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Dictionary Definition of frills
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frill noun 1. a trimming consisting of a strip of material or lace, gathered at one edge and left loose at the other; a ruffle. 2. something resembling such a trimming, as the fringe of hair on the chest of some dogs. 3. Colloquial affectation of manner, style, etc. 4. something superfluous or useless. 5. Photography a wrinkling or loosening of an emulsion at the edges. -- verb (t) 6. to trim or ornament with a frill or frills. 7. to form into a frill. -- verb (i) 8. Photography (of an emulsion) to become wrinkled or loose. 9. to make a single cut around the circumference of a tree so as to kill it prior to clearing the land. [? Flemish frul frill (of a collar), frullen have frills] -- frilly, adjective |
