mane

[ meyn ]
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noun
  1. the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.

  2. Informal. (on a human being) a head of distinctively long and thick or rough hair.

Origin of mane

1
before 900; Middle English; Old English manu; cognate with German Mähne,Dutch manen,Old Norse mǫn

Other words from mane

  • maned, adjective
  • maneless, adjective
  • un·maned, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for mane

mane

/ (meɪn) /


noun
  1. the long coarse hair that grows from the crest of the neck in such mammals as the lion and horse

  2. long thick human hair

Origin of mane

1
Old English manu; related to Old High German mana, Old Norse mön, and perhaps to Old English mene and Old High German menni necklace

Derived forms of mane

  • maned, adjective
  • maneless, adjective

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