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fleece
[flees]
noun, verb, fleeced, fleec⋅ing.–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:
bef. 1000; ME flees, OE flēos, flȳs; c. MD vlies, MHG vlius, G Vlies
bef. 1000; ME flees, OE flēos, flȳs; c. MD vlies, MHG vlius, G Vlies

Related forms:
fleece⋅a⋅ble, adjective
fleeceless, adjective
fleecelike, adjective
fleecer, noun
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Fleeced
Fleeced\, a. 1. Furnished with a fleece; as, a sheep is well fleeced. --Spenser. 2. Stripped of a fleece; plundered; robbed.
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