ruffle
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5.6
- noun
- /ˈrʌfəl/
:
volante
- The tailor added a delicate ruffle to the collar for a more elegant look.
- dust ruffle
- lace ruffles
- blouse with ruffles
We don't have time for ruffles and ruching, but she does.
- We don't have time for ruffles and ruching, but she does.
- They all have like diamonds and ruffles and puffy things like that for the girl dogs.
- If a garment has too many details, like a fishnet fabric, a fancy closure, a print and ruffles, then it's a fashionable piece.
- My dear child, you cannot not have a dust ruffle.
- They are amazing pink block heel sandals with a gorgeous metallic ankle strap and this amazing ruffle detail at the front.
- Bite my pearls, tussle my ruffles, catch me in lingerie.
- This one is the red ruffle detail knit bardo long sleeve.
- This is very easy to find or ruffles that will move in the wind or move as you move.
Examples
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It's got ruffles on top...
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They are amazing pink block heel sandals with a gorgeous metallic ankle strap and this amazing ruffle detail at the front.
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Thick as it looked, and with the ruffle and the balls hanging off it.
Fiction book (1999) -
l love those little ruffles down the front.
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And look at those ruffles.
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There is a jacket in the trunk with a lace ruffle at the collar.
Fiction book (1998) -
It's like this V-neck top, quite thick bands and then it has a ruffle on the bottom.
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That room of hers, all satin and ruffles.
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My eyes traveled up the yellow ruffles of her blouse and landed on her face.
Fiction book (2000) -
Her dress was beautifully adorned with ruffles along the hem and sleeves.
Synonyms
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A strip of fabric gathered or folded and sewn as a decorative edge on clothing
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A large stiff collar of pleated fabric worn in the 16th and 17th centuries
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A strip of cloth with soft folds used to decorate clothes or curtains
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A strip of cloth folded into small ruffles that decorates clothes or curtains
A high, stiff collar made of linen or lace worn around the neck
A stiff ruffled collar worn by people in the 1500s
Idioms
How Frilly
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Morphology
Etymology
A ruffle is named after the older word ruff ('a gathered collar'), because it is a strip of cloth made into small gathers or pleats. So a ruffle is the decorative frill you wear on clothes or collars.