mane
Plural: manes
Noun
- long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck
- growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being
- Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
- Long or thick hair of a person's head.
- Part of a naval sword between the tang button and the quillon.
- Pronunciation spelling of man (suggesting an AAVE accent)
- pl. -S the long hair growing on and about the neck of some animals MANED, MANELESS adj
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu (“mane”), from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”).
Cognate with Dutch maan, manen (“mane”), German Mähne (“mane”), Danish man (“horse's mane”), Swedish man (“horse's mane”), Icelandic mön (“mane”).
Synonyms
head of hair
Scrabble Score: 6
mane: valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordmane: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mane: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
mane is a valid Words With Friends word