hairless

/'heəlis/

Thân thiện

A hairless cat sleeps on a soft blanket.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Lacking hair or fur: Describes a person, animal, or part of the body that has no hair, fur, or very little of it.
   • Bald, smooth: Can describe a surface that is naturally or intentionally devoid of hair, resulting in a smooth appearance.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The Sphynx cat is a famously hairless breed.
  • His head was completely hairless after shaving it.
  • Some plants have hairless stems, while others are covered in fine hairs.

Advanced Usage

• "hairless as a billiard ball": An informal simile emphasizing complete baldness.
  • After the chemotherapy, his scalp was as hairless as a billiard ball.

Variants and Related Words

• Hairlessness (noun): The state or condition of being hairless.
  • The hairlessness of the mole rat is an adaptation to its underground habitat.

Synonyms

• Bald: Lacking hair on the head.
• Glabrous: (Botanical/biological term) Having a surface without hairs or projections; smooth.
• Depilated: Made hairless by removing hair.

Antonyms

• Hairy: Covered with hair.
• Hirsute: (Formal) Hairy.
• Furry: Covered with fur.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having no hair or fur
   • a Mexican Hairless is about the size of a fox terrier and hairless except for a tufts on the head and tail