Definition

1. Noun:
   • The long, thick hair growing from the neck of certain animals: This is the primary meaning, referring to the distinctive hair on animals like lions, horses, and some other mammals.
   • A person's long, thick, or unkempt hair: This is a figurative or descriptive use, comparing a person's abundant hair to that of an animal's mane.

Examples

• Noun (Animal):
  • The lion's majestic mane blew in the wind.
  • She brushed the horse's black mane before the competition.
• Noun (Human hair):
  • He shook his head, tossing back his mane of red hair.
  • The rock star was famous for his wild, flowing mane.

Advanced Usage

• "To have a mane of [hair]": This is a common descriptive phrase used to emphasize the thickness, length, or untamed quality of someone's hair.
  • She had a magnificent mane of curly black hair.

Variants and Related Words

• Maned (adj): Having a mane.
  • The maned wolf is a species native to South America.
• Maneless (adj): Lacking a mane.
  • Unlike male lions, lionesses are typically maneless.

Synonyms

• For animals: Crest, neck hair.
• For human hair: Locks, tresses, head of hair (these are more general and not direct synonyms, but used in similar descriptive contexts).

Related Idioms

• "Shake one's mane": This phrase, often used poetically or descriptively, evokes the image of an animal (or a person likened to one) tossing its head proudly or defiantly.
  • The proud stallion shook its mane and galloped away.

Noun

1. growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being
2. long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck