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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun frill has 4 senses
- frill(n = noun.body) Array - (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs; Array is a kind of plate
- frill(n = noun.body) ruff - an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal; Array is a kind of external body part
- frill(n = noun.artifact) flounce, furbelow, ruffle - a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim; Array is a kind of adornment
- frill(n = noun.artifact) falderol, folderal, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery - ornamental objects of no great value; Array is a kind of decoration, ornament, ornamentation
has particulars: gauffer, goffer, jabot, peplum
Derived form adjective frilly1
CIDE DICTIONARY
frill, v. i. [OF. friller, fr. L. frigidulus somewhat cold, dim. of frigidus cold; akin to F. frileux chilly.].
- To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills. Johnson. [1913 Webster]
- To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film. [1913 Webster]
frill, v. t.
To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap. [1913 Webster]
- A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold. [1913 Webster]
- A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce. [1913 Webster]
- Something superfluous, such as an ornament, or an additional function on a device or in a system not essential to the basic operation. -- Commonly used in the phrase
no frills , used adjectively to indicate a fully functional but economical device or service; as, an economical no-frills airline. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
frill, n. & v.
--n.
1 a a strip of material with one side gathered or pleated and the other left loose with a fluted appearance, used as an ornamental edging. b a similar paper ornament on a ham-knuckle, chop, etc. c a natural fringe of feathers, hair, etc., on an animal (esp. a bird) or a plant.
2 (in pl.) a unnecessary embellishments or accomplishments. b airs, affectation (put on frills).
--v.tr.
1 decorate with a frill.
2 form into a frill.
--n.
1 a a strip of material with one side gathered or pleated and the other left loose with a fluted appearance, used as an ornamental edging. b a similar paper ornament on a ham-knuckle, chop, etc. c a natural fringe of feathers, hair, etc., on an animal (esp. a bird) or a plant.
2 (in pl.) a unnecessary embellishments or accomplishments. b airs, affectation (put on frills).
--v.tr.
1 decorate with a frill.
2 form into a frill.
Idiom
frill (or frilled) lizard a large N. Australian lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingii, with an erectile membrane round the neck.
Derivative
frilled adj. frillery n.
Etymology
16th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
frill
addition, adornment, amenity, beading, beauties, bedizenment, binding, bonus, bordering, bordure, bravery, chiffon, clinquant, colors, colors of rhetoric, crease, creasing, crimp, crisp, decoration, dog-ear, double, double over, doubling, duplication, duplication of effort, duplicature, edging, elegant variation, embellishment, embroidery, enfold, expletive, extra, extra added attraction, extra dash, extravagance, fat, featherbedding, festoons, figure, figure of speech, filigree, filling, fillip, fimbria, fimbriation, fine writing, finery, flection, flexure, floridity, floridness, flounce, flourish, floweriness, flowers of speech, flute, fold, fold over, folderol, foofaraw, frilliness, frilling, frills, frills and furbelows, fringe, frippery, froufrou, furbelow, fuss, gaiety, galloon, gather, gaudery, gewgaw, gilding, gilt, gingerbread, hem, infold, interfold, jazz, lagniappe, lap over, lapel, lappet, list, lushness, luxuriance, luxury, motif, needlessness, ornament, ornamentation, ostentation, overadornment, overlap, padding, paste, payroll padding, pinchbeck, plait, plat, pleat, pleonasm, plica, plicate, plication, plicature, ply, premium, prolixity, purple patches, quill, redundance, redundancy, ruche, ruching, ruff, ruffle, selvage, showiness, skirting, something extra, stuffing, superaddition, superfluity, superfluousness, tautology, tinsel, trappings, trickery, trimming, trumpery, tuck, turn over, twill, twist, unnecessariness, valance, verbosity, welt, wrinkleROGET THESAURUS
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Edge
N edge, verge, brink, brow, brim, margin, border, confine, skirt, rim, flange, side, mouth, jaws, chops, chaps, fauces, lip, muzzle, threshold, door, porch, portal, coast, shore, frame, fringe, flounce, frill, list, trimming, edging, skirting, hem, selvedge, welt, furbelow, valance, gimp, border, marginal, skirting, labial, labiated, marginated.
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