Mane

Pronunciation

• enPR: mān, IPA: /meɪn/
• Homophones: main, Maine
• Rhymes: -eɪn

Origin

From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu ("mane"), from Proto-Germanic *manō ("mane"), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- ("neck"). Cognate with Dutch maan, manen ("mane"), German Mähne ("mane"), Swedish man ("horse's mane"), Icelandic mön ("mane").

Full definition of mane

Noun

1. Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
• 1900, L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.
2. Long or thick hair of a person's head.

Anagrams

• Amen, amen, mean, MENA, NAmE, name, NEMA, NMEA