English Explanatory Dictionary

fleece

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal.
  2. Insulating skin with the wool attached.
  3. A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
  4. An insulating wooly jacket.
  5. Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
  6. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
  7. The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
verb
  1. To con or trick (someone) out of money.
  2. To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
  3. To cover with, or as if with, wool.

Pronunciation

/fliːs/ en-us-fleece.ogg

Word forms

fleece fleeces fleecing fleeced

Etymology

From Middle English flees, flese, flus, fleos, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.

Synonyms

swindle shear

Related words

nickel and dime

Derived words

China fleece vine Chinese fleece vine defleece feather fleece fleeceflower fleecehold fleeceless fleecelike fleece vine fleeceware fleecewear fleece wool fleece worm fleecy Golden Fleece green fleece microfleece polar fleece smooth golden fleece fleeceable fleecer

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 抓绒衣 Czech: flís Finnish: fleecetakki Finnish: fleece Finnish: fliisi French: polaire German: Fleecejacke Icelandic: flíspeysa Italian: pile Korean: 플리스 Romanian: polar
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