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| wool [ wl ] |
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1. yarn used to make clothes: yarn spun from the short curly hair of sheep or other animals. Use: knitting, weaving.
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2. woolen material: material knitted or woven using wool
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3. sheep's hair: the short curly overlapping hair of sheep and some other animals such as the llama and the alpaca, used to make wool
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4. insects hair of insect larva: the furry hair of some insect larvae such as caterpillars
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informal
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5. botany hairs growing on plant: a mass of soft hairs that grows on some plants
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adjective |
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made from wool: knitted or woven using wool
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| [ Old English wull< Indo-European] |
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  wooled adjective |
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pull the wool over somebody's eyes to deceive or trick somebody
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