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hair
noun
a
single
strand
of
hair
•
I
found
a
long
hair
in
my
soup
and
sent
it
back
.
I
found
a
long
hair
in
my
soup
and
sent
it
back
.
•
There
are
a
few
gray
hairs
starting
to
show
in
his
beard
.
There
are
a
few
gray
hairs
starting
to
show
in
his
beard
.
chair
noun
a
piece
of
furniture
made
for
one
person
to
sit
on
,
usually
with
a
back
and
four
legs
.
•
Maria
pulled
out
a
chair
and
invited
me
to
sit
.
Maria
pulled
out
a
chair
and
invited
me
to
sit
.
•
The
old
rocking
chair
creaked
softly
on
the
porch
at
sunset
.
The
old
rocking
chair
creaked
softly
on
the
porch
at
sunset
.
Middle
English
chaere
,
from
Old
French
chaiere
,
from
Latin
cathedra
‘
seat
’.
noun
the
person
who
leads
a
meeting
,
committee
,
or
organization
and
keeps
order
.
•
Ms
.
Lee
was
elected
chair
of
the
student
council
.
Ms
.
Lee
was
elected
chair
of
the
student
council
.
•
The
chair
called
the
meeting
to
order
at
exactly
nine
o
’
clock
.
The
chair
called
the
meeting
to
order
at
exactly
nine
o
’
clock
.
Transferred
sense
from
‘
seat
’
to
the
person
occupying
the
seat
of
authority
,
first
recorded
in
the
17th
century
.
verb
to
lead
or
preside
over
a
meeting
,
committee
,
or
organization
.
•
Tomorrow
,
Olivia
will
chair
the
annual
budget
meeting
.
Tomorrow
,
Olivia
will
chair
the
annual
budget
meeting
.
•
He
has
chaired
the
committee
for
over
five
years
.
He
has
chaired
the
committee
for
over
five
years
.
Verbal
use
recorded
since
the
early
19th
century
,
from
the
noun
‘
chair
’
meaning
the
seat
of
authority
.
noun
(
the
chair
)
the
electric
chair
used
for
executing
prisoners
sentenced
to
death
.
•
The
prisoner
was
sentenced
to
the
chair
in
1950
.
The
prisoner
was
sentenced
to
the
chair
in
1950
.
•
Debates
over
the
use
of
the
chair
continue
to
divide
lawmakers
.
Debates
over
the
use
of
the
chair
continue
to
divide
lawmakers
.
Shortened
from
‘
electric
chair
’,
first
used
in
the
late
19th
century
when
electricity
was
introduced
for
capital
punishment
.
noun
a
permanent
professorship
at
a
university
,
often
in
a
specific
subject
.
•
Dr
.
Ahmed
holds
the
chair
of
Physics
at
the
university
.
Dr
.
Ahmed
holds
the
chair
of
Physics
at
the
university
.
•
The
endowment
funded
a
new
chair
in
environmental
law
.
The
endowment
funded
a
new
chair
in
environmental
law
.
From
the
sense
of
an
official
seat
,
extended
in
the
18th
century
to
mean
an
established
professorship
.