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- [flees]
- /flis/
- /fliːs/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [flees]
- /flis/
Definitions of fleece word
- noun fleece the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal. 1
- noun fleece the wool shorn from a sheep at one shearing. 1
- noun fleece something resembling a fleece: a fleece of clouds in a blue sky. 1
- noun fleece a fabric with a soft, silky pile, used for warmth, as for lining garments. 1
- noun fleece the soft nap or pile of such a fabric. 1
- verb with object fleece to deprive of money or belongings by fraud, hoax, or the like; swindle: He fleeced the stranger of several dollars. 1
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Origin of fleece
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English flees, Old English flēos, flȳs; cognate with Middle Dutch vlies, Middle High German vlius, German Vlies
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Parts of speech for Fleece
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
fleece popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
fleece usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fleece
verb fleece
- cheat — When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- gouge — a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the concave or the convex side.
- overcharge — to charge (a purchaser) too high a price: When the manager realized we'd been overcharged, she gave us a credit for the difference.
- defraud — If someone defrauds you, they take something away from you or stop you from getting what belongs to you by means of tricks and lies.
- swindle — to cheat (a person, business, etc.) out of money or other assets.
noun fleece
- mohair — the coat or fleece of an Angora goat.
- ectoderm — the outer germ layer in the embryo of a metazoan.
- ripoff — an act or instance of ripping off another or others; a theft, cheat, or swindle.
- yarn — thread made of natural or synthetic fibers and used for knitting and weaving.
- eiderdown — Small, soft feathers from the breast of the female eider duck.
Antonyms for fleece
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