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# frilled

adjective (frilled)

«frilled» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Having a frill: a strip of cloth with folds or waves sewn on the edge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frilled/#m1)
2. (animals) Having a ruffled flap of skin, like the frilled lizard of Australia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frilled/#m2)

### In the lessons

In nature lessons the frilled lizard (or frill-necked lizard) of northern Australia opens a big umbrella-like collar around its neck to scare enemies. In clothes «frilled» means with a decorative wavy edge. Phrases: «frilled lizard», «frilled shark», «frilled collar».

### Examples

- The frilled lizard opened its collar and hissed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frilled/#x1)
- She wore a white frilled blouse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frilled/#x2)
- The frilled shark lives deep in the ocean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frilled/#x3)
- The curtains had frilled edges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frilled/#x4)
- When it's scared, the frilled lizard runs on its back legs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frilled/#x5)

### Note

Also «frilly» (more informal, for clothes). From «frill».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «frilled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frilled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«frilled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/frilled.html) on Mova free.