tress
Usually tresses. long locks or curls of hair.
a plait or braid of hair.
Origin of tress
1Words Nearby tress
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In this case, the attachment’s nozzle slides down the hair shaft and draws strands toward it, which creates a downward flow that pushes frizzy bits below the main tress.
The most innovative personal care products of 2021 | Jordan Blok and Rachel Feltman | December 2, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn solidarity, I grew out my hair too, witchy tresses streaked in silver, so voluminous that my swim cap recently burst open.
My Son Knows Exactly How He'll Mark the Occasion of Getting His COVID-19 Vaccine | Vanessa Hua | November 3, 2021 | TimeThere is long hair, period — the current record-holder is a woman in China whose tresses are more than 18 feet long — and there are categories involving hair.
She’s been growing her hair for 17 years. On Thursday, she’ll cut it off for charity. | John Kelly | August 25, 2021 | Washington PostWhether you’re a beginner or practically professional at styling your hair, there is a curler for your unique tresses, no matter how fine, thick, long, or short they may be.
Best curling iron: Hair styling tools to create the curls you seek no matter your hair type | Irena Collaku | August 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceIn the documentary’s final moments, she also has her dark, glossy tresses cut into a short bob.
In Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, the Pop Star Lays Her Secrets Bare, in a Guarded Way | Stephanie Zacharek | March 23, 2021 | Time
A second gust of wind came from the cliff, blowing against his hand a long tress of her hair.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaAnd 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.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisWhen 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.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan TurgenevIf one cuts a tress of your hair with a stroke of the Sword of Light it will take you out of that slumber.
The King of Ireland's Son | Padraic ColumHe once showed his wife a beautiful tress of Thyrzas hair, but never mentioned her real name.
Byron | Richard Edgcumbe
British Dictionary definitions for tress
/ (trɛs) /
(often plural) a lock of hair, esp a long lock of woman's hair
a plait or braid of hair
(tr) to arrange in tresses
Origin of tress
1Derived forms of tress
- tressy, adjective
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