WOOLLY


Meaning of WOOLLY in English

adj. & n.

--adj. (woollier, woolliest)

1. bearing or naturally covered with wool or wool-like hair.

2 resembling or suggesting wool (woolly clouds).

3 (of a sound) indistinct.

4 (of thought) vague or confused.

5 Bot. downy.

6 lacking in definition, luminosity, or incisiveness.

--n. (pl. -ies) colloq. a woollen garment, esp. a knitted pullover.

Phrases and idioms:

woolly-bear a large hairy caterpillar, esp. of the tiger moth.

Derivatives:

woolliness n.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.