Collocations for hair - noun
ADJ.
auburn, black, blond, brown, chestnut, dark, fair, ginger, golden, grey, grizzled, jet-black, red, sandy, white, yellow | bushy, coarse, crinkly, curly, fine, frizzy, smooth, straight, thick, wavy, wiry | beautiful, glossy, shiny, sleek | dishevelled, dry, dull, fuzzy, greasy, scruffy, tousled, unruly, untidy, windswept
a new shampoo for dull or dry hair | His hair was tousled and he looked as if he''d just woken up.
a new shampoo for dull or dry hair | His hair was tousled and he looked as if he''d just woken up.
cropped, long, short, shoulder-length
She had shoulder-length black hair.
She had shoulder-length black hair.
body, facial, pubic | cat, dog, etc.
The rug was covered with cat hairs.
The rug was covered with cat hairs.
QUANT.
lock, wisp
VERB + HAIR
have
She had beautiful auburn hair.
She had beautiful auburn hair.
lose
He had turned forty and was beginning to lose his hair.
He had turned forty and was beginning to lose his hair.
wear
She wore her long hair loose on her shoulders.
She wore her long hair loose on her shoulders.
arrange, do, tidy
I don''t like the way she''s arranged her hair, do you? | I''ll be down in a minute, I''m just doing my hair.
I don''t like the way she''s arranged her hair, do you? | I''ll be down in a minute, I''m just doing my hair.
plait, put up, tie back
Why don''t you put your hair up for this evening?
Why don''t you put your hair up for this evening?
brush, comb | shampoo, wash | cut, trim
He went to the barber''s to have his hair cut.
He went to the barber''s to have his hair cut.
curl, perm
I''ve decided to have my hair permed.
I''ve decided to have my hair permed.
grow
I''m trying to grow my hair.
I''m trying to grow my hair.
HAIR + VERB
grow
Why don''t you let your hair grow?
Why don''t you let your hair grow?
curl
His hair curls naturally.
His hair curls naturally.
fall, hang, lie
Her blond hair fell over her eyes.
Her blond hair fell over her eyes.
gleam, glint, glisten
HAIR + NOUN
loss
how to cope with hair loss
how to cope with hair loss