wool

(wo͝ol)

a. The dense, soft, often curly hair forming the coat of sheep and certain other mammals, such as the goat and alpaca, consisting of cylindrical strands of keratin covered by minute overlapping scales and much valued as a textile fiber.

b. Fabric or yarn made of this hair.

2. Hairy or downy material on a plant or animal, as on certain caterpillars.

3. Filamentous or fibrous material similar to the wool of a sheep or other mammal.

[Middle English wolle, from Old English wull.]

wool adj.

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wool

(wʊl)

1. (Zoology) the outer coat of sheep, yaks, etc, which consists of short curly hairs

2. (Textiles) yarn spun from the coat of sheep, etc, used in weaving, knitting, etc

3. (Textiles)

a. cloth or a garment made from this yarn

b. (as modifier): a wool dress.

4. (Chemistry) any of certain fibrous materials: glass wool; steel wool.

5. (Hairdressing & Grooming) informal short thick curly hair

6. (Botany) a tangled mass of soft fine hairs that occurs in certain plants

7. dyed in the wool confirmed in one's beliefs or opinions

8. pull the wool over someone's eyes to deceive or delude someone

[Old English wull; related to Old Frisian, Middle Dutch wulle, Old High German wolla (German Wolle), Old Norse ull, Latin lāna and vellus fleece]

ˈwool-ˌlike adj

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wool

(wʊl)

n.

1. the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals.

2. yarn made of such wool.

3. a fabric or garment of such wool.

4. any finely fibrous or filamentous matter suggestive of the wool of sheep: steel wool.

5. any coating of short, fine hairs or hairlike processes, as on a caterpillar or a plant; pubescence.

Idioms:

pull the wool over someone's eyes, to deceive or delude someone.

[before 900; Middle English wolle, Old English wull(e), c. Middle Dutch, Middle Low German wulle, Old High German wolla, Old Norse ull, Gothic wulla; akin to Latin lāna, Skt ūrṇā wool, Latin vellus fleece]

wool′like`, adj.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	wool - a fabric made from the hair of sheep woolen, woollen cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" tweed - thick woolen fabric used for clothing; originated in Scotland
	2.	wool - fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving animal fiber, animal fibre - fiber derived from animals Shetland wool - a wool obtained from sheep of the Shetland islands raw wool - wool in its natural condition; not refined or processed alpaca - wool of the alpaca cashmere - the wool of the Kashmir goat fleece - the wool of a sheep or similar animal shoddy - reclaimed wool fiber vicuna - the wool of the vicuna virgin wool - wool not used before; wool not processed or woven before
	3.	wool - outer coat of especially sheep and yaks fleece pelage, coat - growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal

wool

noun

1. fleece, hair, coat These shawls are made from the wool of mountain goats.

2. yarn a ball of wool

dyed in the wool hardened, confirmed, settled, fixed, uncompromising, inflexible, diehard, inveterate, unshakable, unchangeable He is a dyed-in-the-wool socialist.

pull the wool over someone's eyes deceive, kid (informal), trick, fool, take in (informal), con (slang), dupe, delude, bamboozle (informal), hoodwink, put one over on (slang), pull a fast one on someone (informal), lead someone up the garden path (informal) a phony psychic who pulled the wool over everyone's eyes

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Translations

صوفصُوف

vlna

uld=-garn

lano

villa

vuna

gyapjú

wol

ull

lana maglione di lana sbadato tessuto imbrogliare

羊毛

양모

akis muilintinelabai nuovokusvilnavilnonisvilnonis rūbas

vilnavilnas-

lână

volna

вуна

ullylle

ขนสัตว์ เช่นขนแกะและสัตว์อื่นๆ

yün

вовна

len

羊毛

wool

[wʊl]

A. N [of sheep] → lana f
all wool; pure wool → lana pura
it's made of wool → es de lana
to pull the wool over sb's eyes → dar a algn gato por liebre
see also dyed-in-the-wool

B. ADJ → de lana

C. CPD wool merchant N → comerciante mf de lanas, lanero/a m/f
wool trade N → comercio m de lana

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wool

[ˈwʊl]

n → laine f
It's made of wool → C'est en laine.
to pull the wool over sb's eyes (fig) (= deceive) → embobiner qn

modif [blanket, dress, jacket, trousers] → en laine; [production, producers] → de laine; [trade] → de la laine

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wool

→ Wolle f; (= cloth) → Wollstoff m; all wool, pure wool → reine Wolle; to pull the wool over somebody’s eyes (inf) → jdm Sand in die Augen streuen (inf)

(= glass wool, wire wool) → Wolle f

adj → Woll-; (= made of wool also) → aus Wolle; wool coat → Wollmantel m

wool

woolgathering

n → Träumen nt; to be wool → vor sich (acc) → hin träumen

woolgrower

n → Schafzüchter(in) m(f) (für Wolle)

wool

woolmark

n → Wollsiegel nt

woolsack

n (= seat) → Wollsack m (Sitz des Lordkanzlers im britischen Oberhaus); (= office) → Amt nt → des Lordkanzlers

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wool

[wʊl]

1. n → lana
all wool, pure wool → pura lana
pure new wool → pura lana vergine
knitting wool → lana per lavorare a maglia
a ball of wool → un gomitolo di lana
to pull the wool over sb's eyes (fam) → gettare fumo negli occhi a qn

2. adj (dress) → di lana; (shop) → di lane, di filati; (trade, industry) → della lana

wool

(wul) noun, adjective

(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.

ˈwoollen adjective

made of wool. a woollen hat.

ˈwoollens noun plural

clothes (especially jumpers etc) made of wool. Woollens should be washed by hand.

ˈwoolly adjective

1. made of, or like, wool. a woolly jumper/rug.

2. (also ˌwoolly-ˈheaded) (of a person) vague or hazy. She's too woolly(-headed) to be in charge of a department.

noun – plural ˈwoollies –

a knitted garment.

ˈwoolliness noun

pull the wool over someone's eyes

to deceive someone.

wool

→ صُوف vlna uld Wolle μαλλί lana villa laine vuna lana 羊毛 양모 wol ull wełna lã шерсть ull ขนสัตว์ เช่นขนแกะและสัตว์อื่นๆ yün len 羊毛

wool

n lana

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He catches you only for your wool, or your milk, but he lays hold on me for my very life."

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On these pasteboard heads they sewed sheep's wool for hair, and the wool was colored many tints--pink, green and lavender being the favorite colors.

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A large open fireplace, with rusty dogs in it, and a bare boarded floor; at the far end, fleeces of wool stacked up; in the middle of the floor, some empty corn-bags.

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"Bring my work back; I have changed my mind." With that brief explanation she reclined luxuriously on the soft sofa-cushions, swinging one of her balls of wool to and fro above her head, and looking at it lazily as she lay back.

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I remember once seeing the commander - officially the master, by courtesy the captain - of a fine iron ship of the old wool fleet shaking his head at a very pretty brigantine.

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He was an English wool merchant who had gone to live in Bruges, but he was very fond of books, and after a time he gave up his wool business, came back to England, and began to write and print books.

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Telephone messages were sent up to the Glen, Doctor Dave and a white-capped nurse came hastily down, Marilla paced the garden walks between the quahog shells, murmuring prayers between her set lips, and Susan sat in the kitchen with cotton wool in her ears and her apron over her head.

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There were the wool-pluckers, whose hands went to pieces even sooner than the hands of the pickle men; for the pelts of the sheep had to be painted with acid to loosen the wool, and then the pluckers had to pull out this wool with their bare hands, till the acid had eaten their fingers off.

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Noble Lord, I pray you pardon my good husband here, His soul stands ever in the market-place, And his heart beats but at the price of wool. Yet he is honest in his common way.

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But when once on the sandstone platform, the scenery becomes exceedingly monotonous; each side of the road is bordered by scrubby trees of the never-failing Eucalyptus family; and with the exception of two or three small inns, there are no houses or cultivated land: the road, moreover, is solitary; the most frequent object being a bullock-waggon, piled up with bales of wool.

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The plaintive song begins to well forth and float away over meadow and river--the cross-bow is slowly raised to position, a steady aim is taken, the bolt flies straight to the mark--the figure sinks down, still singing, the knight takes the wool out of his ears, and recognizes the old ballad--too late!

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Tom give him a dime, and said we wouldn't tell no- body; and told him to buy some more thread to tie up his wool with; and then looks at Jim, and says:

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