hair up

faire son poil d’hiver

Pour un animal, développer un pelage plus long et plus épais pour l’hiver.

En anglais simple : If an animal does this, it grows longer, thicker hair for winter.

• Our pony is starting to hair up.
• The horses haired up early this autumn.
• Does your horse hair up when the nights get colder?

Synonymes : grow a winter coat

Expressions courantes : hair up, hair up early

faire hérisser le poil de

Faire dresser les poils d’un animal, souvent en l’effrayant ou en l’excitant.

En anglais simple : To make an animal’s fur stand up, often by frightening or exciting it.

• The loud bark haired the cat up.
• A strange noise haired up our dog.
• The approaching fox had haired the cat up before we noticed it.

Comment l'utiliser : hair something up (The sudden hiss haired the cat up.)

Synonymes : make bristle

Expressions courantes : hair up something, hair up cats

se laisser pousser la barbe

Avoir de nouveaux poils au visage, notamment après le rasage, ou parfois sur le corps.

En anglais simple : To grow hair on your face, especially after shaving, or sometimes on your body.

• His chin soon began to hair up.
• I haired up again after a few days without shaving.
• He hairs up quickly, so he shaves every morning.

Synonymes : grow facial hair

Expressions courantes : hair up, hair up again

couvrir de poils

Salir un endroit ou un objet en y laissant des poils ou des cheveux.

En anglais simple : To make a place or thing dirty by leaving hair on it.

• The cat haired up my coat.
• Your dog has haired up the back seat.
• Don't let the puppy hair up the clean blankets.

Comment l'utiliser : hair up something (The dog haired up the sofa.)

Expressions courantes : hair up something, hair up furniture