mane

[ meyn ]

noun

1. the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
2. Informal. (on a human being) a head of distinctively long and thick or rough hair.

mane

/ meɪn /

noun

1. the long coarse hair that grows from the crest of the neck in such mammals as the lion and horse
2. long thick human hair

Derived Forms

• ˈmaneless, adjective
• maned, adjective

Other Words From

• maned adjective
• maneless adjective
• un·maned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of mane¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English manu; cognate with German Mähne, Dutch manen, Old Norse mǫn

Word History and Origins

Origin of mane¹

Old English manu; related to Old High German mana, Old Norse mön, and perhaps to Old English mene and Old High German menni necklace

Example Sentences

Like a mane — I don’t know if that’s a Leo thing.

From Los Angeles Times

"You tousle its mane and pull its ears, but all the time you’re thinking, those claws, those claws, those claws."

From BBC

Starter was all right but the mane was dreadful.

From BBC

I stroked the tangled mane of the sad donkey, whose better days were long gone.

From Literature

Spikes run down its back like a mane, and I grab hold of one.

From Literature

Related Words

• eyebrow
• fiber
• fur
• grass
• haircut
• hairstyle
• sideburn
• strand
• wig
• wool