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Frill

Frill Meaning & Definition
Frill Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Frill?

[n] a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim

Synonyms | Synonyms for Frill: flounce | furbelow | ruffle

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | wrinkle

See Also | adornment | gauffer | goffer | jabot | peplum

Frill In Webster's Dictionary

\Frill\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Frilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frilling}.] [OF. friller, fr. L. frigidulus somewhat cold, dim. of frigidus cold; akin to F. frileux chilly.] 1. To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills. --Johnson. 2. (Photog.) To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.
\Frill\, v. t. To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap.
\Frill\, n. [See {Frill}, v. i.]. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold. (b) A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal. See {Frilled lizard} (below). (c) A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals. (d) A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells. 2. A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce.

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