fleece

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/fliːs/

noun 5verb 3

Collocations

ADJ.

all, british, golden, growing, little, removed, shining, thick

The golden fleece was the prize that Jason and his crew searched for across the sea.

VERB + FLEECE

bred, enable, return, wearing, yield

The sheep bred for fleece were sheared twice a year for maximum yield.

FLEECE + NOUN

amelia, ere, expression, jacket, meat, sheep

She wore a warm fleece jacket during the cold winter hike.

PREP.

out, up, with

The con artist fleeced the elderly couple out of their life savings.

Definitions

noun

Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal

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.

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.

Insulating skin with the wool attached

A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.

An insulating wooly jacket

Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.

verb

To con or trick (someone) out of money.

There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.

To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).

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

To cover with, or as if with, wool.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — outer coat of especially sheep and yaks

wool

noun — tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on

sheepskin

verb — shear the wool from

shear

verb — rip off

Antonyms

undercharge

Idioms & Phrases

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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.

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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.

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There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.

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

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Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow.

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