woolly

  • 11woolly — wool•ly or wooly [[t]ˈwʊl i[/t]] adj. wool•li•er or wool•i•er, wool•li•est or wool•i•est, 1) consisting of or resembling wool: a woolly fleece; woolly hair[/ex] 2) clothed or covered with wool or something like it 3) like the rough, vigorous… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 12woolly — 1. BrE, wooly AmE adjective 1 made of or feeling like wool: a woolly hat 2 not showing clear thinking: a woolly argument. wooliness noun (U) 2. noun (countable usually plural) BrE a piece of clothing made of wool, especially wool that has been… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13woolly — adj. & n. adj. (woollier, woolliest) 1 bearing or naturally covered with wool or wool like hair. 2 resembling or suggesting wool (woolly clouds). 3 (of a sound) indistinct. 4 (of thought) vague or confused. 5 Bot. downy. 6 lacking in definition,… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 14woolly — adj. Woolly/wooly is used with these nouns: ↑cardigan, ↑hat, ↑jumper, ↑pullover, ↑sock, ↑tights …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 15woolly — wool|ly1 [ wuli ] noun count BRITISH INFORMAL a piece of clothing made from wool, especially KNITTED clothing woolly wool|ly 2 [ wuli ] the British spelling of wooly …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16woolly — adjective (woollier, woolliest) 1》 made of wool.     ↘(of an animal or plant) covered with wool or hair resembling wool.     ↘resembling wool in texture or appearance. 2》 vague or confused: woolly thinking. 3》 (of a sound) indistinct or distorted …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 17woolly — /ˈwʊli / (say woolee) adjective (woollier, woolliest) 1. consisting of wool. 2. resembling wool. 3. clothed or covered with wool or something resembling it. 4. not clear or firm, as thinking, expression, depiction, etc.; blurred, confused, or… …

  • 18woolly — woollen, woolly are the spellings in BrE, and in AmE woolen, wooly …

    Modern English usage

  • 19Woolly rhinoceros — Temporal range: Middle to Late Pleistocene[1], 0.35–0.01 Ma …

    Wikipedia

  • 20Woolly bear — 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] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English