Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to frill
Participle: frilled
Gerund: frilling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | frill |
| you | frill |
| he;she;it | frills |
| we | frill |
| you | frill |
| they | frill |
Perfect
| I | have frilled |
| you | have frilled |
| he;she;it | has frilled |
| we | have frilled |
| you | have frilled |
| they | have frilled |
Past
| I | frilled |
| you | frilled |
| he;she;it | frilled |
| we | frilled |
| you | frilled |
| they | frilled |
Pluperfect
| I | had frilled |
| you | had frilled |
| he;she;it | had frilled |
| we | had frilled |
| you | had frilled |
| they | had frilled |
Future
| I | will frill |
| you | will frill |
| he;she;it | will frill |
| we | will frill |
| you | will frill |
| they | will frill |
Future Perfect
| I | will have frilled |
| you | will have frilled |
| he;she;it | will have frilled |
| we | will have frilled |
| you | will have frilled |
| they | will have frilled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | frill |
| you | frill |
| he;she;it | frill |
| we | frill |
| you | frill |
| they | frill |
Perfect
| I | have frilled |
| you | have frilled |
| he;she;it | have frilled |
| we | have frilled |
| you | have frilled |
| they | have frilled |
Imperfect
| I | frilled |
| you | frilled |
| he;she;it | frilled |
| we | frilled |
| you | frilled |
| they | frilled |
Pluperfect
| I | had frilled |
| you | had frilled |
| he;she;it | had frilled |
| we | had frilled |
| you | had frilled |
| they | had frilled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would frill |
| you | would frill |
| he;she;it | would frill |
| we | would frill |
| you | would frill |
| they | would frill |
Perfect
| I | would have frilled |
| you | would have frilled |
| he;she;it | would have frilled |
| we | would have frilled |
| you | would have frilled |
| they | would have frilled |
Imperative
| you | frill |
| we | Let's frill |
| you | frill |
Verbs conjugated like 'frill'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'frill'
drill,
fill,
grill,
prill,
rill,
trill,
akill,
befrill,
bill,
chill,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "wavy ornamental edging," 1591, of uncertain origin despite much speculation; figurative sense of "useless ornament" first recorded 1893. The verb meaning "to furnish with a frill" is recorded in 1574.
2. Of uncertain origin.
Sample Sentences
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And I will be bold to ſay my two girls have had a pretty good education, and capacity, [...] they underſtand their needle, breadſtitch, croſs and change, and all manner of plain-work; they can pink, point, and frill; [...] [1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], “The Family Still Resolve to Hold Up Their Heads”, in The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume I, Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for F[rancis] Newbery, […], →OCLC, page 107:]
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1863, Charles Dickens, Mrs. Lirriper’s Lodgings, Chapter 4, in All the Year Round, Volume 10, Extra Christmas Number, 3 December, 1863, p. 35,
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Mrs. Sandham, formerly Kate Barford, is working at a baby’s frock, and asking now and then the advice of her sister, who is frilling a little cap.