hair up

If an animal does this, it grows longer, thicker hair for winter.

• Our pony is starting to hair up.
• The horses haired up early this autumn.
• Does your horse hair up when the nights get colder?

Similar words: grow a winter coat

Common phrases: hair up, hair up early

To make an animal’s fur stand up, often by frightening or exciting it.

• The loud bark haired the cat up.
• A strange noise haired up our dog.
• The approaching fox had haired the cat up before we noticed it.

How to use it: hair something up (The sudden hiss haired the cat up.)

Similar words: make bristle

Common phrases: hair up something, hair up cats

To grow hair on your face, especially after shaving, or sometimes on your body.

• His chin soon began to hair up.
• I haired up again after a few days without shaving.
• He hairs up quickly, so he shaves every morning.

Similar words: grow facial hair

Common phrases: hair up, hair up again

To make a place or thing dirty by leaving hair on it.

• The cat haired up my coat.
• Your dog has haired up the back seat.
• Don't let the puppy hair up the clean blankets.

How to use it: hair up something (The dog haired up the sofa.)

Common phrases: hair up something, hair up furniture