fleece

English

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Etymology

From Middle English flees, from Old English flēos.

Pronunciation

• (UK/US) IPA: /fliːs/

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• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

fleece (countable and uncountable; plural fleeces)

1. (uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
2. (uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached
3. (countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
4. (countable) An insulating wooly jacket
5. (roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.

Translations

hair or wool of a sheep

Armenian: բուրդ (hy) (burd), (archaic) գեղմ (hy) (geġm) Catalan: velló (ca) m., vell (ca) m. Chinese: 羊毛 (yángmáo) Czech: rouno (cs) n. French: toison (fr) f. Greek: προβιά (el) (proviá) f., μηλωτή (el) (milotí) f. Hungarian: gyapjú (hu)

Latvian: vilna (lv) f. Polish: runo (pl) n. Romanian: lână (ro) Russian: шерсть (ru) (šérst') f., руно (ru) (runó) n. Scottish Gaelic: rùsg (gd) m. Spanish: lana (es) f., toisón (es) m.

insulating skin with the wool attached

Catalan: velló (ca) m., vell (ca) m. Czech: rouno (cs) n. French: toison (fr) f. Greek: προβιά (el) (proviá) f.

Hungarian: gyapjas bőr (hu) Russian: овчина (ru) (ovčína) f. Scottish Gaelic: rùsg (gd) m. Spanish: piel (es) f., vellón (es) m.

textile

Catalan: pelfa (ca) f. Italian: felpa (it) f.

Spanish: felpa (es) f., pana (es) f., terciopelo (es)

insulating wooly jacket

Czech: flís (cs) m.

Italian: ; pile (it) m.

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French: toison f. (1), fleece (4)

Slovene: runo n.

Verb

fleece (third-person singular simple present fleeces, present participle fleecing, simple past and past participle fleeced)

1. Con or trick someone out of money.
2. To shear the fleece from an animal (such as a sheep).

   During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.

Translations

con or trick someone out of money

Hungarian: megvág (hu), megkopaszt (hu) Romanian: stoarce (ro)

Spanish: esquilar (es), esquilmar (es)

See also

• (con): nickel and dime