Fleece - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |fliːs|  American pronunciation of the word fleece
Brit.  |fliːs|  British pronunciation of the word fleece

noun

- the wool of a sheep or similar animal
- tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing (syn: sheepskin)
- a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
- outer coat of especially sheep and yaks (syn: wool)

verb

- rip off; ask an unreasonable price (syn: hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, soak, surcharge)
- shear the wool from (syn: shear)

Extra examples

...learning how to shear the fleece off a sheep...

Don't let that salesman fleece you.

Sheep are usually fleeced in summer.

The fluff of the cottonwood fleeced the landscape.

That restaurant really fleeced us!

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: fleece
he/she/it: fleeces
present participle: fleecing
past tense: fleeced
past participle: fleeced
noun
singular: fleece
plural: fleeces
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