|  whisker 
 
 1. a very small distance or space
 - they escaped by a hair's-breadth
 - they lost the election by a whisker
 • Syn:
 hair's-breadth, hairsbreadth, hair
 • Hypernyms:
 small indefinite quantity, small indefinite amount
 2. a long stiff hair growing from the snout or brow of most mammals as e.g. a cat
 • Syn:
 vibrissa, sensory hair
 • Derivationally related forms:
 whiskery
 • Hypernyms:
 hair
 
 furnish with whiskers
 - a whiskered jersey
 • Syn:
 bewhisker
 • Hypernyms:
 supply, provide, render, furnish
 • Verb Frames:
 - Somebody ----s something
 
 
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