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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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frill
(frɪl)n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a gathered, ruched, or pleated strip of cloth sewn on at one edge only, as on garments, as ornament, or to give extra body
2. (Zoology) a ruff of hair or feathers around the neck of a dog or bird or a fold of skin around the neck of a reptile or amphibian
3. (Breeds) (often capital) a variety of domestic fancy pigeon having a ruff of curled feathers on the chest and crop. Full name: oriental frill
4. (Photography) photog a wrinkling or loosening of the emulsion at the edges of a negative or print
5. (often plural) informal a superfluous or pretentious thing or manner; affectation: he made a plain speech with no frills.
vb
6. (tr) to adorn or fit with a frill or frills
7. to form into a frill or frills
8. (Photography) (intr) photog (of an emulsion) to develop a frill
[C14: perhaps of Flemish origin]
ˈfrilliness n
ˈfrilly adj
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frill
(frɪl)n.
1. a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.
2. something resembling such a trimming, as the fringe of hair on the chest of some dogs.
3. affectation of manner, style, etc.
4. something superfluous; luxury.
v.t. 5. to trim or ornament with a frill or frills.
6. to form into a frill.
[1585–95]
frill′er, n.
frill′i•ness, n.
frill′y, adj. frill•i•er, frill•i•est.
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frill
Past participle: frilled
Gerund: frilling
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| Noun | 1. | frill - (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs plate - any flat platelike body structure or part fossilology, palaeontology, paleontology - the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains |
| 2. | frill - an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal external body part - any body part visible externally | |
| 3. |  frill - a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trimadornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness jabot - a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt peplum - a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse | |
| 4. |  frill - ornamental objects of no great value |
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frill
noun
plural noun
1. trimmings, extras, additions, fuss, jazz (slang), dressing up, decoration(s), bits and pieces, icing on the cake, finery, embellishments, affectation(s), ornamentation, ostentation, frippery, bells and whistles, tomfoolery, gewgaws, superfluities, fanciness, frilliness, fandangles The booklet restricts itself to facts without frills.
no frills plain, ordinary, modest, unpretentious, without extras, unostentatious, without trimmings, with no fancy bits, without bells and whistles plain, simple cooking in no-frills surroundings
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frill
nounSomething costly and unnecessary:
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Translations
زَخْرَفَه غير ضَروريَّههُدْب، كَشْكَش
parádičkavolán
dikkedarerflæsekrumspringlæg
sallang
blúndatilgangslaust skraut; fríîindi
įmantrybėsrauktinukassu rauktinukais
krokojumskruzulislieki rotājumi/piedevas
parádavedľajšia akcia
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
frill
[ˈfrɪl] n [dress, curtain] → volant m
[shirt] → jabot m
without frills (= without extras) → sans fioritures no-frills
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
frill
n
(on dress, shirt etc) → Rüsche f; (on animal, bird) → Kragen m; (round meat, on plant pot etc) → Manschette f
frills pl (fig: = ornaments) → Kinkerlitzchen pl (inf), → Verzierungen pl; with all the frills → mit allem Drum und Dran (inf); a simple meal without frills → ein schlichtes Essen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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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