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1. (n.) fleece
the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
2. fleece
the wool shorn from a sheep at one shearing.
3. fleece
something resembling a fleece.
4. fleece
a fabric with a thick, fleecelike pile or nap, used for warmth, as in garments or linings.
5. fleece
the nap or pile of such a fabric.
6. fleece
a garment made or lined with such a fabric.
7. (v.t.) fleece
to deprive of money or belongings by fraud or hoax; swindle.
8. fleece
to overcharge.
9. fleece
to remove the fleece of (a sheep).
10. fleece
to overspread or fleck with fleecelike masses.
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME flees, OE flēos, fl&ymacr;s)
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| Definition of 'Fleece' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) fleece
the wool of a sheep or similar animal
2. (noun) sheepskin, fleece
tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
3. (noun) fleece
a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
4. (verb) wool, fleece
outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
5. (verb) overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
6. (verb) fleece, shear
shear the wool from
"shear sheep"
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| Definition of 'Fleece' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Fleece
the entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time
2. (noun) Fleece
any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece
3. (noun) Fleece
the fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine
4. (verb) Fleece
to deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool
5. (verb) Fleece
to strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions
6. (verb) Fleece
to spread over as with wool
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Sense: a sheep's coat of wool.
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 Afrikaans: vag |
 Arabic: صوف الغَنَم |
 Bulgarian: руно |
 Brazilian: pelagem |
 Czech: rouno |
 German: das Vlies |
 Danish: uld; fleece |
 Greek: προβιά |
 Spanish: vellón |
 Estonian: villak |
 Farsi: پشم |
 Finnish: lampaan turkki |
 French: toison |
 Hebrew: צֶמֶר |
 Hindi: जानवरों के शरीर की ऊन |
 Croatian: runo, vuna |
 Hungarian: gyapjú (állaton) |
 Indonesian: bulu domba |
 Icelandic: reyfi |
 Italian: vello |
 Japanese: 羊毛 |
 Korean: (양 등의) 털 |
 Lithuanian: vilnos |
 Latvian: aitas vilna |
 Malay: bulu biri-biri |
 Dutch: schaapsvacht |
 Norwegian: (saue)ull/-pels |
 Polish: runo |
 Persian: پشم |
 Pashto: وړګ |
 Portuguese: lA |
 Romanian: lână |
 Russian: овечья шерсть |
 Slovak: rúno |
 Slovenian: runo |
 Serbian: runo |
 Swedish: fårskinn |
 Thai: ขน (แกะ) |
 Turkish: koyun postu |
 Taiwanese: 羊毛 |
 Ukrainian: шерсть, вовна |
 Urdu: پھیڑ وغیرہ کے جسم پر اگنے |
 Vietnamese: len cừu |
 Chinese: 羊毛 |
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