FILLET Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

fillet

verb

Definition of fillet

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

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Those experiments could test what happens when quasiparticles are exchanged, or braided around one another.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Elsewhere, the actual tablecloth material was dyed, cut into cloth, then braided and bound with leather to give PVC pants and a dress, with its sweet pintucked front panel, heft and structure.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of braid

Verb

The White House under President Biden used to complain when Republicans would go out to ribbon cuttings of projects that were funded by Biden's infrastructure law.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
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

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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With Spider-Noir, the actor figures this ambivalence toward his public persona into Reilly’s ambivalent battle with the Spider inside him.

— Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
The city is already facing an earlier lawsuit over its rollout of the tax from a group of homeowners who contend that City Hall didn't do enough to determine who would pay the tax and instead put the onus on homeowners to figure it out.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

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This whole month is a bit of an emotional landmine, to put it lightly, but the first couple days of October are especially laced with toxins.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2026
In one snippet obtained by TMZ Giudice told police that Milania had fentanyl in her system from a previous incident, followed closely by Milania’s voice saying she’d been laced.

— Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of lace

Verb

The charcoal figure hanging above a cabinet in the primary suite’s sitting room?

— Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 27 Sep. 2026
The dining room is striking, accented with emerald green tiles, and the outdoor tables sit beneath hanging plants that turn the space into its own tropical enclave.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of hang

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The new Chandelier sandal, characterized by its serpent-spiral shape, is hand embroidered with more than 170 swaying drop beads made from multifaceted or transparent crystals.

— Katie Abel, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
The real showstopper, however, is the four-meter silk tulle veil, delicately hand-embroidered with constellations of tiny crystals and beads.

— Liam Hess, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026

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