fleece

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English

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Fleece in various colors (sense 3).

Etymology

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From Middle English flees, flese, flus, fleos, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fliːs/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

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fleece (countable and uncountable, plural fleeces)

  1. (uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
    • 1730, Allan Ramsay, “[Act II, Scene IV]”, in The Gentle Shepherd: A Scots Paſtoral-Comedy, page 23:
      The Sun ſhall change, the Moon to change ſhall ceaſe; / The Gaits to clim-----the Sheep to yield the Fleece, / Ere ought by me be either ſaid or done, / Shall do thee Wrang, I ſwear by all aboon.
    • 1837, William Youatt, “Preface”, in Sheep: Their Breeds, Management and Diseases. [] (Library of Useful Knowledge), London: Baldwin and Cradock:
      Wool became the substitute for money. [] In all the middle periods of British history, the fleece was the expression and the measure of national prosperity or calamity.
  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.
  6. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
    • 1879 January, Ellis Clare, “The Christmas Eaglet”, in Ballou's Monthly Magazine, volume 49, number 1, Boston: Thomes & Talbot:
      Alas! in the morning the eaglet was gone; and, full of sorrow, they stooped to pick up the shining fleece with which the floor was spread. At their touch, every feather became a golden coin.
  7. The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

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Translations

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Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.
    • 2015 August 2, “All bets are off: why bookmakers aren’t playing fair”, in The Observer[1], archived from the original on 21 January 2020:
      There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.
  2. (transitive) To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
    Synonym: shear
    Hypernym: cut off
    During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.
  3. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.

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References

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfliːsi/, [ˈfliːs̠i]
  • IPA(key): /ˈfliːs/, [ˈfliːs̠] (often in compound terms)
  • IPA(key): /ˈfleːse/, [ˈfle̞ːs̠e̞] (dated)

Noun

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fleece

  1. (unadapted) Alternative form of fliisi (fleece, fleece coat)

Usage notes

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  • As is the case with many loanwords, the inflection of this term is problematic. Kotus recommends using the "nalle" category in writing, as shown above, but in speech the declension usually follows the "risti" category; see the declension table for fliisi.

Declension

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Inflection of fleece (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative fleece fleecet
genitive fleecen fleecejen
partitive fleeceä fleecejä
illative fleeceen fleeceihin
singular plural
nominative fleece fleecet
accusative nom. fleece fleecet
gen. fleecen
genitive fleecen fleecejen
fleecein rare
partitive fleeceä fleecejä
inessive fleecessä fleeceissä
elative fleecestä fleeceistä
illative fleeceen fleeceihin
adessive fleecellä fleeceillä
ablative fleeceltä fleeceiltä
allative fleecelle fleeceille
essive fleecenä fleeceinä
translative fleeceksi fleeceiksi
abessive fleecettä fleeceittä
instructive fleecein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of fleece (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fleeceni fleeceni
accusative nom. fleeceni fleeceni
gen. fleeceni
genitive fleeceni fleecejeni
fleeceini rare
partitive fleeceäni fleecejäni
inessive fleecessäni fleeceissäni
elative fleecestäni fleeceistäni
illative fleeceeni fleeceihini
adessive fleecelläni fleeceilläni
ablative fleeceltäni fleeceiltäni
allative fleecelleni fleeceilleni
essive fleecenäni fleeceinäni
translative fleecekseni fleeceikseni
abessive fleecettäni fleeceittäni
instructive
comitative fleeceineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fleecesi fleecesi
accusative nom. fleecesi fleecesi
gen. fleecesi
genitive fleecesi fleecejesi
fleeceisi rare
partitive fleeceäsi fleecejäsi
inessive fleecessäsi fleeceissäsi
elative fleecestäsi fleeceistäsi
illative fleeceesi fleeceihisi
adessive fleecelläsi fleeceilläsi
ablative fleeceltäsi fleeceiltäsi
allative fleecellesi fleeceillesi
essive fleecenäsi fleeceinäsi
translative fleeceksesi fleeceiksesi
abessive fleecettäsi fleeceittäsi
instructive
comitative fleeceinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fleecemme fleecemme
accusative nom. fleecemme fleecemme
gen. fleecemme
genitive fleecemme fleecejemme
fleeceimme rare
partitive fleeceämme fleecejämme
inessive fleecessämme fleeceissämme
elative fleecestämme fleeceistämme
illative fleeceemme fleeceihimme
adessive fleecellämme fleeceillämme
ablative fleeceltämme fleeceiltämme
allative fleecellemme fleeceillemme
essive fleecenämme fleeceinämme
translative fleeceksemme fleeceiksemme
abessive fleecettämme fleeceittämme
instructive
comitative fleeceinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fleecenne fleecenne
accusative nom. fleecenne fleecenne
gen. fleecenne
genitive fleecenne fleecejenne
fleeceinne rare
partitive fleeceänne fleecejänne
inessive fleecessänne fleeceissänne
elative fleecestänne fleeceistänne
illative fleeceenne fleeceihinne
adessive fleecellänne fleeceillänne
ablative fleeceltänne fleeceiltänne
allative fleecellenne fleeceillenne
essive fleecenänne fleeceinänne
translative fleeceksenne fleeceiksenne
abessive fleecettänne fleeceittänne
instructive
comitative fleeceinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative fleecensä fleecensä
accusative nom. fleecensä fleecensä
gen. fleecensä
genitive fleecensä fleecejensä
fleeceinsä rare
partitive fleeceään
fleeceänsä
fleecejään
fleecejänsä
inessive fleecessään
fleecessänsä
fleeceissään
fleeceissänsä
elative fleecestään
fleecestänsä
fleeceistään
fleeceistänsä
illative fleeceensä fleeceihinsä
adessive fleecellään
fleecellänsä
fleeceillään
fleeceillänsä
ablative fleeceltään
fleeceltänsä
fleeceiltään
fleeceiltänsä
allative fleecelleen
fleecellensä
fleeceilleen
fleeceillensä
essive fleecenään
fleecenänsä
fleeceinään
fleeceinänsä
translative fleecekseen
fleeceksensä
fleeceikseen
fleeceiksensä
abessive fleecettään
fleecettänsä
fleeceittään
fleeceittänsä
instructive
comitative fleeceineen
fleeceinensä

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Further reading

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Middle English

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Noun

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fleece

  1. Alternative form of flees

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English fleece.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /fliːs/

Noun

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fleece c

  1. polar fleece

Declension

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Declension of fleece 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative fleece fleecen
Genitive fleeces fleecens

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