Tresses
noun
A long lock of a woman's hair.
She had long golden tresses that reached her waist.
Often appears as...
- golden tresses
- flowing tresses
noun
The long hair growing on the mane of a horse.
The horse's tresses were groomed and shining in the sunlight.
Often appears as...
- groomed tresses
- horse's tresses
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A long lock of a woman's hair.
She had long golden tresses that reached her waist.
Often appears as...
- golden tresses
- flowing tresses
noun
The long hair growing on the mane of a horse.
The horse's tresses were groomed and shining in the sunlight.
Often appears as...
- groomed tresses
- horse's tresses
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Symbolic Imagery
Tresses often symbolize beauty and femininity in literature and art.
In the painting, her tresses flowed like a golden river, symbolizing her youth and beauty.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
'Tresses' can be used metaphorically to express complexity or entanglement.
The plot of the story was a labyrinth of tresses, each twist more intricate than the last.
Pro Tip 3/3Poetic Language
The term 'tresses' is seen as poetic and might be more common in creative writing.
Her tresses danced in the breeze like delicate strands of silk.
Pro Tip 1/3Symbolic Imagery
Tresses often symbolize beauty and femininity in literature and art.
In the painting, her tresses flowed like a golden river, symbolizing her youth and beauty.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
'Tresses' can be used metaphorically to express complexity or entanglement.
The plot of the story was a labyrinth of tresses, each twist more intricate than the last.
Pro Tip 3/3Poetic Language
The term 'tresses' is seen as poetic and might be more common in creative writing.
Her tresses danced in the breeze like delicate strands of silk.
Pro Tip 1/3Symbolic Imagery
Tresses often symbolize beauty and femininity in literature and art.
In the painting, her tresses flowed like a golden river, symbolizing her youth and beauty.
Pro Tip 2/3Metaphorical Use
'Tresses' can be used metaphorically to express complexity or entanglement.
The plot of the story was a labyrinth of tresses, each twist more intricate than the last.
Pro Tip 3/3Poetic Language
The term 'tresses' is seen as poetic and might be more common in creative writing.
Her tresses danced in the breeze like delicate strands of silk.
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Video examples
Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...
cool him down but this is the back paw and the front paw both perfectly poised on his log making him feel very comfortable I would imagine just now at one point yet that leg completely stretched over that log come and the tresses oh he kind of was flexing his leg out and he looks very very very kind
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First person vs. Second...
The prince climbed her tresses into the tower. Rapunzel is typically told like this, with the narrator outside the story. This point of view is called third person. But Rapunzel can also be told by a character in the story— a first person narrator.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 249 PIPE...
cool him down but this is the back paw and the front paw both perfectly poised on his log making him feel very comfortable I would imagine just now at one point yet that leg completely stretched over that log come and the tresses oh he kind of was flexing his leg out and he looks very very very kind
Video examples
First person vs. Second...
The prince climbed her tresses into the tower. Rapunzel is typically told like this, with the narrator outside the story. This point of view is called third person. But Rapunzel can also be told by a character in the story— a first person narrator.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Kit Williams
Author
Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land.
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Anita Baker
American Musician
Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, if you have that, but learn to love what you have.
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James Montgomery
British Poet
Here hyacinths of heavenly blue, shook their rich tresses to the morn.
Quote examples
Kit Williams
Author
Once upon a perfect night, unclouded and still, there came the face of a pale and beautiful lady. The tresses of her hair reached out to make the constellations, and the dewy vapours of her gown fell soft upon the land.
Quote examples
Anita Baker
American Musician
Long tresses down to the floor can be beautiful, if you have that, but learn to love what you have.
Quote examples
James Montgomery
British Poet
Here hyacinths of heavenly blue, shook their rich tresses to the morn.
Example 1 of 3
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