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fuzz 1
(fŭz)n.
A mass or coating of fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles; down: the fuzz on a peach.
v. fuzzed, fuzz·ing, fuzz·es
v.tr.
1. To cover with fine, light fibers, hairs, or particles.
2. To make blurred or indistinct: fuzzing the difference between the two candidates; worked quickly to fuzz up the details of the scandal.
v.intr.
To become blurred or obscure.
[Perhaps back-formation from fuzzy.]
fuzz 2
(fŭz)n. Slang
The police.
[Origin unknown.]
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fuzz
(fʌz)n
1. a mass or covering of fine or curly hairs, fibres, etc
2. a blur
vb
3. to make or become fuzzy
4. to make or become indistinct; blur
[C17: perhaps from Low German fussig loose]
fuzz
(fʌz)[C20: of uncertain origin]
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fuzz1
(fʌz)n.
1. loose, light, fibrous, or fluffy matter.
2. a mass or coating of such matter: the fuzz on a peach.
v.t., v.i. 3. to make or become fuzzy; make or become less clear, understandable, etc. (often fol. by up).
[1595–1605]
fuzz2
(fʌz)n., pl. fuzz, fuzz•es for 2. Slang.
1. the police.
2. a police officer or detective.
[1925–30, Amer.; of uncertain orig.]
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Fuzz
a mass of light, fine fluffy particles; U. S. Slang, the police collectively.Examples: fuzz of hair, 1720; of paper-lace, 1881.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
fuzz
Past participle: fuzzed
Gerund: fuzzing
| Imperative |
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| fuzz |
| fuzz |
| Present |
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| I fuzz |
| you fuzz |
| he/she/it fuzzes |
| we fuzz |
| you fuzz |
| they fuzz |
| Preterite |
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| I fuzzed |
| you fuzzed |
| he/she/it fuzzed |
| we fuzzed |
| you fuzzed |
| they fuzzed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am fuzzing |
| you are fuzzing |
| he/she/it is fuzzing |
| we are fuzzing |
| you are fuzzing |
| they are fuzzing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have fuzzed |
| you have fuzzed |
| he/she/it has fuzzed |
| we have fuzzed |
| you have fuzzed |
| they have fuzzed |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was fuzzing |
| you were fuzzing |
| he/she/it was fuzzing |
| we were fuzzing |
| you were fuzzing |
| they were fuzzing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had fuzzed |
| you had fuzzed |
| he/she/it had fuzzed |
| we had fuzzed |
| you had fuzzed |
| they had fuzzed |
| Future |
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| I will fuzz |
| you will fuzz |
| he/she/it will fuzz |
| we will fuzz |
| you will fuzz |
| they will fuzz |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have fuzzed |
| you will have fuzzed |
| he/she/it will have fuzzed |
| we will have fuzzed |
| you will have fuzzed |
| they will have fuzzed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be fuzzing |
| you will be fuzzing |
| he/she/it will be fuzzing |
| we will be fuzzing |
| you will be fuzzing |
| they will be fuzzing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been fuzzing |
| you have been fuzzing |
| he/she/it has been fuzzing |
| we have been fuzzing |
| you have been fuzzing |
| they have been fuzzing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been fuzzing |
| you will have been fuzzing |
| he/she/it will have been fuzzing |
| we will have been fuzzing |
| you will have been fuzzing |
| they will have been fuzzing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been fuzzing |
| you had been fuzzing |
| he/she/it had been fuzzing |
| we had been fuzzing |
| you had been fuzzing |
| they had been fuzzing |
| Conditional |
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| I would fuzz |
| you would fuzz |
| he/she/it would fuzz |
| we would fuzz |
| you would fuzz |
| they would fuzz |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have fuzzed |
| you would have fuzzed |
| he/she/it would have fuzzed |
| we would have fuzzed |
| you would have fuzzed |
| they would have fuzzed |
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Noun 1. [画像:fuzz - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant]fuzz - filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"
plant process, enation - a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
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
2. [画像:fuzz - uncomplimentary terms for a policeman]fuzz - uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
3. [画像:fuzz - a hazy or indistinct representation]fuzz - a hazy or indistinct representation; "it happened so fast it was just a blur"; "he tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz"
internal representation, mental representation, representation - a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image
4. fuzz - the first beard of an adolescent boy
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fuzz
noun fluff, down, hair, pile, fibre, nap, floss, lint He had a baby fuzz round his jaw.
the fuzz (Slang) the police, the law (informal), the police force, the constabulary, the law enforcement agency, the boys in blue (informal), the Old Bill (slang) The fuzz want to question you.
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fuzz
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
زَغَب
chmýříplst
dun
pihe
loîna, hárdúnn
neryškiaineryškumaspūkuotumas
pūciņapūka
chĺpky
hav incecik tüy
fuzz
[fʌz] NCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fuzz
n
(on peach, youth’s chin etc) → Flaum m; (inf, = bushy beard etc) → Gemüse nt (inf); (= frizzy hair) → Wuschelkopf m
(inf, = blur, blurred sound) → Unschärfen pl
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fuzz
(faz) noun a mass of soft, light material such as fine light hair etc. The peaches were covered with fuzz. dons زَغَب мъх penugem chmýří, plst der Flaum dun χνούδι vello, pelusa ebemed کرک nukka duvet שְׂעַר מְסוּלסַל घुंघराले बाल sicušne dlacice (ploda šipka, breskve) pihe bulu loðna, hárdúnn peluria けば 솜털, 잔털, 보풀 pūkeliai pūka; pūciņa bulu halus dons fine hår, dun, lo puszek په مایعاتو کښې ګاز penugem puf пушок chĺpky puh malje fjun, dun, ludd กลุ่มขนบาง ๆ hav, incecik tüy 絨毛 пух, пушинка ملائم ، ریشے دار ہلکی شے tóc xù, xoăn 绒毛
ˈfuzzy adjective1. covered with fuzz. fuzzy material. donserig أزْغَب، ذو زَغَب мъхест penugento chlupatý, plstnatý flaumig dunet χνουδωτός velloso, con pelusilla; rizado, crespo ebemeline کرک دار nukkainen floconneux מְכוּסֶה בְּמוֹך फुलफुला, रोएंदार dlakav bolyhos berbulu þakinn fíngerðum hárum, loðinn lanuginoso けば立った 보풀로 덮인 pūkuotas pūkains berbulu halus donzig lodden, dunet, loet, kruset puszysty ګاز لرونكى penugento pufos пушистый chlpatý puhast maljav fjunig ที่ปกคลุมไปด้วยขนบาง ๆ havlı 有絨毛的 пухнастий ملائم ، ریشے دار شے xoăn; xù 有绒毛的
2. indistinct; blurred; not clear. The television picture was fuzzy. dof غامِض، مُبْهَم неясен impreciso rozmazaný undeutlich uklar θαμπός, θολός borroso, impreciso; confuso udune تار samea flou מעורפל अस्पष्ट nejasan, zamagljen homályos kabur óskÿr sfuocato ぼやけた 흐릿한 neryškus, miglotas neskaidrs; miglains kabur onscherp uklar, tåket, uskarp zamazany, niewyraźny تياره impreciso neclar расплывчатый rozmazaný zabrisan, zamegljen mutan suddig ที่ไม่ชัดเจน net olmayan, flu 模糊的 непевний دھندلا mờ nhạt 模糊的
ˈfuzzily adverb dowwerig بِغُموض، بِصورةٍ مُبْهَمَه неясно imprecisamente neurčitě undeutlich, flaumig uklart συγκεχυμένα borrosamente, confusamente, sin precisión uduselt بطور مبهم sameasti flou בִּמעוּרפָּל अस्पष्टता nejasno bodrosan, bolyhosan secara samar-samar á óskÿran hátt indistintamente ぼやけて 흐릿하게 neryškiai, miglotai neskaidri; miglaini dengan kabur onscherp uskarpt, tåket niewyraźnie په ناواضح توګه imprecisamente neclar расплывчато neurčite nejasno mutno suddigt, otydligt อย่างไม่ชัดเจน bulanık/donuk bir şekilde 模糊地 непевно غیر واضح طور پر mờ nhạt 模糊地
ˈfuzziness noun dofheid غُموض، إبْهام мъглявост imprecisão chlupatost; neostrost die Flaumigkeit, die Undeutlichkeit uskarphed ασάφεια imprecisión; confusión ebemelisus, ähmasus ابهام sameus flou ערפול अस्पष्टता nejasnoća, dlakavost bodorítás, bolyhosság kekaburan óskÿrleiki l'essere sfuocato けば立ち 흐릿함 neryškumas, pūkuotumas pūkainums; neskaidrums kekaburan donzigheid, onscherpheid uskarphet, tåkethet brak wyrazistości ابهام imprecisão neclaritate расплывчатость chlpatosť; rozmazanosť zabrisanost mutnost suddighet, otydlighet ความไม่ชัดเจน havlılık; bulanıklık 模糊 непевність دھندلاپن sự mờ nhạt 模糊
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