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wool·ly
also wool·y (wo͝ol′ē)adj. wool·li·er, wool·li·est also wool·i·er or wool·i·est
1.
a. Relating to, consisting of, or covered with wool.
b. Resembling wool.
2.
a. Lacking sharp detail or clarity: woolly television reception.
b. Mentally or intellectually disorganized or unclear: woolly thinking.
3. Rough, disorderly, or unrestrained: "newspaper ads called for ... stricter gun control everywhere in this wild and woolly nation" (Ed McBain).
n. pl. wool·lies also wool·ies
1. A garment made of wool, especially an undergarment of knitted wool.
2. Australian A sheep.
wool′li·ness n.
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woolly
(ˈwʊlɪ) orwooly
adj, woollier or woolliest, woolier or wooliest
1. (Textiles) consisting of, resembling, or having the nature of wool
2. (Textiles) covered or clothed in wool or something resembling it
3. lacking clarity or substance: woolly thinking.
4. (Botany) botany covered with long soft whitish hairs: woolly stems.
5. (Historical Terms) US recalling the rough and lawless period of the early West of America (esp in the phrase wild and woolly)
n, pl woollies or sometimes US woolies
6. (Clothing & Fashion) (often plural) a garment, such as a sweater, made of wool or something similar
7. (Animals) (usually plural) Western US and Austral an informal word for sheep
ˈwoollily adv
ˈwoolliness, ˈwooliness n
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wool•ly
or wool•y
(ˈwʊl i)adj. wool•li•er or wool•i•er, wool•li•est or wool•i•est, adj.
1. consisting of or resembling wool: a woolly fleece; woolly hair.
2. clothed or covered with wool or something like it.
3. like the rough, vigorous atmosphere of the early West in the U.S.: wild and woolly.
4. fuzzy; unclear; disorganized.
n. 5. Western U.S. a wool-bearing animal; sheep.
6. Also, wool′ie. Usu., woollies or woolies. a woolen garment, esp. a knitted undergarment.
[1580–90]
wool′li•ness, n.
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| Adj. | 1. | woolly - having a fluffy character or appearance soft - yielding readily to pressure or weight |
| 2. |  woolly - confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"confused - mentally confused; unable to think with clarity or act intelligently; "the flood of questions left her bewildered and confused" | |
| 3. | woolly - covered with dense often matted or curly hairs; "woolly lambs" | |
| 4. | woolly - covered with dense cottony hairs or hairlike filaments; "the woolly aphid has a lanate coat resembling cotton" |
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woolly
U.S. (sometimes) woolyadjective
2. vague, confused, clouded, blurred, unclear, muddled, fuzzy, indefinite, hazy, foggy, nebulous, ill-defined, indistinct It is no good setting vague, woolly goals - we need a specific aim.
vague clear, obvious, sharp, exact, precise, distinct, definite, clear-cut, well-defined
vague clear, obvious, sharp, exact, precise, distinct, definite, clear-cut, well-defined
3. downy, hairy, shaggy, flocculent The plant has silvery, woolly leaves.
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Translations
ثَوب حِياكَة صوفِيَّهصوفيمُشَوَّش التَّفْكير
svagulden
gyapjúholmi
óskÿr, ruglingslegurullar fötullar-, úr ull
vlnený úplet
volnast
kafası dağınıkyün gibiyünden yapılmışyünlüyünlü giyim eşyası/çamaşır
woolly
wooly (US) [ˈwʊlɪ]A. ADJ (woollier (compar) (woolliest (superl)))
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woolly
, (US) woolyadj (+er)
(fig) outline → verschwommen; (pej) mind, thinking, idea → verworren, wirr; woolly thoughts → wirre Gedanken pl; a woolly liberal → ein sentimentaler Liberaler, eine sentimentale Liberale
n (inf: = sweater etc) → Pulli m (inf); winter woollies (esp Brit: = sweaters etc) → dicke Wollsachen pl (inf); (esp US: = underwear) → Wollene pl (inf)
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woolly
wooly (Am) [ˈwʊlɪ]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
wool
(wul) noun, adjective (of) the soft hair of sheep and some other animals, often made into yarn etc for knitting or into fabric for making clothes etc. I wear wool in winter; knitting-wool; a wool blanket.
ˈwoollen adjective made of wool. a woollen hat.
ˈwoollens noun plural clothes (especially jumpers etc) made of wool. Woollens should be washed by hand.
ˈwoolly adjective1. made of, or like, wool. a woolly jumper/rug.
2. (also ˌwoolly-ˈheaded) (of a person) vague or hazy. She's too woolly(-headed) to be in charge of a department.
noun – plural ˈwoollies – a knitted garment.
ˈwoolliness nounpull the wool over someone's eyes
to deceive someone.
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