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FUZZ
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first beard of an adolescent boy
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fuzz" is a kind of...):
beard; face fungus; whiskers (the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face)
Derivation:
fuzzy (covering with fine light hairs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A hazy or indistinct representation
Example:
he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz
Synonyms:
blur; fuzz
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("fuzz" is a kind of...):
internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fuzz" is a kind of...):
officer; police officer; policeman (a member of a police force)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Filamentous hairlike growth on a plant
Example:
peach fuzz
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fuzz" is a kind of...):
enation; plant process (a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fuzz"):
stinging hair (a multicellular hair in plants like the stinging nettle that expels an irritating fluid)
beard (a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb fuzz
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