name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
pilling
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: P IH1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A village and civil parish in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4048).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The formation of fibres into pills.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 4
present participle and gerund of pill
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: cucky — balls of fibre
- Czech: žmolky — balls of fibre
- Finnish: nukka — balls of fibre
- Finnish: nöyhtä — balls of fibre
- French: bouloche — balls of fibre
- German: Fussel — balls of fibre
- Swedish: noppa — balls of fibre