mane
[ meyn ]
/ meɪn /
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.
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 mane·less, adjective un·maned, adjectiveWords nearby mane
mandrel,
mandrill,
mandrin,
manducate,
mandyas,
mane,
maneb,
maned wolf,
manes,
manet,
manet, edouard
Example sentences from the Web for mane
British Dictionary definitions for mane
mane
/ (meɪn) /
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, adjectiveWord 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