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# H — The English dictionary · page 2

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**hag** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hag is an ugly, old and unpleasant woman.[↗](../../hag/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In fairy tales, a hag is a wicked old witch.[↗](../../hag/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "There you are!" said the hag.[↗](../../hag/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hag ate up everything in the house.[↗](../../hag/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The Baba Yaga is a wicked hag who lives in a hut on hen's legs.[↗](../../hag/#x3 "tree and pragmatics")

**hagfish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hagfish is a long, eel-shaped sea fish with no jaws and no proper backbone that lives on the deep sea floor and eats dead animals.[↗](../../hagfish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is famous for making huge amounts of slime when attacked, which clogs the gills of predators.[↗](../../hagfish/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A hagfish can make a bucket of slime in seconds.[↗](../../hagfish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hagfish ate the dead whale on the sea floor.[↗](../../hagfish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hagfish have no jaws.[↗](../../hagfish/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sharks spit out hagfish because of the slime.[↗](../../hagfish/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hagfish can tie themselves in knots to clean off slime.[↗](../../hagfish/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people call the hagfish a slime eel.[↗](../../hagfish/#x6 "tree and pragmatics")

**haggard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Haggard means looking tired, thin and worn out, from worry, hunger or illness.[↗](../../haggard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After weeks at sea he looked pale and haggard.[↗](../../haggard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The old king grew thin and haggard with worry.[↗](../../haggard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her haggard face showed she had not slept.[↗](../../haggard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics")

**haggle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To haggle is to argue over a price, each side trying to pay less or get more.[↗](../../haggle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer and the trader haggled for an hour.[↗](../../haggle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum always haggles at the market.[↗](../../haggle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They haggled, but at last they paid three hundred roubles.[↗](../../haggle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics")

**haggling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Arguing about the price of something to make it cheaper, especially at a market.[↗](../../haggling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was a lot of haggling at the market.[↗](../../haggling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After some haggling, he paid less for the rug.[↗](../../haggling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Haggling is common in markets in many countries.[↗](../../haggling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum hates haggling.[↗](../../haggling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The two traders were haggling over the price.[↗](../../haggling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Haggling saved us five pounds.[↗](../../haggling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics")

**haiku** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A haiku is a very short poem that comes from Japan, usually with three lines.[↗](../../haiku/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In English lessons, a haiku often has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second and 5 in the third, 17 syllables in all.[↗](../../haiku/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A haiku usually paints one small moment, often about nature or a season.[↗](../../haiku/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We wrote a haiku about the first snow.[↗](../../haiku/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A haiku has three lines and seventeen syllables.[↗](../../haiku/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Count the syllables on your fingers to check your haiku.[↗](../../haiku/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her haiku was about a frog jumping into a pond.[↗](../../haiku/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Haiku come from Japan.[↗](../../haiku/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The poet wrote a haiku for every season.[↗](../../haiku/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My haiku: "Red leaves drift and fall / the wind carries them away / the tree stands alone."[↗](../../haiku/#x7 "tree and pragmatics")

**hail** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hail is small balls of ice that fall from storm clouds like hard rain.[↗](../../hail/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To hail means to call out or wave to get someone's attention, such as hailing a taxi.[↗](../../hail/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A hail of things is a lot of them coming at once, like a hail of stones.[↗](../../hail/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To hail someone as something means to praise them loudly as that, like hailing a player as a hero.[↗](../../hail/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To hail from a place means to come from there.[↗](../../hail/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Hail can also be an old greeting, a way of saying hello to someone.[↗](../../hail/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* small balls of ice that fall from storms; in the fairy tale, a greeting meaning welcome.[↗](../../hail/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Hail bounced off the car roof like little marbles.[↗](../../hail/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hailstones were as big as peas.[↗](../../hail/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We ran into the shed when the hail started.[↗](../../hail/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad stood on the corner and hailed a taxi.[↗](../../hail/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain hailed the other ship.[↗](../../hail/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new goalkeeper was hailed as a hero after the save.[↗](../../hail/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer's crops were flattened by a hailstorm.[↗](../../hail/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · My grandad hails from a small town in Scotland.[↗](../../hail/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · A hail of acorns fell when the wind shook the tree.[↗](../../hail/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · "Hail, fair maiden!" says the hunter.[↗](../../hail/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.[↗](../../hail/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.9.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hail/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Entreat the LORD, and let there be enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.'[↗](../../hail/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.9.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hail/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.[↗](../../hail/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.9.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hail/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-trees with frost.[↗](../../hail/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.47, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hail/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling His word; (Writings PSA.148.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hail/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.[↗](../../hail/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.105.32, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hail/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") · Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.[↗](../../hail/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.9.26, JPS 1917) · "Hail, fair maiden!" says the hunter.[↗](../../hail/#x18 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · Entreat the LORD, and let there be enough of these mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.'[↗](../../hail/#x19 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.9.28, JPS 1917)

**hailstone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small ball of ice that falls from storm clouds, like frozen rain; many hailstones together are called hail.[↗](../../hailstone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A hailstone bounced off the car roof.[↗](../../hailstone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Some hailstones were as big as marbles.[↗](../../hailstone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We cut a hailstone in half and saw rings of ice inside.[↗](../../hailstone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hailstones made a loud noise on the tin roof.[↗](../../hailstone/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hailstones melted quickly on the warm path.[↗](../../hailstone/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Go inside when the hailstones start to fall.[↗](../../hailstone/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mongan’s men made a roof of their shields, and the hailstones battered on the shields so terribly that even under them they were afraid.[↗](../../hailstone/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · At the brightness before Him, there passed through His thick clouds hailstones and coals of fire.[↗](../../hailstone/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.18.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hailstone/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High gave forth His voice; hailstones and coals of fire.[↗](../../hailstone/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.18.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hailstone/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · say unto them that daub it with whited plaster, that it shall fall; there shall be an overflowing shower, and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a stormy wind shall break forth, (Prophets EZK.13.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hailstone/#x10 "tree and pragmatics")

**hair** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hair is what grows on your head and on parts of your body.[↗](../../hair/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A hair is one single thin strand.[↗](../../hair/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Hair, or fur, also grows on many animals.[↗](../../hair/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her hair is 30 cm long.[↗](../../hair/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She cut 5 cm off her hair.[↗](../../hair/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hair grows about 1 cm a month.[↗](../../hair/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A haircut costs 15 dollars.[↗](../../hair/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I found a hair in my soup\![↗](../../hair/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa's hair is grey.[↗](../../hair/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not share combs, or you may share head lice.[↗](../../hair/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She won the race by a hair.[↗](../../hair/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · What if the hair should break?[↗](../../hair/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair; (Torah EXO.25.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hair/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair.[↗](../../hair/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.35.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hair/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And if a man's hair be fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean.[↗](../../hair/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.13.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hair/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that trail down from Gilead.[↗](../../hair/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.6.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hair/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.[↗](../../hair/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.16.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hair/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that have the corners of their hair polled; (Prophets JER.25.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hair/#x15 "tree and pragmatics")

**hairball** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A ball of hair that forms in the stomach of an animal, especially a cat, after it licks its fur, and is then coughed up.[↗](../../hairball/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A tangle of hair, for example in a hairbrush or plughole.[↗](../../hairball/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat coughed up a hairball on the rug.[↗](../../hairball/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Brushing your cat helps stop hairballs.[↗](../../hairball/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Long-haired cats get more hairballs.[↗](../../hairball/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad pulled a huge hairball out of the shower drain.[↗](../../hairball/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet gave us food that reduces hairballs.[↗](../../hairball/#x5 "tree and pragmatics")

**hairbrush** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A brush with a handle used to make your hair smooth and tidy.[↗](../../hairbrush/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Where's my hairbrush?[↗](../../hairbrush/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She brushed her long hair with a hairbrush.[↗](../../hairbrush/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't share your hairbrush, or you might share nits too.[↗](../../hairbrush/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hairbrush was full of the dog's fur.[↗](../../hairbrush/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A hairbrush costs $4, a comb costs $2.[↗](../../hairbrush/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I packed my toothbrush and hairbrush.[↗](../../hairbrush/#x6 "tree and pragmatics")

**haircut** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The act of having your hair cut.[↗](../../haircut/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The style or shape in which your hair is cut.[↗](../../haircut/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'm getting a haircut on Saturday.[↗](../../haircut/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Do you like my new haircut?[↗](../../haircut/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My dad gave me a haircut in the kitchen.[↗](../../haircut/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · You need a haircut — your hair is in your eyes\![↗](../../haircut/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The barber gave him a short haircut for the summer.[↗](../../haircut/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister cried after a bad haircut, but it grew back.[↗](../../haircut/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog had a haircut too, at the dog groomer.[↗](../../haircut/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never cut your own hair with sharp scissors without an adult.[↗](../../haircut/#x8 "tree and pragmatics")

**hairdo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) The way someone's hair is cut and styled, especially a special or fancy style.[↗](../../hairdo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum got a new hairdo for the wedding.[↗](../../hairdo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The wind wrecked Auntie's hairdo.[↗](../../hairdo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister's hairdo has plaits and ribbons.[↗](../../hairdo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Look at the funny hairdos in Grandad's old photos\![↗](../../hairdo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The singer is famous for her big hairdo.[↗](../../hairdo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I want a short hairdo for the summer.[↗](../../hairdo/#x6 "tree and pragmatics")

**hairdresser** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A hairdresser is a person whose job is to cut, wash, colour and style people's hair.[↗](../../hairdresser/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The hairdresser's is the shop where they work.[↗](../../hairdresser/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I went to the hairdresser's to get my hair cut.[↗](../../hairdresser/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hairdresser washed my hair before cutting it.[↗](../../hairdresser/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt is a hairdresser and owns a salon.[↗](../../hairdresser/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hairdresser asked how short I wanted my fringe.[↗](../../hairdresser/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum booked an appointment with the hairdresser for Saturday.[↗](../../hairdresser/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The hairdresser used scissors, a comb and a hairdryer.[↗](../../hairdresser/#x6 "tree and pragmatics")

**hairgrip** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK) A small, thin metal clip used to hold hair in place.[↗](../../hairgrip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She put two hairgrips in her fringe.[↗](../../hairgrip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I lost a hairgrip on the bus.[↗](../../hairgrip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Pin your bun with hairgrips before ballet.[↗](../../hairgrip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hairgrips are in the drawer.[↗](../../hairgrip/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum used a hairgrip to open the lock.[↗](../../hairgrip/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A packet of 20 hairgrips costs £1.[↗](../../hairgrip/#x6 "tree and pragmatics")

**hairless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having no hair or very little hair, as in «a hairless cat» or «a hairless baby mouse».[↗](../../hairless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sphynx cats are hairless.[↗](../../hairless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Baby mice are born pink and hairless.[↗](../../hairless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Naked mole rats are almost hairless.[↗](../../hairless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dolphins are mammals but they are nearly hairless.[↗](../../hairless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The newborn puppy's tummy was hairless.[↗](../../hairless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The alien in the comic had a hairless green head.[↗](../../hairless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the Fox, old, thin, and almost hairless, had even lost his tail.[↗](../../hairless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics")

**hairnet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A thin net worn over the hair to keep it in place or to stop hairs falling into food.[↗](../../hairnet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The dinner lady wears a hairnet in the kitchen.[↗](../../hairnet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Workers in the cake factory must wear hairnets.[↗](../../hairnet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran put on her hairnet before bed.[↗](../../hairnet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A hairnet stops hairs getting in the food.[↗](../../hairnet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We had to wear hairnets on the school trip to the bakery.[↗](../../hairnet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ballet dancer's bun was held by a hairnet.[↗](../../hairnet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics")

**hairstyle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The way someone's hair is cut and arranged.[↗](../../hairstyle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I like your new hairstyle\![↗](../../hairstyle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her hairstyle was a long plait.[↗](../../hairstyle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hairstyles were very different long ago.[↗](../../hairstyle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He changed his hairstyle for the wedding.[↗](../../hairstyle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The doll comes with three hairstyles.[↗](../../hairstyle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw the character's hairstyle.[↗](../../hairstyle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics")

**hairy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Hairy means covered in a lot of hair.[↗](../../hairy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Informally, hairy means frightening or dangerous, often in an exciting way («a hairy moment»).[↗](../../hairy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My dad has very hairy arms.[↗](../../hairy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hairy caterpillar can make your skin itch, so do not touch it.[↗](../../hairy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our dog is so hairy that the sofa is covered in fur.[↗](../../hairy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some plants have hairy leaves that keep insects away.[↗](../../hairy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The ride down the steep hill was a bit hairy.[↗](../../hairy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Things got hairy when the boat started to tip.[↗](../../hairy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A tarantula is a big, hairy spider.[↗](../../hairy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Coconuts have a hairy brown shell.[↗](../../hairy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Oh! what hairy arms you’ve got, Grandmother!’[↗](../../hairy/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And the first came forth ruddy, all over like a hairy mantle; and they called his name Esau.[↗](../../hairy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hairy/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him.[↗](../../hairy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hairy/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother: 'Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.[↗](../../hairy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.27.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hairy/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Surely God will smite through the head of His enemies, the hairy scalp of him that goeth about in his guiltiness.[↗](../../hairy/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.68.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hairy/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And they answered him: 'He was a hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins.'[↗](../../hairy/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") And he said: 'It is Elijah the Tishbite.'[↗](../../hairy/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.1.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hairy/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be brought to shame every one through his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive; (Prophets ZEC.13.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../hairy/#x15 "tree and pragmatics")

**haitian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Haitian means from or to do with Haiti, a country in the Caribbean on the island of Hispaniola.[↗](../../haitian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A Haitian is a person from Haiti.[↗](../../haitian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Haitian Creole is the language most people speak in Haiti, together with French.[↗](../../haitian/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend's family is Haitian.[↗](../../haitian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Haitian Creole comes partly from French.[↗](../../haitian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Haitian art is colourful and bright.[↗](../../haitian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Haitian Revolution ended slavery there.[↗](../../haitian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many Haitians live in Canada and the USA.[↗](../../haitian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics")

**hajj** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Islam) The pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia that every adult Muslim who is healthy and can afford it should make at least once in their life.[↗](../../hajj/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, the main duties of Muslims.[↗](../../hajj/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My friend's grandfather went on hajj last summer.[↗](../../hajj/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hajj is one of the Five Pillars of Islam.[↗](../../hajj/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Millions of Muslims make the hajj to Mecca.[↗](../../hajj/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pilgrims on the hajj wear plain white clothes.[↗](../../hajj/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · During the hajj, people walk around the Kaaba seven times.[↗](../../hajj/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A man who has made the hajj is sometimes called Hajji.[↗](../../hajj/#x6 "tree and pragmatics")

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