'Frill' definitions:
Definition of 'frill'
(from WordNet)
noun
(paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
noun
An external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal [syn: frill, ruff]
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Definition of 'Frill'
From: GCIDE
- Frill \Frill\, v. t. To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Frill'
From: GCIDE
- Frill \Frill\, n. [See Frill, v. i.]. (Zool.) (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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence: Something superfluous, such as an ornament, or an additional function on a device or in a system not essential to the basic operation. -- Commonly used in the phrase no frills, used adjectively to indicate a fully functional but economical device or service; as, an economical no-frills airline. [PJC]
Definition of 'frill'
From: GCIDE
- frill \frill\ (fr[i^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. frilled (fr[i^]ld); 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Photog.) To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'frill'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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