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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