frilly
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frill
(frĭl)n.
1. A ruffled, gathered, or pleated border or projection, such as a fabric edge used to trim clothing.
2. A projection as of hair, feathers, bone, or cartilage, about the neck of an animal.
3. A wrinkling of the edge of a photographic film.
4. Informal Something that is desirable but not a necessity; a luxury. See Synonyms at luxury.
v. frilled, frill·ing, frills
v.tr.
1. To make into a ruffle or frill.
2. To add a ruffle or frill to.
v.intr.
To become wrinkled along the edge.
[Origin unknown.]
fril′li·ness n.
frill′y adj.
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frilly
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Translations
مُهَدَّب، له أهْداب
meî blúndum
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frilly
adj (+er)
(Tex) apron, cushion, clothing → mit Rüschen; to be frilly → Rüschen haben; frilly dress/blouse/underwear → Rüschenkleid nt → /-bluse f → /-unterwäsche f
(fig) speech, style → blumig; music, decoration → verschnörkelt
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frill
(fril) noun1. a decorative edging to a piece of cloth, made of a strip of cloth gathered along one side and sewn on. She sewed a frill along the bottom of the skirt.
2. (often in plural) something unnecessary added as decoration. the frills of business (= having expensive dinners etc).
frilled, ˈfrilly adjective decorated with frills. a frilled curtain; a frilly dress.
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