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Definition frill

Etymology 1

Of uncertain origin.

Noun

frill (plural frills)

1. A strip of pleated fabric or paper used as decoration or trim.
2. (figuratively) A substance or material on the edge of something, resembling such a strip of fabric.
3. (photography) A wrinkled edge to a film.
4. (figuratively) Something extraneous or not essential; something purely for show or effect; a luxury.
5. (zoology) The relatively extensive margin seen on the back of the heads of reptiles, with either a bony support or a cartilaginous one.

Verb

frill (third-person singular simple present frills, present participle frilling, simple past and past participle frilled)

1. (transitive) To make into a frill.
2. (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
3. (transitive) To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back in crimped plaits.

Etymology 2

From Old French friller.

Verb

frill (third-person singular simple present frills, present participle frilling, simple past and past participle frilled)

1. (intransitive, obsolete, falconry) To shake or shiver as with cold (with reference to a hawk).
2. (intransitive, obsolete, falconry) To cry (with reference to a bird of prey).

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