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[ fril ] / frɪl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR frill ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna trimming, as a strip of cloth or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; ruffle. something resembling such a trimming, as the fringe of hair on the chest of some dogs. affectation of manner, style, etc. something superfluous. Photography. wrinkling or loosening of an emulsion at the edges, usually due to excessively high temperature during developing. verb (used with object)to trim or ornament with a frill or frills. to form into a frill. verb (used without object)Photography. (of an emulsion) to become wrinkled or loose. Origin of frillFirst recorded in 1585–95; origin uncertain OTHER WORDS FROM frillfriller, nounun·frill, verb (used with object)Words nearby frillfrigidoreceptor, Frigid Zone, frigorific, frijol, frijoles refritos, frill, frilled lizard, frilling, frill-necked lizard, frilly, Frimaire Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for frillThis compliment restored Raymonds good humor; he tucked his frill out of sight and resumed the conversation. My Neighbor Raymond (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XI)|Charles Paul de Kock When they are ready, flour them, and fry with the liver and frill until brown. Nelson's Home Comforts|Mary Hooper In the painting the frill is sharply defined and can be clearly distinguished from the bodice. The Social Gangster|Arthur B. Reeve "Wonder how it would do to show Mag Sinton a frill or two," she murmured. A Girl Of The Limberlost|Gene Stratton Porter
I had put a pin of hers in the frill of my blouse, and I kept looking toward it, but furtively, as if eluding her attention. The Diamond Pin|Carolyn Wells
British Dictionary definitions for frill
nouna gathered, ruched, or pleated strip of cloth sewn on at one edge only, as on garments, as ornament, or to give extra body 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 (often capital) a variety of domestic fancy pigeon having a ruff of curled feathers on the chest and cropFull name: oriental frill photog a wrinkling or loosening of the emulsion at the edges of a negative or print (often plural) informal a superfluous or pretentious thing or manner; affectationhe made a plain speech with no frills verb(tr) to adorn or fit with a frill or frills to form into a frill or frills (intr) photog (of an emulsion) to develop a frill Derived forms of frillfrilliness, nounfrilly, adjectiveWord Origin for frillC14: perhaps of Flemish origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to frillfrippery, gathering, flounce, ruffle, lace, garbage, tuck, jazz, extravagance, amenity, decoration, thing, superfluity, doodad, gimcrack, garnish, fuss, gingerbread, fandangle, foppery |