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Meaning of Ruffle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈɹʌfəl

Definitions

Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration.
Disturbance; agitation; commotion.
A low, vibrating beat of a drum, quieter than a roll; a ruff.
The connected series of large egg capsules, or oothecae, of several species of American marine gastropods of the genus Fulgur.

Equivalents

العربية الكشكشة فن

Български волан набор

Bosanski Dobra kras risa tara volan волан набор

Deutsch Krause kräuseln Rüsche

Ελληνικά σούφρα

Esperanto taŭzi

Español retorcer volante

Suomi heilutella hepene hörhelö liikuttaa pörröttää rähäkkä rimpsu röyhelö värisyttää

Français ébouriffer falbala ruffle

Hrvatski Dobra kras risa tara volan волан набор

Italiano falpalà frangia frappa gala guarnitura volant

日本語ラッフル

Kurdî dobra gala tara tara

Latviešu rīsa

Te Reo Māori tara

Nederlands ruche

Polski falbana żabot

Português agitar babado barrar dobra prega

Русский оборка

Српски Dobra kras risa tara volan волан набор

Svenska kras

Türkçe sayvan volan

Examples

“She loved the dress with the lace ruffle at the hem.”

“His dress was splendid; his hands glittered with rings, his snuff-box was covered with diamonds, and his ruffles were of the finest Mechlin lace.”

“Mind ⟳ you, clothes were clothes in those days. […] Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep ⟳ the ground and have ⟳ to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.”

“to put ⟳ the mind ⟳ in a ruffle”

CEFR level

Mastery
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