sheared : DEFINITION: (adjective) Having the hair or wool cut or clipped off as if with shears or clippers.
SYNONYMS: shorn.
USAGE: The sheared sheep frolicked in the sun. Discuss
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frizzy frizzy : DEFINITION: (adjective) (Of hair) in small tight curls.
SYNONYMS: frizzly, nappy, kinky, crisp.
USAGE: Her hair had a slightly frizzy perm.
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pelage pelage : DEFINITION: (noun) The coat of a mammal, consisting of hair, fur, wool, or other soft covering, as distinct from bare skin.
SYNONYMS: coat.
USAGE: The mountain goat's white pelage helps camouflage it in snowy environments.
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coiffure coiffure : DEFINITION: (noun) The arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair).
SYNONYMS: coif, hairdo, hairstyle.
USAGE: Her hair was raven black, and disposed in long glossy ringlets, a style of coiffure rather unusual in those days, but always graceful and becoming.
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aureate aureate : DEFINITION: (adjective) Having the deep slightly brownish color of gold.
SYNONYMS: gilded, gilt, golden, gold.
USAGE: He was captivated by her long, aureate hair, which framed her delicate features in a halo of gold.
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button-down button-down : DEFINITION: (adjective) Unimaginatively conventional.
SYNONYMS: conservative.
USAGE: Knowing that her unconventional appearance would hold her back in the button-down corporate culture she was about to enter, she reluctantly dyed her magenta hair back to its natural auburn.
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