frilly

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.

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fril′li·ness n.

frill′y adj.

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Adj.

1.

frilly - having decorative ruffles or frills frilled, ruffled adorned, decorated - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction

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frilly

adjective ruffled, fancy, lacy, frothy, ruched, flouncy maids in frilly aprons

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Translations

مُهَدَّب، له أهْداب

gekräuselt

meî blúndum

ornato di pizziornato di trine

pyntet med rysjekanter

有饰边的

frilly

[ˈfrɪlɪ] ADJ (frillier (compar) (frilliest (superl))) → con volantes, con adornos

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frilly

[ˈfrɪli] adj → à fanfreluches

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frilly

adj (+er)

(Tex) apron, cushion, clothing → mit Rüschen; to be frilly → Rüschen haben; frilly dress/blouse/underwear → Rüschenkleid nt → /-bluse f → /-unterwäsche f

(fig) speech, style → blumig; music, decoration → verschnörkelt

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frilly

[frɪlɪ] adj (dress) → con pizzi e merletti

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frill

(fril) noun

1. 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. valletjie هُدْب، كَشْكَش волан friso volán(ek) die Krause flæse; læg φραμπαλάςvolante sats حاشیۀ تزئینی پارچه röyhelö volant שוֹבָל מְסוּלסַל झालर volan (na haljini) fodor rempel blúnda volant, ひだ飾り (옷깃, 소매 등의) 주름 장식 rauktinukas krokojums; kruzulis ropol sierstrook rysjekant, rynkekappe kryza, falbana چين ، دكميس لمن (حاشيه folho volan оборка volán naborek, volanček čipka krås, veckad remsa จีบขอบ süs, fırfır, farbala 褶邊，飾邊 оборка, брижі ایک رخ سے شکن دار diềm xếp nếp 褶边，饰边

2. (often in plural) something unnecessary added as decoration. the frills of business (= having expensive dinners etc). tierlantyntjies زَخْرَفَه غير ضَروريَّه превземки supérfluo parádička Kinkerlitzchen krumspring; dikkedarer περιττό διακοσμητικό στοιχείο, φρου φρου adorno tarbetud dekoratsioonid تجمل koukero accessoires, à-côtés קישוט गैर जरूरी अंलंकरण kič, nepotrebni troškovi póz; sallang hiasan tilgangslaust skraut; fríðindi fronzoli, ornamenti eccessivi 余分な付属物 겉치레, 과잉 서비스 įmantrybės lieki rotājumi/piedevas sebagai hiasan franjeunyttig stas, krimskrams, kruseduller fanaberie, zbytek, bajer حاشيه supérfluos frivolitate выкрутасы (zbytočná) paráda; vedľajšia akcia postranski dodatki ukras grannlåter, flärd, choser, krusiduller สิ่งตกแต่ง (ที่ไม่จำเป็น) gereksiz şeyler 不必要的揮霍，贅飾 непотрібні прикраси غیر ضروری حاشیہ آرائی màu mè 不必要的装饰，虚饰

frilled, ˈfrilly adjective

decorated with frills. a frilled curtain; a frilly dress. geplooide مُهَدَّب، له أهْداب набран com frisos nabíraný, zřasený gekräuselt plisseret; flæset που είναι διακοσμημένος με φραμπαλάδες con volantes satsiline چین دار röyhelöinen à volants עִם סִלסוּלִים झालर लगा हुआ na volane, cifrast, kien fodros diberi rempel með blúndum con volant ひだ飾りつきの 주름 장식을 댄 su rauktinukais ar krokojumiem/kruzuļiem dihias ropol met sierstrookjes pyntet med rysjekanter/krimskrams namarszczony چین لرونکی com folhos cu volane с обор(оч)кой naberaný z naborki čipkast krusad, veckad, plisserad ตกแต่งด้วยจีบ süslü, farbalalı 有荷葉邊的 прикрашений оборками جھالروں وغیرہ سے سجایا ہوا trang trí bằng diềm xếp nếp 有饰边的

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