frill

frill  (frl)

n.

1. A ruffled, gathered, or pleated border or projection, such as a fabric edge used to trim clothing or a curled paper strip for decorating the end of the bone of a piece of meat.

2. A ruff of hair or feathers about the neck of an animal or a bird.

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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frilli·ness n.

frilly adj.

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frill

Noun

1. a long narrow strip of fabric with many folds in it attached at one edge of something as a decoration

2. an unnecessary part of something added to make it more attractive or interesting: no fuss, no frills, just a purity of sound and clarity of vision [origin unknown]

frilly
frilled adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	frill - (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs plate - any flat platelike body structure or part fossilology, palaeontology, paleontology - the earth science that studies fossil organisms and related remains
	2.	frill - an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal ruff external body part - any body part visible externally
	3.	frill - a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim flounce, furbelow, ruffle adornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness gauffer, goffer - an ornamental frill made by pressing pleats jabot - a ruffle on the front of a woman's blouse or a man's shirt peplum - a flared ruffle attached to the waistline of a dress or jacket or blouse
	4.	frill - ornamental objects of no great value falderol, folderal, gimcrack, gimcrackery, nonsense, trumpery decoration, ornament, ornamentation - something used to beautify

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frill

noun 1. ruffle, gathering, tuck, ruff, flounce, ruche, ruching, furbelow, purfle

noun 2. (often plural) trimmings, extras, additions, fuss, jazz (slang) dressing up, decoration(s), bits and pieces, icing on the cake, finery, embellishments, affectation(s), ornamentation, ostentation, frippery, bells and whistles, tomfoolery, gewgaws, superfluities, fanciness, frilliness, fandangles

Translations

frill [frɪl] n → volante m;

without frills (fig) → sin adornos

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frill [frɪl] n [of dress] → volant m [of shirt]; jabot m;

without frills (fig) → sans manières

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frill [frɪl] n → Rüsche f;

without frills (fig) → schlicht

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frill [frɪl] n → balza;

without frills (fig) → senza fronzoli

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frill

n frill [fril]

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 volán(ek) flæse; læg die Krause φραμπαλάς volante sats حاشیۀ تزئینی پارچه röyhelö volant שוֹבָל מְסוּלסַל झालर volan (na haljini) fodor rempel blúnda volant, (di rifinitura merletto) ひだ飾り 주름 장식, 프릴 rauktinukas krokojums; kruzulis ropol sierstrook rysjekant, rynkekappe kryza, falbana folho volan обор(оч)ка 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 parádička krumspring; dikkedarer Kinkerlitzchen(pl.) περιττό διακοσμητικό στοιχείο, φρου φρου adorno tarbetud dekoratsioonid تجمل ylimääräiset kuviot accessoires, à-côtés קִישוּט गैर जरूरी अंलंकरण kič, nepotrebni troškovi póz; sallang hiasan tilgangslaust skraut; fríðindi fronzoli, ornamenti eccessivi 余分な付属物 허식, 불필요한 것 įmantrybės lieki rotājumi/piedevas sebagai hiasan franje unyttig stas, krimskrams, kruseduller fanaberie, zbytek, bajer supérfluos QUERY frivolitate выкрутасы (zbytočná) paráda; vedľajšia akcia postranski dodatki ukras grannlåter, flärd, choser, krusiduller สิ่งตกแต่ง (ที่ไม่จำเป็น) gereksiz şeyler 不必要的裝飾 непотрібні прикраси غیر ضروری حاشیہ آرائی màu mè 不必要的装饰

adj frilled, ˈfrilly

decorated with frills a frilled curtain; a frilly dress. geplooide مُهَدَّب، له أهْداب набран nabíraný, zřasený plisseret; flæset gekräuselt 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 한, 프릴을 단 su rauktinukais ar krokojumiem/kruzuļiem dihias ropol met sierstrookjes pyntet med rysjekanter/krimskrams namarszczony com folhos cu volane с обор(оч)кой naberaný z naborki čipkast krusad, veckad, plisserad ตกแต่งด้วยจีบ süslü, farbalalı 有飾邊的 прикрашений оборками جھالروں وغیرہ سے سجایا ہوا trang trí bằng diềm xếp nếp 有饰边的