fillet

verb

Definition of filletnext
as in to braid

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Recent Examples of fillet His other job, starting at age seven, was to fillet the catch. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 16 May 2026 Place snapper fillets on the sheet and brush with the remaining 1 teaspoon olive oil. — Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026 Predictably, our fellows were filleted by Republicans, just as Republicans would have been filleted by Democrats. — Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026 Poupart spent the next morning filleting the night’s catch, and preparing the fish for freezer storage to feed his family and community throughout the year. — Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 30 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for fillet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fillet
  1. braid
  2. ribbon
  3. feather
  4. figure
  5. frill
  6. lace
  7. hang
  8. embroider
Verb
  • Rinsing helps strip away the alkaline preservative film that often coats synthetic braiding hair.
    — Ayren Jackson-Cannady, Allure, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Whitaker said the camera is placed in the hallway, looking through one doorway as Clark braids one daughter’s hair, then dollies right to reveal him braiding the other daughter’s hair through the next doorway, all in one shot.
    — Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of braid
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  • Mesquite and acacia trees ribbon the lower elevations, while Douglas firs and ponderosa pine line the upper reaches.
    — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2026
  • Eager to make connections with important people, Kapoor invited mayors to ribbon cuttings and doled outmore than $100,000 in campaign checks from corporate accounts, about half of which went to a political committee supporting a losing candidate in this November’s Miami Beach mayoral race.
    — Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of ribbon
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  • The new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library designed by Snøhetta melds with the surrounding North Dakota landscape—its roof feathered with native prairie grasses that twist and bend in the wind.
    — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 17 June 2026
  • With her hair perfectly feathered, Janice looked on beside her husband at a special event honoring Muhammad Ali in 1979.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
Definition of feather
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  • Zheng left the site shortly after what figured to be one of the tougher days of his tennis life.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Senior wide receiver Charlie Paden will also figure prominently in the passing game.
    — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of figure
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  • Xavier's head coaching job has never been more attractive and brings with it frills like updates facilities, a great on-campus gym, one of college basketball's power conferences and an enviable TV deal.
    — Patrick Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 27 Mar. 2018
Definition of frill
Verb
  • Day's tasks include shooting the horses with darts laced with medication.
    — Stina Sieg, NPR, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Erin Patterson was convicted last year of deliberately lacing a beef wellington meal with death cap mushrooms to murder her children’s grandparents and the wife of the local pastor.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of lace
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  • The next batter, Sogard, pulled a hanging breaking ball from Hentges off the Green Monster, driving in Monasterio and tying the game.
    — Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 23 Aug. 2026
  • In the shade of a dense forest canopy, Odette Kouakou paces through her grove of cocoa trees, snapping off dead leaves and poking the ripe yellow pods hanging down from the branches with a stick.
    — Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of hang
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  • And Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wears dresses and blouses embroidered by Indigenous artisans to honor their textile traditions.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Likely embroidered in Canterbury, it is considered a significant icon of British identity and left England sometime before the late fifteenth century.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of embroider

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