"hairdress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hairdresses [plural]
Etymology: hair + dress Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hair|dress}} hair + dress Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hairdress (countable and uncountable, plural hairdresses)
  1. (countable) A hairstyle. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-hairdress-en-noun-KiYEwYJ1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 4 6
  2. (uncountable) The process or act of styling hair. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-hairdress-en-noun-L3~7EsNO

Verb

Forms: hairdresses [present, singular, third-person], hairdressing [participle, present], hairdressed [participle, past], hairdressed [past]
Etymology: hair + dress Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hair|dress}} hair + dress Head templates: {{en-verb}} hairdress (third-person singular simple present hairdresses, present participle hairdressing, simple past and past participle hairdressed)
  1. To dress or style hair.
    Sense id: en-hairdress-en-verb-abuVBSjd

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hairdress meaning in English (4.5kB)

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