"frizz" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɹɪz/ Audio: en-us-frizz.ogg Forms: frizzes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪz Etymology: From Middle English fryse, from the verb. See above. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fryse}} Middle English fryse Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} frizz (countable and uncountable, plural frizzes)
  1. A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Hair Translations (mass of hair): къдрица (kǎdrica) (Bulgarian), kudrliny [feminine, plural] (Czech), takku (Finnish), Krause [feminine] (German), baranek [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-frizz-en-noun-qDbO4bfk Disambiguation of Hair: 15 32 30 14 5 4 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 10 14 28 13 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 10 14 28 13 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 9 12 32 12 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: friz [dated]
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /fɹɪz/ Audio: en-us-frizz.ogg Forms: frizzes [present, singular, third-person], frizzing [participle, present], frizzed [participle, past], frizzed [past]
Rhymes: -ɪz Etymology: From Middle English frysen, from Old French friser, frizer (“to frizzle, crisp, curl, ruffle, braid, touch lightly, graze, scratch”), of Proto-Germanic origin, perhaps via Old Frankish *fris (“curl”), from Proto-Germanic *frisaz (“frizzy, curly”). Cognate with Old Frisian frisle, frēsle ("the hair of the head, lock of hair, curl, ringlet"; > North Frisian friessle, fressle (“hair, horse's tail”), West Frisian frisseljen (“braid of hair, braid”)), Old English frīs (“crisped, curled”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|frysen}} Middle English frysen, {{der|en|fro|friser}} Old French friser, {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{der|en|frk|*fris||curl}} Frankish *fris (“curl”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*frisaz||frizzy, curly}} Proto-Germanic *frisaz (“frizzy, curly”), {{cog|ofs|frisle}} Old Frisian frisle, {{cog|frr|friessle}} North Frisian friessle, {{cog|fy|frisseljen||braid of hair, braid}} West Frisian frisseljen (“braid of hair, braid”), {{gloss|"the hair of the head, lock of hair, curl, ringlet"; > North Frisian <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr">friessle</i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="frr">fressle</i> (“hair, horse's tail”), West Frisian <i class="Latn mention" lang="fy">frisseljen</i> (“braid of hair, braid”)}} ("the hair of the head, lock of hair, curl, ringlet"; > North Frisian friessle, fressle (“hair, horse's tail”), West Frisian frisseljen (“braid of hair, braid”)), {{cog|ang|frīs||crisped, curled}} Old English frīs (“crisped, curled”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} frizz (third-person singular simple present frizzes, present participle frizzing, simple past and past participle frizzed)
  1. (intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Hair Translations (of hair: to form into a mass of curls): къдря (kǎdrja) (Bulgarian), накъдрям (nakǎdrjam) (Bulgarian), kähertyä (Finnish), kräuseln (German), verwuscheln (German), crêp'ler (Norman)
    Sense id: en-frizz-en-verb-pR7yFjYU Disambiguation of Hair: 15 32 30 14 5 4 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 10 14 28 13 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 10 14 28 13 10 Disambiguation of 'of hair: to form into a mass of curls': 60 13 24 2 1
  2. (transitive) To curl; to make frizzy. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Hair Translations (to curl; to make frizzy): nakadeřit [perfective] (Czech), natočit [perfective] (Czech), kähertää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-frizz-en-verb-vGnwLcgU Disambiguation of Hair: 15 32 30 14 5 4 Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 10 14 28 13 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 10 14 28 13 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 9 12 32 12 8 Disambiguation of 'to curl; to make frizzy': 5 90 0 4 0
  3. To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth. Categories (topical): Hair Translations (to form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth): nukkaantua (Finnish), aufrauen (German)
    Sense id: en-frizz-en-verb-QxkQ7jQO Disambiguation of Hair: 15 32 30 14 5 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Norman translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 6 6 43 10 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 7 8 42 14 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 10 14 28 13 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 13 19 25 16 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 10 14 28 13 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 9 12 32 12 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norman translations: 13 18 34 21 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 19 14 17 25 16 9 Disambiguation of 'to form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth': 9 0 89 1 0
  4. To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument. Translations (to make leather soft and of even thickness): pehmittää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-frizz-en-verb-A3GSbfAn Categories (other): Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 10 14 28 13 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 10 14 28 13 10 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 27 9 12 32 12 8 Disambiguation of 'to make leather soft and of even thickness': 2 13 3 81 1
  5. To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle.
    Sense id: en-frizz-en-verb-HHzqkuN4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: friz [dated] Derived forms: frizz up Related terms: friseur, frizzle
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "frizz up"
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        "2": "frisseljen",
        "3": "",
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      "form": "frizzing",
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      "word": "frizzle"
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        "Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls."
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        "(intransitive) Of hair, to form into a mass of tight curls."
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          "ref": "1937, John Betjeman, Slough",
          "text": "In labour-saving homes, with care, / Their wives frizz out peroxide hair.",
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        "To curl; to make frizzy."
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        "(transitive) To curl; to make frizzy."
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      "glosses": [
        "To form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth."
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To make (leather) soft and of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument."
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      "glosses": [
        "To fry, cook, or sear with a sizzling noise; to sizzle."
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kǎdrja",
      "sense": "of hair: to form into a mass of curls",
      "word": "къдря"
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nakǎdrjam",
      "sense": "of hair: to form into a mass of curls",
      "word": "накъдрям"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of hair: to form into a mass of curls",
      "word": "kähertyä"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "of hair: to form into a mass of curls",
      "word": "kräuseln"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of hair: to form into a mass of curls",
      "word": "verwuscheln"
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      "sense": "of hair: to form into a mass of curls",
      "word": "crêp'ler"
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      "sense": "to curl; to make frizzy",
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      "word": "nakadeřit"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "to curl; to make frizzy",
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      "word": "natočit"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to curl; to make frizzy",
      "word": "kähertää"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth",
      "word": "nukkaantua"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to form into little burs, knobs, or tufts, as the nap of cloth",
      "word": "aufrauen"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make leather soft and of even thickness",
      "word": "pehmittää"
    }
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  "word": "frizz"
}

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        "3": "fryse"
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      "expansion": "Middle English fryse",
      "name": "inh"
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        "A mass of tightly curled or unruly hair."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kǎdrica",
      "sense": "mass of hair",
      "word": "къдрица"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mass of hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kudrliny"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mass of hair",
      "word": "takku"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mass of hair",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Krause"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mass of hair",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baranek"
    }
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}

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