mane

[ meyn ]

/ meɪn /

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noun

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

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

Nearby words

mandrel, mandrill, mandrin, manducate, mandyas, mane, maneb, maned wolf, manes, manet, manet, edouard

Origin of mane

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

Related forms

maned, adjectivemane·less, adjectiveun·maned, adjective

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Examples from the Web for mane

First lady Jackie Kennedy would often add a perfectly coiffed swirl of human hair to her own mane for updos and special occasions.
Chris Rock to Blame for Obsession With Black Hair and Beyoncé|Allison Samuels|August 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
A few years later, Goudeau met Carr, a slender woman with a mane of long reddish-brown hair, at a Phoenix nightclub.
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Ye'd be doin' well enough at home, if ye'd only sthay there, Bridget—I mane Julia.
The Coward|Henry Morford
The reins trailed on the ground and the rider's hands were gripping the mane.
The Sheriff of Badger|George B. Pattullo

Maned, having a mane; Mane′less, without a mane; Mane′-like (Tenn.), like a mane: hanging in the form of a mane.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
Do you mane to say that you'll let the poor crayther have the roof taken off his cabin?
Light O' The Morning|L. T. Meade
The lion set up its mane and roared, and made towards the man, whereupon the driver took to his heels.
The Lives of the Saints, Volume III (of 16): March|Sabine Baring-Gould

British Dictionary definitions for mane

mane

/ (meɪn) /

noun

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

long thick human hair

Derived Forms

maned, adjectivemaneless, adjective

Word Origin for mane

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

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