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vello — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • down adverb From a higher place to a lower one.
  • fuzz noun A soft mass of short, loose hairs or fibres.
  • hair noun A thin strand that grows from the skin of humans and many animals.

Senses

vello is used for these senses in English:

  • body hair (anatomy) Hair of the body; in particular, androgenic hair, to the exclusion of facial hair and the hair atop one's head.
  • down (botany) The pubescence of plants; the hairy crown or envelope of the seeds of certain plants, such as the thistle.
  • fuzz A frizzy mass of hair or fibre.
  • hair (botany, countable) A cellular outgrowth of the epidermis, consisting of one or of several cells, whether pointed, hooked, knobbed, or stellated.
  • vellus hair Short, fine, light-colored, and barely noticeable hair that develops on most of a person's body during childhood.

down — full definition

  1. adverb From a higher place to a lower one.
  2. preposition Along or through, moving in a particular direction.
  3. adjective Feeling sad or low in spirits.
  4. adjective Not functioning; out of service, especially of a computer system.
  5. verb To swallow or finish, especially a drink, quickly.

fuzz — full definition

  1. noun A soft mass of short, loose hairs or fibres.
  2. noun A distorted, buzzing sound, especially from an amplified guitar.
  3. noun Informal: the police.
  4. verb To test software by feeding it large amounts of random or unexpected input to find bugs.

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