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noun
the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
Informal. (on a human being) a head of distinctively long and thick or rough hair.
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Origin of mane
before 900; Middle English; Old English manu; cognate with German Mähne,Dutch manen,Old Norse mǫn
OTHER WORDS FROM mane
maned, adjective maneless, adjective un·maned, adjective
Words nearby mane
mandrel, mandrill, mandrin, manducate, mandyas, mane, man-eater, man-eating, man-eating shark, maneb, maned wolf
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How to use mane in a sentence
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With tons of options on the market, choosing the right one for your mane can be tricky.
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Yes, the 2003 and 2021 governor recall elections have plenty of similarities, all the way down to Gray Davis and Gavin Newsom both having luxurious manes.
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It has two heat settings, a cooling option, and is capable of handling significant manes.
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Literally feathering on different parts of its body, mainly on its back, like a mane perhaps, wherever it was, an "extravagance" in evolutionary terms.
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The only woman onstage, she sat at the piano and began to play, her face hidden by a fierce mane that danced as her hands flitted across the keys.
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The 25-year-old is tiny, with the paleness of her skin augmented by her fiery mane.
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Unlike Cosby, who had only a fringe of gray hair left, he still sported a silver mane.
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Pence, with his thick mane of hair and thick build, looks great on a flier.
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His long black mane, a hipster staple run wild, has grown into legend.
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First lady Jackie Kennedy would often add a perfectly coiffed swirl of human hair to her own mane for updos and special occasions.
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Those two, Harry and Mary, are exactly alike, except for Harry's curly mane of lion-coloured wig.
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The poor beast has no ears left and his mane is all notched like an old broken comb; but Roger loves him.
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The civet has nothing in common with the hyna but the glandular pouch, under the tail, and the mane along the neck and back-bone.
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His white mane and tail were washed and brushed and his red coat fairly shone from the attention given.
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Richard rode with his head bent over Rollo's black mane, letting the horse thunder at will at the heels of Marchegai.
British Dictionary definitions for mane
noun
the long coarse hair that grows from the crest of the neck in such mammals as the lion and horse
long thick human hair
Derived forms of mane
maned, adjective maneless, adjective
Word Origin for mane
Old English manu; related to Old High German mana, Old Norse mön, and perhaps to Old English mene and Old High German menni necklace
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