[
UK
/mˈeɪn/
]
[ US /ˈmeɪn/ ]
[ US /ˈmeɪn/ ]
NOUN
- long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
- growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being
How To Use mane In A Sentence
- To avoid leaving the center posts in the permanent work, two rows of temporary posts were placed, as shown by Fig. 1, Plate LX, the center wall and skewback were built, and the posts were removed, as shown by Fig. 2, Plate LX, before placing the remainder of the lining. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158
- His mane is a little threadbare and Mum threatens to bin him calling him moth-eaten!
- She tossed her mane a bit hither and then a bit yonder.
- In contrast, although not originally intended as permanent implants, in practice bioabsorbable hemostats are often left in the surgical bed to prevent rebleeding after surgical closure.
- The hurt or injury need not be serious or permanent but must be more than trifling or transient.
- Where are their fiercest critics when humane help is wanted? The Sun
- It will not matter, however, whether the part-timer or the full-timer are working on fixed-term or permanent contracts.
- The beast was as huge as an aurochs, its glossy midnight mane shining in the sunlight as it pawed the ground restlessly with one forehoof.
- Some might say the club have taken refuge in recent years in the rosy glow of their triumph of 1967 so they might be as well moving permanently to the Portuguese capital.
- As soon as the weather improves and the soil is fit for planting you can plant out your raspberries in their permanent position. The Sun