hairdress

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A hairstyle.

   • Just as the close, tight hairdress emphasizes and enlarges the face, so the large, loose arrangement that creates a large frame for the face makes it seem smaller by contrast .
   • For the port, the voice, the smell, the hairdress, were seldom the same, from one day to the next, […]
2. 2

   The process or act of styling hair.

   • The play is laid in the period when English society paid a great deal of attention to hairdress.
   • In hairdress, as in clothes, do not be a slave to fashion.
   • Considerable attention has been given to hairdress in these, with long "page-boy" coiffures shown in modeling and scoring.
3. 3

   To dress or style hair.

   • "Monsieur," Francina told Mrs. Sill with the utmost tact, "is not licensed to hairdress or manicure pets. His professional aides are limited to slightly higher mammals — er — people. I am terribly sorry, madam."
   • I can tell you that in three cities in New Mexico there were enough hairdressers trained to hairdress in 16 States the size of New Mexico.
   • I worked any hours I could at other things to reduce the number of hours I had to hairdress.

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