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View synonyms for tress
tress
[ tres ]
noun
- Usually tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
- a plait or braid of hair.
tress
/ trɛs /
noun
- often plural a lock of hair, esp a long lock of woman's hair
- a plait or braid of hair
verb
- tr to arrange in tresses
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Derived Forms
- ˈtressy, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tress1
1250–1300; Middle English tresse < Middle French: plait or braid of hair < ?
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tress1
C13: from Old French trece , of uncertain origin
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Example Sentences
A second gust of wind came from the cliff, blowing against his hand a long tress of her hair.
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And the sun was glancing on many a gemmed fillet and many a ribbon-decked, blond tress that fell nigh to its proud owner's knees.
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When they lifted him up and laid him on his bed, in his clenched right hand they found a small tress of a woman's dark hair.
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If one cuts a tress of your hair with a stroke of the Sword of Light it will take you out of that slumber.
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He once showed his wife a beautiful tress of Thyrzas hair, but never mentioned her real name.
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