flannel
To rub with a flannelTo rub with a flannel.
» I was wearing a flannel shirt.
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4 senses(transitive)To rub with a flannel.
(transitive)To wrap in flannel.
(transitive)To flatter; to suck up to.
(slang, transitive)To waffle or prevaricate.
Examples
15 sentencesI was wearing a flannel shirt.
Tom is wearing a flannel shirt.
Tom was wearing a flannel shirt.
Tom wears the same red flannel shirt every time he goes camping.
ruТом надевает одну и ту же фланелевую рубашку каждый раз, когда отправляется в поход. — Smoky
I wear flannel pajamas.
ruЯ ношу фланелевую пижаму. — Wezel
Origin
From Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (compare Norman flianné), diminuFrom Middle English flaunneol, from Anglo-Norman flanelle (compare Norman flianné), diminutive of Old French flaine, floene (“coarse wool”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *wlānos, *wlanā (“wool”) (compare Welsh gwlân, Breton gloan), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂. More at wool.
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Forms
flannels, flanneling, flanneled, flanneled| Base form | flannel · to flannel |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | flannels |
| Present participle | flanneling |
| Past simple | flanneled / flannelled |
| Past participle | flanneled / flannelled |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
18 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.