Fleece - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|fliːs|
Brit.
|fliːs|
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)
- 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)
- 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
I/you/we/they: fleece
he/she/it: fleeces
present participle: fleecing
past tense: fleeced
past participle: fleeced
noun
singular: fleece
plural: fleeces
singular: fleece
plural: fleeces
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