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fleece (FLEES) (noun)
1. The woolly coat of a sheep or other similar animals: The fleece of sheep needs to be trimmed, shorn, or clipped off with shears or clippers so it can be used for useful products.
2. A soft cloth that is used to make warm clothes: Lucile went to the women's apparel store to see if she could buy a warm jacket or coat made of fleece.
2. A soft cloth that is used to make warm clothes: Lucile went to the women's apparel store to see if she could buy a warm jacket or coat made of fleece.
fleece (FLEES) (verb)
1. To deceive, to defraud, or to take money or property from someone; to cheat or to swindle: Jack said, "Vincent, don't let that guy fleece you by overcharging you for that used car."
2. To shear or to clip the wool from sheep: They had to spend a lot of time trying to fleece all of their sheep before the truck came to pick up the clipped fleece.
2. To shear or to clip the wool from sheep: They had to spend a lot of time trying to fleece all of their sheep before the truck came to pick up the clipped fleece.
The rancher decided to fleece the fleece from the sheep and he was determined to sell the fleece for a fair price and not to let the unscrupulous middle men fleece him.
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(Latin: tuft of hair, fleece; a villus, a small protrusion, especially arising from a mucous membrane)
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“fleece”
fleece (verb), fleeces; fleeced; fleecing
1. To obtain or to acquire a great deal of money from someone, typically by overcharging or swindling him or her: A man came to the elderly woman's door saying he was a friend of her grandson who needed some money and then after he went into her house, he fleeced her of $5,000!
2. To clip the wool off from a sheep: Jack used shears to fleece the thick and wavy hair from the rams and ewes.
3. To spread over with a soft and lightweight synthetic fabric; usually a blanket with a deep pile: Janet fleeced or covered her little baby with a lovely velvety coverlet.
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2. To clip the wool off from a sheep: Jack used shears to fleece the thick and wavy hair from the rams and ewes.
3. To spread over with a soft and lightweight synthetic fabric; usually a blanket with a deep pile: Janet fleeced or covered her little baby with a lovely velvety coverlet.
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