Thesaurus: frill

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1. v. i. To shake or shiver as with cold; as, the hawk frills.
2. v. i. To wrinkle; -- said of the gelatin film.
3. v. t. To provide or decorate with a frill or frills; to turn back. in crimped plaits; as, to frill a cap.
4. v. i. A ruffing of a bird's feathers from cold.
5. v. i. A ruffle, consisting of a fold of membrane, of hairs, or of feathers, around the neck of an animal.
6. v. i. A similar ruffle around the legs or other appendages of animals.
7. v. i. A ruffled varex or fold on certain shells.
8. v. i. A border or edging secured at one edge and left free at the other, usually fluted or crimped like a very narrow flounce.
9. n. (paleontology) a bony plate that curves upward behind the skull of many ceratopsian dinosaurs
10. n. an external body part consisting of feathers or hair about the neck of a bird or other animal
11. n. a strip of pleated material used as a decoration or a trim
12. n. ornamental objects of no great value