fleece
21fleece — fleeceable, adj. fleeceless, adj. fleecelike, adj. fleecer, n. /flees/, n., v., fleeced, fleecing. n. 1. the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal. 2. the wool shorn from a sheep at one shearing. 3. something resembling a fleece: a …
22fleece — fleece1 [ flis ] noun 1. ) count or uncount the wool on a sheep 2. ) uncount a type of soft artificial cloth used for making clothes, that looks and feels like a sheep s fleece: a fleece pullover a ) count BRITISH a short jacket or PULLOVER made… …
23fleece — /flis / (say flees) noun 1. the coat of wool that covers a sheep or some similar animal. 2. the wool shorn from a sheep at one time. 3. something resembling a fleece: a fleece of hair. 4. a fabric with a soft, silky pile, used for warmth, as for… …
24Fleece — The wool of a sheep, whether shorn off or still attached to the skin (Deut. 18:4; Job 31:20). The miracle of Gideon s fleece (Judg. 6:37 40) consisted in the dew having fallen at one time on the fleece without any on the floor, and at another… …
25fleece — [[t]flis[/t]] n. v. fleeced, fleec•ing 1) the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal 2) the wool shorn from a sheep at one shearing 3) something resembling a fleece 4) tex a) a fabric with a thick, fleecelike pile or nap, used for… …
26fleece — I. noun Etymology: Middle English flees, from Old English flēos; akin to Middle High German vlius fleece and perhaps to Latin pluma feather, down Date: before 12th century 1. a. the coat of wool covering a wool bearing animal (as a sheep) b. the… …
27fleece — 1. noun /fliːs/ a) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal b) Insulating skin with the wool attached 2. verb /fliːs/ a) Con or trick someone out of money. During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days …
28fleece — [OE] Fleece comes from a prehistoric Germanic *flūsaz. This probably goes back to an Indo European *plus , which also produced Latin plūma ‘down’, later ‘feathers’, and Lithuanian plunksna ‘feather’. The metaphorical sense of the verb, ‘swindle’ …
29fleece — to defraud By robbery or overcharging, from the shearing of sheep: ... all the petty cutthroat ways and means with which she used to fleece us. (Cleland, 1749 she was a cheating bawd) And (for non lawyers) see knight of the Golden… …
30fleece — v. a. 1. Clip, shear, deprive of fleece. 2. Strip, rob, plunder, despoil, rifle, steal from. 3. Supply with fleece. 4. Cover fleecily, shroud softly, wrap in misty clouds, fold in snow …
