mane
Americannoun
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the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
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Informal. (on a human being) a head of distinctively long and thick or rough hair.
noun
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the long coarse hair that grows from the crest of the neck in such mammals as the lion and horse
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long thick human hair
Other Word Forms
- maned adjective
- maneless adjective
- unmaned adjective
Etymology
Origin of mane
before 900; Middle English; Old English manu; cognate with German Mähne, Dutch manen, Old Norse mǫn
Example Sentences
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The 35-year-old sculptor's studio brims with cogs, chains, hubcaps and engine parts as his hulking creations -- a lion with a mane of twisted steel, a giant Tyrannosaurus rex and a towering Optimus Prime -- take shape.
From Barron's
With my fingers, I combed my pony’s mane and straightened out the long hair in her beautiful tail.
From Literature
I turn around to see Emma running across the yard, her bare feet kicking up grass clippings and her disheveled hair flying in the breeze like a lion’s mane.
From Literature
He imagined himself walking beside her to the bukshah pool in the evening, his hand on her mane, the cool breeze blowing in his face.
From Literature
He rubbed his thick black mane back and forth along the chain-link holding area with such force Chase was afraid the wire was going to snap.
From Literature
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