fleeced
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noun
1.
the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
2.
the wool shorn from a sheep at one shearing.
3.
something resembling a fleece: a fleece of clouds in a blue sky.
4.
a fabric with a soft, silky pile, used for warmth, as for lining garments.
5.
the soft nap or pile of such a fabric.
verb (used with object)
6.
to deprive of money or belongings by fraud, hoax, or the like; swindle: He fleeced the stranger of several dollars.
7.
to remove the fleece of (a sheep).
8.
to overspread, as with a fleece; fleck with fleecelike masses: a host of clouds fleecing the summer sky.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English flees, Old English flēos, flȳs; cognate with Middle Dutch vlies, Middle High German vlius, German Vlies
before 1000; Middle English flees, Old English flēos, flȳs; cognate with Middle Dutch vlies, Middle High German vlius, German Vlies
Related forms
fleece·a·ble, adjective
fleece·less, adjective
fleece·like, adjective
fleec·er, noun
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World English Dictionary
fleece (fliːs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the coat of wool that covers the body of a sheep or similar animal and consists of a mass of crinkly hairs |
| 2. | the wool removed from a single sheep |
| 3. | something resembling a fleece in texture or warmth |
| 4. | sheepskin or a fabric with soft pile, used as a lining for coats, etc |
| 5. | a warm polyester fabric with a brushed nap, used for outdoor garments |
| 6. | a jacket or top made from such a fabric |
| —vb | |
| 7. | to defraud or charge exorbitantly; swindle |
| 8. | another term for shear |
| [Old English flēos; related to Middle High German vlius, Dutch vlies fleece, Latin plūma feather, down] | |
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Word Origin & History
fleece
O.E. fleos, from W.Gmc. *flusaz (cf. M.Du. vluus, M.H.G. vlius, Ger. Vlies), probably from PIE *plus- (cf. L. pluma "feather, down," Lith. plunksna "feather"). The verb is 1530s in the literal sense of "to strip a sheep of fleece" and 1570s in the figurative meaning "to cheat, swindle." Related: Fleeced;
fleecing.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
fleece definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Bible Dictionary
Fleece definition
the wool of a sheep, whether shorn off or still attached to the skin (Deut. 18:4; Job 31:20). The miracle of Gideon's fleece (Judg. 6:37-40) consisted in the dew having fallen at one time on the fleece without any on the floor, and at another time in the fleece remaining dry while the ground was wet with dew.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Example sentences
Under the jacket he had a fleeced flannel shirt jacket.
If shareholders are getting fleeced by their own management, some remedy other than taxation would be more targeted.
These schemes victimize individuals over-inflated mortgages, and honest real estate investors fleeced out of their.
If you think someone stole their wealth, then yes, the rich fleeced them and made them poor.
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