* 털 has the following meanings
1) [사람(human being)] hair
- 겨드랑 털 : hair under the arm / armpit hair
- 곱슬곱슬한 털 : curly[crisp] hair
- 부드러운 털 : soft hair
- 빳빳한 털 : coarse[bristly] hair
- 센 털 : gray hair
- 솜털 : downy hair
- 털 같은 : hairy
- 털이 있는 : haired / hairy
- 털이 없는 : hairless / bald
- 털이 많은 hairy / thick-haired
- 털(이) 나는 약 : a hair-grower[-restorer]
- 털을 뽑다 pull out a hair / unhair
- 털(이) 많은 사람 : a hairy person
- 털을 지지다 : frizzle[friz] and curl hair / have one's hair frizzled and curled
- 털이 성기다 :be thinly-haired
- 털(이) 빠지다 : [사람(human being)] lose one's hair / hair falls out[comes off]
- 털이 성기어지다 = 털이 엉성해지다 :be losing one's hair
- 머리털을 쥐어뜯다 : tear[rend] one's hair
- 털(이) 났다 : Hair grew[appeared / came out]
- 그녀는 머리털이 길다 : She has long hair
- 그의 가슴에 털이 나기 시작했다 : Hair has begun to grow on his chest
- 털이 몇 개 빠졌다 : A few hairs fell out[came off]
2) [짐승(animal)] fur; wool; [=깃털] feathers
- 새털 : bird feathers / [=양털] down
- 털의 결 : [동물(animal)] the lie of fur
- 털의 결이 고운 개 :a dog with a fine coat of hair
- 털(이) 많은 개 : a shaggy dog
- 닭의 털을 뜯다 : pluck a chicken
<Proverb>
- 제 털을 뽑아 제 구멍에 박다 : be rigid[inflexible] / be strait-laced[hide-bound] / lack resourcefulness[flexibility]
- 털을 불고 흠을 찾다 : go out of the way to discover weak point
- 털도 안 뜯고 먹으려 한다 :be hasty[impatient] / be out to get all possessions
3) [=보풀] nap; shag; fuzz; fluff
- 털이 일다 : get[be] fuzzy[fluffy]
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