Woolly

Word WOOLLY
Character 6
Hyphenation wool ly
Pronunciations /ˈwʊli/

Definitions and meanings of "Woolly"

What do we mean by woolly?

Relating to, consisting of, or covered with wool. adjective

Resembling wool. adjective

Lacking sharp detail or clarity. adjective

Mentally or intellectually disorganized or unclear. adjective

Rough, disorderly, or unrestrained. adjective

A garment made of wool, especially an undergarment of knitted wool. noun

A sheep. noun

Con sisting of wool; fleecy: as, the woolly coat of the sheep, of a young seal, etc.

Resembling wool; exhibiting woolliness; having the appearance of wool: as, woolly hair; woolly clouds.

Clothed or covered with wool, or something like it; pubescent; flocculent.

In hot., covered with a pubescence of long and soft hairs like wool; lanate; tomentose.

Consisting of wool. adjective

Resembling wool; of the nature of wool. adjective

Clothed with wool. adjective

Clothed with a fine, curly pubescence resembling wool. adjective

The hairy larva of several species of bombycid moths. The most common species in the United States are the salt-marsh caterpillar (see under Salt), the black and red woolly bear, or larva of the Isabella moth (see Illust., under Isabella Moth), and the yellow woolly bear, or larva of the American ermine moth (Spilosoma Virginica). adjective

An Australian tree (Eucalyptus longifolia), so named because of its fibrous bark. adjective

A plant louse (Schizoneura lanigera syn Erisoma lanigera) which is often very injurious to the apple tree. It is covered with a dense coat of white filaments somewhat resembling fine wool or cotton. In exists in two forms, one of which infests the roots, the other the branches. See Illust. under Blight. adjective

A sweater or similar garment made of wool.

A sheep not yet shorn.

A piece of woolwork.

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The word "woolly" in example sentences

Brenden wants a two-year moratorium on relocating bison until state officials write a management plan for what he calls "woolly tanks" that can wreak havoc on crops and land. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Davies 'piece was not an exercise in woolly thinking, calculated to cast the net of inclusivity as wide as possible by purporting to dissolve the hard distinction between affirming God's existence and denying it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The brown and yellow larvae are sometimes called woolly bears because of their hairy appearance and their habit of eating wool. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And hemlocks are being killed by an organism called woolly adelgid, not woody adelgid. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He therefore purchased articles that even in England would be called woolly and comfortable. ❋ Bennet Burleigh (N/A)

It's still audible - she struggles sometimes with the "d" in "Woody," so that it sounds like "woolly" - but it has certainly mellowed since the days when she first went to Hollywood and had to learn her lines for The Hi-Lo Country phonetically, never really understanding a word she was saying. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Other inhabitants include the endangered mountain tapir (often called the woolly tapir), the red-brocket deer, and the spectacled bear. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Other shrubland/grasslands include shrub species uncommon in eastern Oregon, such as woolly wyethia, Klamath plum, and birchleaf mountain mahogany. ❋ Unknown (2009)

To the list of victims such as woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats, a Smithsonian-led team of scientists has added one more: a highly carnivorous form of wolf that lived in Alaska, north of the ice sheets. ❋ Unknown (2007)

And that's not just an appeal for some kind of woolly, Anglican, 'fudge', it's more an appeal for what I hope is the real Gospel virtue of 'deep listening' to one another: a listening which at times makes you say, 'Though this looks right to me, this isn't just about me. ❋ Unknown (2008)

It features Bjork surfing down a river winding through a Himalayan landscape on the back of some kind of woolly yak, while a clay doppelganger bursts from her backpack to grapple with her and a quasi-Tibetan demon coaxes her toward the edge of a waterfall. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Love your FO and look forward to seeing the bra: many thanks for your comments on my blog ; who knows we might bump into one another at one of these 'woolly ' gatherings. ❋ Ambermoggie (2007)

Mammoths may roam again after 27,000 years - Britain - Times Online: BODIES of extinct Ice Age mammals, such as woolly mammoths, that have been frozen in permafrost for thousands of years may contain viable sperm that could be used to bring them back from the dead, scientists said yesterday. ❋ Bill Crider (2006)

BODIES of extinct Ice Age mammals, such as woolly mammoths, that have been frozen in permafrost for thousands of years may contain viable sperm that could be used to bring them back from the dead, scientists said yesterday. ❋ Unknown (2006)

I am not in the least misled in my remarks about Michelangelo's Crucifixion for Vittoria Colonna, nor about the identity of the drawing to which I directed my judgment of "woolly" after repeated scrutiny of the original in search of the right adjective; would it not be more sober to say that tastes differ? ❋ Hall, James (2006)

The "woolly" crucifixion drawings date from long after Colonna's death in 1547. ❋ Hall, James (2006)

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