to argue over a price, each side trying to pay less or get more.↗ Example: The farmer and the trader haggled for an hour.↗ · Mum always haggles at the market.↗ · They haggled, but at last they paid three hundred roubles.↗

haggling — Everyday, meaning 1: Arguing about the price of something to make it cheaper, especially at a market.↗ Example: There was a lot of haggling at the market.↗ · After some haggling, he paid less for the rug.↗ · Haggling is common in markets in many countries.↗ · Mum hates haggling.↗ · The two traders were haggling over the price.↗ · Haggling saved us five pounds.↗

haiku — Everyday, meaning 1: A haiku is a very short poem that comes from Japan, usually with three lines.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In English lessons, a haiku often has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second and 5 in the third, 17 syllables in all.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A haiku usually paints one small moment, often about nature or a season.↗ Example: We wrote a haiku about the first snow.↗ · A haiku has three lines and seventeen syllables.↗ · Count the syllables on your fingers to check your haiku.↗ · Her haiku was about a frog jumping into a pond.↗ · Haiku come from Japan.↗ · The poet wrote a haiku for every season.↗ · My haiku: "Red leaves drift and fall / the wind carries them away / the tree stands alone."↗

hail — Everyday, meaning 1: Hail is small balls of ice that fall from storm clouds like hard rain.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To hail means to call out or wave to get someone's attention, such as hailing a taxi.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A hail of things is a lot of them coming at once, like a hail of stones.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To hail someone as something means to praise them loudly as that, like hailing a player as a hero.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To hail from a place means to come from there.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: Hail can also be an old greeting, a way of saying hello to someone.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: small balls of ice that fall from storms; in the fairy tale, a greeting meaning welcome.↗ Example: Hail bounced off the car roof like little marbles.↗ · The hailstones were as big as peas.↗ · We ran into the shed when the hail started.↗ · Dad stood on the corner and hailed a taxi.↗ · The captain hailed the other ship.↗ · The new goalkeeper was hailed as a hero after the save.↗ · The farmer's crops were flattened by a hailstorm.↗ · My grandad hails from a small town in Scotland.↗ · A hail of acorns fell when the wind shook the tree.↗ · "Hail, fair maiden!" says the hunter.↗ · Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.↗ (Torah EXO.9.26, JPS 1917)↗ · Entreat the LORD, and let there be enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.'↗ (Torah EXO.9.28, JPS 1917)↗ · And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.↗ (Torah EXO.9.34, JPS 1917)↗ · He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.↗ (Writings PSA.78.47, JPS 1917)↗ · Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling His word; (Writings PSA.148.8, JPS 1917)↗ · He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.↗ (Writings PSA.105.32, JPS 1917)↗ · Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.↗ (Torah EXO.9.26, JPS 1917) · "Hail, fair maiden!" says the hunter.↗ (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · Entreat the LORD, and let there be enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.'↗ (Torah EXO.9.28, JPS 1917)

hailstone — Everyday, meaning 1: A small ball of ice that falls from storm clouds, like frozen rain; many hailstones together are called hail.↗ Example: A hailstone bounced off the car roof.↗ · Some hailstones were as big as marbles.↗ · We cut a hailstone in half and saw rings of ice inside.↗ · The hailstones made a loud noise on the tin roof.↗ · Hailstones melted quickly on the warm path.↗ · Go inside when the hailstones start to fall.↗ · Mongan’s men made a roof of their shields, and the hailstones battered on the shields so terribly that even under them they were afraid.↗ · At the brightness before Him, there passed through His thick clouds hailstones and coals of fire.↗ (Writings PSA.18.13, JPS 1917)↗ · The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire.↗ (Writings PSA.18.14, JPS 1917)↗ · say unto them that daub it with whited plaster, that it shall fall; there shall be an overflowing shower, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall break forth, (Prophets EZK.13.11, JPS 1917)↗

hair — Everyday, meaning 1: Hair is what grows on your head and on parts of your body.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A hair is one single thin strand.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Hair, or fur, also grows on many animals.↗ Example: Her hair is 30 cm long.↗ · She cut 5 cm off her hair.↗ · Hair grows about 1 cm a month.↗ · A haircut costs 15 dollars.↗ · I found a hair in my soup!↗ · Grandpa's hair is grey.↗ · Do not share combs, or you may share head lice.↗ · She won the race by a hair.↗ · What if the hair should break?↗ · and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair; (Torah EXO.25.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.↗ (Torah EXO.35.26, JPS 1917)↗ · And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.↗ (Torah LEV.13.40, JPS 1917)↗ · Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that trail down from Gilead.↗ (Writings SNG.6.5, JPS 1917)↗ · Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.↗ (Prophets JDG.16.22, JPS 1917)↗ · Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair polled; (Prophets JER.25.23, JPS 1917)↗

hairball — Everyday, meaning 1: A ball of hair that forms in the stomach of an animal, especially a cat, after it licks its fur, and is then coughed up.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A tangle of hair, for example in a hairbrush or plughole.↗ Example: The cat coughed up a hairball on the rug.↗ · Brushing your cat helps stop hairballs.↗ · Long-haired cats get more hairballs.↗ · Dad pulled a huge hairball out of the shower drain.↗ · The vet gave us food that reduces hairballs.↗

hairbrush — Everyday, meaning 1: A brush with a handle used to make your hair smooth and tidy.↗ Example: Where's my hairbrush?↗ · She brushed her long hair with a hairbrush.↗ · Don't share your hairbrush, or you might share nits too.↗ · The hairbrush was full of the dog's fur.↗ · A hairbrush costs $4, a comb costs $2.↗ · I packed my toothbrush and hairbrush.↗

haircut — Everyday, meaning 1: The act of having your hair cut.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The style or shape in which your hair is cut.↗ Example: I'm getting a haircut on Saturday.↗ · Do you like my new haircut?↗ · My dad gave me a haircut in the kitchen.↗ · You need a haircut — your hair is in your eyes!↗ · The barber gave him a short haircut for the summer.↗ · My sister cried after a bad haircut, but it grew back.↗ · The dog had a haircut too, at the dog groomer.↗ · Never cut your own hair with sharp scissors without an adult.↗

hairdo — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) The way someone's hair is cut and styled, especially a special or fancy style.↗ Example: Mum got a new hairdo for the wedding.↗ · The wind wrecked Auntie's hairdo.↗ · My sister's hairdo has plaits and ribbons.↗ · Look at the funny hairdos in Grandad's old photos!↗ · The singer is famous for her big hairdo.↗ · I want a short hairdo for the summer.↗

hairdresser — Everyday, meaning 1: A hairdresser is a person whose job is to cut, wash, colour and style people's hair.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The hairdresser's is the shop where they work.↗ Example: I went to the hairdresser's to get my hair cut.↗ · The hairdresser washed my hair before cutting it.↗ · My aunt is a hairdresser and owns a salon.↗ · The hairdresser asked how short I wanted my fringe.↗ · Mum booked an appointment with the hairdresser for Saturday.↗ · The hairdresser used scissors, a comb and a hairdryer.↗

hairgrip — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK) A small, thin metal clip used to hold hair in place.↗ Example: She put two hairgrips in her fringe.↗ · I lost a hairgrip on the bus.↗ · Pin your bun with hairgrips before ballet.↗ · The hairgrips are in the drawer.↗ · Mum used a hairgrip to open the lock.↗ · A packet of 20 hairgrips costs £1.↗

hairless — Everyday, meaning 1: Having no hair or very little hair, as in «a hairless cat» or «a hairless baby mouse».↗ Example: Sphynx cats are hairless.↗ · Baby mice are born pink and hairless.↗ · Naked mole rats are almost hairless.↗ · Dolphins are mammals but they are nearly hairless.↗ · The newborn puppy's tummy was hairless.↗ · The alien in the comic had a hairless green head.↗ · And the Fox, old, thin, and almost hairless, had even lost his tail.↗

hairnet — Everyday, meaning 1: A thin net worn over the hair to keep it in place or to stop hairs falling into food.↗ Example: The dinner lady wears a hairnet in the kitchen.↗ · Workers in the cake factory must wear hairnets.↗ · Gran put on her hairnet before bed.↗ · A hairnet stops hairs getting in the food.↗ · We had to wear hairnets on the school trip to the bakery.↗ · The ballet dancer's bun was held by a hairnet.↗

hairstyle — Everyday, meaning 1: The way someone's hair is cut and arranged.↗ Example: I like your new hairstyle!↗ · Her hairstyle was a long plait.↗ · Hairstyles were very different long ago.↗ · He changed his hairstyle for the wedding.↗ · The doll comes with three hairstyles.↗ · Draw the character's hairstyle.↗

hairy — Everyday, meaning 1: Hairy means covered in a lot of hair.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Informally, hairy means frightening or dangerous, often in an exciting way («a hairy moment»).↗ Example: My dad has very hairy arms.↗ · The hairy caterpillar can make your skin itch, so do not touch it.↗ · Our dog is so hairy that the sofa is covered in fur.↗ · Some plants have hairy leaves that keep insects away.↗ · The ride down the steep hill was a bit hairy.↗ · Things got hairy when the boat started to tip.↗ · A tarantula is a big, hairy spider.↗ · Coconuts have a hairy brown shell.↗ · ‘Oh! what hairy arms you’ve got, Grandmother!’↗ · And the first came forth ruddy, all over like a hairy mantle; and they called his name Esau.↗ (Torah GEN.25.25, JPS 1917)↗ · And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.↗ (Torah GEN.27.23, JPS 1917)↗ · And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother: 'Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.↗ (Torah GEN.27.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Surely God will smite through the head of His enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth about in his guiltiness.↗ (Writings PSA.68.22, JPS 1917)↗ · And they answered him: 'He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins.'↗ And he said: 'It is Elijah the Tishbite.'↗ (Prophets 2KI.1.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be brought to shame every one through his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive; (Prophets ZEC.13.4, JPS 1917)↗

haitian — Everyday, meaning 1: Haitian means from or to do with Haiti, a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A Haitian is a person from Haiti.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Haitian Creole is the language most people speak in Haiti, together with French.↗ Example: My friend's family is Haitian.↗ · Haitian Creole comes partly from French.↗ · Haitian art is colourful and bright.↗ · The Haitian Revolution ended slavery there.↗ · Many Haitians live in Canada and the USA.↗

hajj — Everyday, meaning 1: (Islam) The pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia that every adult Muslim who is healthy and can afford it should make at least once in their life.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, the main duties of Muslims.↗ Example: My friend's grandfather went on hajj last summer.↗ · The hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.↗ · Millions of Muslims make the hajj to Mecca.↗ · Pilgrims on the hajj wear plain white clothes.↗ · During the hajj, people walk around the Kaaba seven times.↗ · A man who has made the hajj is sometimes called Hajji.↗