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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmeɪn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/meɪn/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mān)

mane /meɪn/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

Zoologythe long thick hair around or at the back of the neck of some animals, as the horse or lion.
long luxuriant hair on the head of a person:Her mane of black hair flowed in the wind.

mane (mān),USA pronunciation n.

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

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

maned, adj.
mane′less, adj.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

mane /meɪn/ n

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

Etymology: Old English manu; related to Old High German mana, Old Norse mön, and perhaps to Old English mene and Old High German menni necklacemaned adj

'mane' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

hog - horsehair - lion - palomino - Przewalski's horse - Shetland pony - warthog - Bildungsroman - bimane - Brisingamen - chestnut - crest - dun - gelada - golden lion tamarin - horse - horsetail agaric - jubate - omn. man. - roach - tahr - tarpan - vari - shaggy - shaggy-mane - sorrel

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Synonyms: brush, fur, hair, pelt, more...

Collocations: a [horse's, lion's] mane, [stroked, braided, brushed] the horse's mane, the lion [tossed, shook] its mane, more...

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