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Definition of 'frill'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) frill
a trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle.

2.  frill
something resembling such a trimming, as the fringe of hair on the chest of some dogs.

3.  frill
affectation of manner, style, etc.

4.  frill
something superfluous; luxury.

5. (v.t.) frill
to trim or ornament with a frill or frills.

6.  frill
to form into a frill.

Etymology: (1585–95)

Definition of 'frill'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) frill
(paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs

2. (noun) frill, ruff
an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal

3. (noun) frill, flounce, ruffle, furbelow
a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

4. (noun) folderal, falderol, frill, gimcrackery, gimcrack, nonsense, trumpery
ornamental objects of no great value

Definition of 'frill'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) frill
to shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills

2. (verb) frill
to wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film

3. (verb) frill
to provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap

4. (verb) frill
a ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold

5. (verb) frill
a ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal

6. (verb) frill
a similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals

7. (verb) frill
a ruffled varex or fold on certain shells

8. (verb) frill
a border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce

Translation of 'frill'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: 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.
Afrikaans: valletjie	Arabic: هُدْب، كَشْكَش	Bulgarian: волан
Brazilian: friso	Czech: volán(ek)	German: die Krause
Danish: flæse; læg	Greek: φραμπαλάς	Spanish: volante
Estonian: sats	Farsi: حاشیۀ تزئینی پارچه	Finnish: röyhelö
French: volant	Hebrew: שוֹבָל מְסוּלסַל	Hindi: झालर
Croatian: volan (na haljini)	Hungarian: fodor	Indonesian: rempel
Icelandic: blúnda	Italian: volant, (merletto di rifi	Japanese: ひだ飾り
Korean: (옷깃, 소매 등의) 주름 장식	Lithuanian: rauktinukas	Latvian: krokojums; kruzulis
Malay: ropol	Dutch: sierstrook	Norwegian: rysjekant, rynkekappe
Polish: kryza, falbana	Persian: حاشیۀ تزئینی پارچه	Pashto: چين ، دكميس لمن (حاشيه
Portuguese: folho	Romanian: volan	Russian: обор(оч)ка
Slovak: volán	Slovenian: naborek, volanček	Serbian: čipka
Swedish: krås, veckad remsa	Thai: จีบขอบ	Turkish: süs, fırfır, farbala
Taiwanese: 褶邊，飾邊	Ukrainian: оборка, брижі	Urdu: ایک رخ سے شکن دار
Vietnamese: diềm xếp nếp	Chinese: 褶边，饰边
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