frill (fr l)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. [Origin unknown.] fril  li·ness n.frill y adj. |
frill [frɪl]
n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a gathered, ruched, or pleated strip of cloth sewn on at one edge only, as on garments, as ornament, or to give extra body
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a ruff of hair or feathers around the neck of a dog or bird or a fold of skin around the neck of a reptile or amphibian
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) Full name oriental frill (often capital) a variety of domestic fancy pigeon having a ruff of curled feathers on the chest and crop
4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog a wrinkling or loosening of the emulsion at the edges of a negative or print
5. (often plural) Informal a superfluous or pretentious thing or manner; affectation he made a plain speech with no frills
vb
1. (tr) to adorn or fit with a frill or frills
2. to form into a frill or frills
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) (intr) Photog (of an emulsion) to develop a frill
[perhaps of Flemish origin]
frilliness n
frilly adj
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| 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 external body part - any body part visible externally | |
| 3. |  frill - a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trimadornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness 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 |
frill
noun
plural noun
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 The booklet restricts itself to facts without frills.
no frills plain, ordinary, modest, unpretentious, without extras, unostentatious, without trimmings, with no fancy bits, without bells and whistles plain, simple cooking in no-frills surroundings
Translations
frill [ˈfrɪl] n
[dress, curtain] → volant m
[shirt] → jabot m
without frills (= without extras) → sans fioritures no-frills
frill
n
(on dress, shirt etc) → Rüsche f; (on animal, bird) → Kragen m; (round meat, on plant pot etc) → Manschette f
frills pl (fig: = ornaments) → Kinkerlitzchen pl (inf), → Verzierungen pl; with all the frills → mit allem Drum und Dran (inf); a simple meal without frills → ein schlichtes Essen
frill [frɪl] n (on dress) → fronzolo, balza
without frills (fig) → senza fronzoli
frill [frɪl] n (on dress) → fronzolo, balza
without frills (fig) → senza fronzoli
without frills (fig) → senza fronzoli
frill [frɪl] n (on dress) → fronzolo, balza
without frills (fig) → senza fronzoli
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, (merletto di rifinitura) ひだ飾り (옷깃, 소매 등의) 주름 장식 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 koukero 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 겉치레, 과잉 서비스 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 댄 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
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