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PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: coif

1	n v	the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair) arrange attractively
2	n v	a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law cover with a coif

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: coif

n the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)

Synonyms:: coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle

Types:: show 23 types...; hide 23 types...; beehive
a hairdo resembling a beehive; bouffant
a woman's hairstyle in which the hair gives a puffy appearance; haircut
the style in which hair has been cut; Afro, Afro hairdo
a rounded thickly curled hairdo; bang, fringe
a border of hair that is cut short and hangs across the forehead; bob
a hair style for women and children; a short haircut all around; wave
a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair; braid, plait, tress, twist
a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair; chignon
a roll of hair worn at the nape of the neck; marcel
a hairdo characterized by deep regular waves that are made by a heated curling iron; pageboy
a smooth hair style with the ends of the hair curled inward; pompadour
a hair style in which the front hair is swept up from the forehead; ponytail
a hair style that draws the hair back so that it hangs down in back of the head like a pony's tail; roach
a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead; scalp lock
a long tuft of hair left on top of the shaven head; thatch
hair resembling thatched roofing material; finger wave
a wave made with the fingers; queue
a braid of hair at the back of the head; pigtail
a plait of braided hair; perm, permanent, permanent wave
a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals; brush cut
a short haircut with hairs standing up like a brush; crew cut, flattop
a closely cropped haircut; usually for men; mohawk, mohawk haircut
haircut in which the head is shaved except for a band of hair down the middle of the scalp

Type of:: hair
a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss

v arrange attractively

Synonyms:: arrange, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set

: curry, dress, groom
give a neat appearance to

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; bob
cut hair in the style of a bob; wave
set waves in; marcel
make a marcel in a woman's hair; gauffer, goffer
make wavy with a heated goffering iron; perm
give a permanent wave to

Type of:: groom, neaten
care for one's external appearance

n a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law

Type of:: skullcap
rounded brimless cap fitting the crown of the head

v cover with a coif

Type of:: cover
provide with a covering or cause to be covered

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