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1. (n.) wool
the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals.
2. wool
yarn made of such wool.
3. wool
a fabric or garment of such wool.
4. wool
any finely fibrous or filamentous matter suggestive of the wool of sheep:
steel wool.
5. wool
any coating of short, fine hairs or hairlike processes, as on a caterpillar or a plant; pubescence.
6. wool
pull the wool over someone's eyes, to deceive or delude someone.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME wolle, OE wull(e), c. MD, MLG wulle, OHG wolla, ON ull, Go wulla; akin to L lāna, Skt ūr&ndotbelow;ā wool, L vellus fleece)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) wool, woolen, woollen
a fabric made from the hair of sheep
2. (noun) wool
fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
3. (noun) wool, fleece
outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
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1. (noun) wool
sheep's hair or the fiber or material made from sheep's hair
a ball of wool; a wool jacket
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) wool
the soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates
2. (noun) wool
short, thick hair, especially when crisped or curled
3. (noun) wool
a sort of pubescence, or a clothing of dense, curling hairs on the surface of certain plants
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. wool
The hair of SHEEP or other animals that is used for weaving.
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Sense: (of) the soft hair of sheep and some other animals, often made into yarn etc for knitting or into fabric for making clothes etc
I wear wool in winter; knitting-wool; a wool blanket.
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 Afrikaans: wol |
 Arabic: صوف |
 Bulgarian: вълна |
 Brazilian: lã / pelo |
 Czech: vlna; vlněný |
 German: die Wolle, Woll... |
 Danish: uld; uld-; -garn |
 Greek: μαλλί, μάλλινος |
 Spanish: lana |
 Estonian: vill |
 Farsi: پشم؛ پشمی |
 Finnish: villa |
 French: (de/en) laine |
 Hebrew: צֶמֶר |
 Hindi: ऊन |
 Croatian: vuna, vunen |
 Hungarian: gyapj�� |
 Indonesian: wol |
 Icelandic: ull |
 Italian: lana; di lana |
 Japanese: 羊毛(の) |
 Korean: 양모 |
 Lithuanian: vilna; vilnonis |
 Latvian: vilna; vilnas- |
 Malay: bulu |
 Dutch: wol |
 Norwegian: ull |
 Polish: wełna |
 Persian: پشم؛ پشمی |
 Pashto: وړۍ، وړين ټوكر: لنډپنډ وې |
 Portuguese: lA |
 Romanian: (de/din) lână |
 Russian: шерсть; шерстяная ткань |
 Slovak: vlna; vlnený |
 Slovenian: volna; volnen |
 Serbian: vuna |
 Swedish: ull, ylle |
 Thai: ขนแกะ |
 Turkish: yün |
 Taiwanese: 羊毛 |
 Ukrainian: шерсть, вовна |
 Urdu: اون |
 Vietnamese: len |
 Chinese: 羊毛 |
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