English noun: fuzz | |||
1. | fuzz (plant) filamentous hairlike growth on a plant | ||
Samples | Peach fuzz. | ||
Synonyms | hair, tomentum | ||
Broader (hypernym) | enation, plant process | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | beard, stinging hair | ||
2. | fuzz (person) uncomplimentary terms for a policeman | ||
Synonyms | bull, cop, copper, pig | ||
Broader (hypernym) | officer, police officer, policeman | ||
Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
3. | fuzz (cognition) a hazy or indistinct representation | ||
Samples | It happened so fast it was just a blur. He tried to clear his head of the whisky fuzz. | ||
Synonyms | blur | ||
Broader (hypernym) | internal representation, mental representation, representation | ||
4. | fuzz (body) the first beard of an adolescent boy | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beard, face fungus, whiskers | ||