filzen — meaning in English

English meaning

• felt noun A dense fabric made by matting and pressing fibers, usually wool, rather than weaving them.
• frisk verb To search someone by running your hands over their body and clothing, usually checking for hidden items.

Senses

filzen is used for these senses in English:

• felt (transitive) To make into felt, or a feltlike substance; to cause to adhere and mat together.
• frisk (transitive) To search (someone) by feeling their body and clothing.
• shake down (slang, transitive) To search exhaustively.

felt — full definition

1. noun A dense fabric made by matting and pressing fibers, usually wool, rather than weaving them.
2. verb Past tense and past participle of "feel."
3. verb To mat fibers together into felt, or cover something with felt.

frisk — full definition

1. verb To search someone by running your hands over their body and clothing, usually checking for hidden items.
2. verb To move about playfully; to skip or leap around.
3. noun The act of searching someone by hand.

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