Fleece

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The coat of wool of a sheep or similar animal.
  • n. The yield of wool shorn from a sheep at one time.
  • n. A soft woolly covering or mass.
  • n. Fabric with a soft deep pile.
  • v. To defraud of money or property; swindle.
  • v. To shear the fleece from.
  • v. To cover with or as if with fleece.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
  • n. Insulating skin with the wool attached
  • n. A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
  • n. An insulating wooly jacket
  • n. Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
  • v. Con or trick someone out of money.
  • v. To shear the fleece from an animal (such as a sheep).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The entire coat of wool that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.
  • n. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
  • n. The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
  • v. To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.
  • v. To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions.
  • v. To spread over as with wool.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The coat of wool that covers a sheep, or that is shorn from a sheep at one time.
  • n. Something resembling a fleece of wool in quality or appearance.
  • n. Specifically— A textile fabric with a Soft silky pile, used for warmth, as for lining certain garments, gloves, etc.
  • n. The long and soft nap or pile of such a fabric.
  • n. The loose and thin sheet of cotton or wool coming from the breaking-card in the process of manufacture.
  • n. In heraldry, the woolly skin of a sheep, usually so depicted that it resembles the animal itself, suspended by means of a ring passing around its middle.
  • n. In a bison, the fat and lean meat which lies along the loin and ribs.
  • n. [⟨ fleece, v.] A snatch; an attempt to fleece.
  • To deprive of the fleece or natural covering of wool.
  • To clip or diminish, as a fleece: said of dishonest taking of goods or property.
  • To strip of money or property unfairly or under false pretenses; rob heartlessly; take from without mercy.
  • To spread over as if with a fleece of wool.
  • n. In anat., white fibers, resembling wool, encircling the corpus dentatum in the cerebellum. Also called fleece of Stilling.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. shear the wool from
  • n. tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
  • v. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
  • n. outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
  • n. a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
  • n. the wool of a sheep or similar animal
  • Verb Form
    fleeced    fleeces    fleecing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    shave    trim    coat    pelage    cloth    fabric    material    textile    wool   
    Form
    fleeced    fleecing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    toison    cheat    pluck    shave    plunder    sweat    bleed    skin    stripe    flay   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bernice    Clarice    Clarisse    Denise    Elise    Greece    Luis    Maurice    Nice    Patrice   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    wool    tress    cashmere    tuft    flannel    mane    sheepskin    streamer    tassel    sheen