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Meanings of mane in English

Russian
грива
Portuguese
crina
Catalan
crinera
Spanish
crin
Wikidata

Hair that grows from the top of the neck of a horse.

        грива
        Portuguese
        cabelo
        Catalan
        cabell
        Spanish
        cabello

        Growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being.

              cabelo
              Synonyms
              Examples for "horse's mane"
              Examples for "horse's mane"
              1
              Hector, frantic with terror, clung to the horse's mane and shouted:
              Original Short Stories — Volume 06
              2
              Hamlin lifted his head from the shelter of his horse's mane.
              Molly McDonald: A Tale of the Old Frontier
              3
              The girl hesitated, and ran her fingers through her horse's mane.
              Ben Blair / The Story of a Plainsman
              4
              My hand sought hers, and held it against my horse's mane.
              My Lady of Doubt
              5
              I bound and unbound it; I plaited it as one plaits a horse's mane.
              Famous Modern Ghost Stories
              1
              Now Billy's lord was lifting his swollen head, and the incessant wind in those blue streets was rousing his horse mane into furious life.
              Complete Books of Blood
              Usage of mane in English
              1
              She simply clung to the horse's mane and let the animal run.
              The Shelters of Stone
              2
              The two Cape lions differ principally in the colour of the mane.
              The Bush Boys: History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his F...
              3
              Her long, luxurious mane requires sass and a serious bundle of extensions.
              Ebony
              4
              Despite her grip on the mane, she almost slid off several times.
              Lonesome dove
              5
              The puma is in build like the lion, but has no mane.
              The Treasure of the Incas: A Story of Adventure in Peru
              6
              He clutched Zephyr by the mane and succeeded in recovering his seat.
              The Downfall
              7
              He shook the spray of the sea off his sides and mane.
              The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
              8
              Her mane bristled a little; she sniffed and looked inquiringly at him.
              Animal Heroes
              9
              I've always liked a strong back and sturdy haunches, a nice mane.
              A nameless witch
              10
              His hands were concealed in the cloud of the horse's lifted mane.
              A Son of the Gods, and A Horseman in the Sky
              11
              His long unkempt mane shone just as bright as the tangled iron.
              Stonewielder
              12
              Cecil's distinctive black-fringed mane made him a well-known animal around the park.
              Radio NZ
              13
              It trundled along, still logy from hibernation, looking over its mane-covered shoulder.
              Genellan: planetfall
              14
              His mane bristled and he showed his cruel teeth to the full.
              Out with Gun and Camera; or, The Boy Hunters in the Mountains
              15
              It is the mane of a lion, and not hair at all.
              Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
              16
              The mammoth was a male, with a long mane on the neck.
              International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science -...
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              Translations for mane
              Russian
              грива
              Mane through the time
              Mane across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Common