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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Woolly \Wool"ly\, a. 1. Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece. [1913 Webster] 2. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool. ``My fleece of woolly hair.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Clothed with wool. ``Woolly breeders.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Bot.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool. [1913 Webster] Woolly bear (Zo["o]l.), the hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under Salt), the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella moth (see Illust., under Isabella Moth), and the yellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth ({Spilosoma Virginica). Woolly butt (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Eucalyptus longifolia), so named because of its fibrous bark. Woolly louse (Zo["o]l.), a plant louse ({Schizoneura lanigera syn Erisoma lanigera) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the other the branches. See Illust. under Blight. Woolly macaco (Zo["o]l.), the mongoose lemur. Woolly maki (Zo["o]l.), a long-tailed lemur ({Indris laniger) native of Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; -- called also avahi, and woolly lemur. Woolly monkey (Zo["o]l.), any South American monkey of the genus Lagothrix, as the caparro. Woolly rhinoceros (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros tichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered with a dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the ice of Siberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Woolly \Wool"ly\, a. 1. Consisting of wool; as, a woolly covering; a woolly fleece. 2. Resembling wool; of the nature of wool. ``My fleece of woolly hair.'' --Shak. 3. Clothed with wool. ``Woolly breeders.'' --Shak. 4. (Bot.) Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool. Woolly bear (Zo["o]l.), the hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under Salt), the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella moth (see Illust., under Isabella Moth), and the yellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth ({Spilosoma Virginica). Woolly butt (Bot.), an Australian tree ({Eucalyptus longifolia), so named because of its fibrous bark. Woolly louse (Zo["o]l.), a plant louse ({Schizoneura, or Erisoma, lanigera) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the other the branches. See Illust. under Blight. Woolly macaco (Zo["o]l.), the mongoose lemur. Woolly maki (Zo["o]l.), a long-tailed lemur ({Indris laniger) native of Madagascar, having fur somewhat like wool; -- called also avahi, and woolly lemur. Woolly monkey (Zo["o]l.), any South American monkey of the genus Lagothrix, as the caparro. Woolly rhinoceros (Paleon.), an extinct rhinoceros ({Rhinoceros tichorhinus) which inhabited the arctic regions, and was covered with a dense coat of woolly hair. It has been found frozen in the ice of Siberia, with the flesh and hair well preserved.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
woolly adj 1: having a fluffy character or appearance [syn: flocculent, wooly] 2: confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas" [syn: addled, befuddled, muddled, muzzy, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded] 3: covered with dense often matted or curly hairs; "woolly lambs" [syn: wooly] 4: covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments; "the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton" [syn: lanate] [also: woolliest, woollier]From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
woolly a. 1 Made of wool. 2 Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool. 3 (lb en figuratively of thinking, principles, etc.) Based on emotions rather than logic. 4 (lb en figuratively) unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy. 5 (lb en obsolete) Clothed in wool. n. (lb en informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool. n. (lb en Liverpool slang pejorative) A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
woolly a. 1 Made of wool. 2 Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool. 3 (lb en figuratively of thinking, principles, etc.) Based on emotions rather than logic. 4 (lb en figuratively) unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy. 5 (lb en obsolete) Clothed in wool. n. (lb en informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool. n. (lb en Liverpool slang pejorative) A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
woolly a. 1 Made of wool. 2 Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool. 3 (lb en figuratively of thinking, principles, etc.) Based on emotions rather than logic. 4 (lb en figuratively) unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy. 5 (lb en obsolete) Clothed in wool. n. (lb en informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool. n. (lb en Liverpool slang pejorative) A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
woolly a. 1 Made of wool. 2 Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool. 3 (lb en figuratively of thinking, principles, etc.) Based on emotions rather than logic. 4 (lb en figuratively) unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy. 5 (lb en obsolete) Clothed in wool. n. (lb en informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool. n. (lb en Liverpool slang pejorative) A woolly back; someone from the area around Liverpool, not from Liverpool itself.From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
woolly Englanti a. 1 villa-, villainen 2 villava, villamainen, pörröinen 3 sekava, epämääräinen 4 käheä (ääni) Englanti n. (yhteys arkikieltä k=en) villapaitaFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
woolly Engelska a. 1 ullig 2 (tagg bildligt språk=en) luddig, oklar, oskarpFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Woolly /wˈʊli/ ثوب صوفيّFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
woolly //ˈwʊli//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. вълнен made of wool 2. неясен, объркан unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy
woolly /wˈʊli/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]vlněný
woolly /wˈʊli/ verschwommen, unscharf, unklar, vage, schwammigFrom English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][übtr.] "This statement appears a bit woolly." - Diese Aussage erscheint etwas schwammig. Synonym: wooly
woolly /wˈʊli/ [Br.] wollen, Woll…From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ][textil.] Synonyms: woollen, woolen see: woolen dress
woolly /wˈʊli/ [Br.] wolligFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]Synonym: wooly see: woollier, woolliest
woolly /wˈʊli/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. ऊनी "Spread a woolly blanket on the bed."
woolly /wˈʊli/ dlakav, toplo rublje, čupav (tkanina)From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
woolly /wˈʊli/ 1. gyapjú alsóruha 2. gyapjas 3. ködös 4. elmosódóFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
woolly, wooly /ˈwʊlɪ/ I.From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]1. wełniany 2. mglisty II. wełniana rzecz
woolly //ˈwʊli//From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]ullig having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈwʊɫi/
22 Moby Thesaurus words for "woolly": bristly, bushy, cirrose, downy, feathery, fleecy, flocculent, flossy, fluffy, furry, fuzzy, hairy, hirsute, hispid, lanate, matted, pilose, pubescent, shagged, shaggy, unshorn, whiskeredFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
a. 羊毛制的,似羊毛的,蓬乱的;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
a. 羊毛制的,模糊的,似羊毛的,蓬乱的