Mane Meaning
/meɪn/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounLonger hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion.
nounLong or thick hair of a person's head.
Sentence Examples
His long and untidy hair was similar to a lion's mane.
The darker the mane of a lion is, the more attractive to females it is.
The lion shook its mane and roared.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The lion's thick ____ protected its neck from bites during fights.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The male horse has a long and very thick ____ that flows beautifully in the wind as it runs across the field.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu (“mane”), from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō (“mane”), from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon- (“neck”). Cognate with Dutch maan, manen (“mane”), German Mähne (“mane”), Danish man (“horse's mane”), Swedish man (“horse's mane”), Icelandic mön (“mane”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Before 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."
— 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, chapter 23, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:
"Ayy, make this right, mane, stop at the light, mane"
— 1995, “I Got 5 on It”, in Operation Stackola, performed by Luniz:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The lion's thick ____ protected its neck from bites during fights.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The male horse has a long and very thick ____ that flows beautifully in the wind as it runs across the field.