Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal.

    Vlies

    руно́runó, шерстьšerstʹ

    руно́runó, шерстьšerstʹ, во́внаvóvna

    the wool of a sheep or similar animal

  2. (uncountable)Insulating skin with the wool attached.

    Fell

    овчи́наovčína

  3. (countable)A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.

    Fleece

    флисflis

    флісflis

  4. (countable)An insulating wooly jacket.

    Fleecejacke

  5. (countable, uncountable)Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.

  7. (countable, uncountable)The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

Examples

21 sentences
  1. Tom got fleeced.

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  2. Two people fleeced us last night.

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  3. Sami was fleeced by his maid.

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  4. Sami is getting fleeced and used.

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  5. Kalman was wearing a fleece jacket.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
hair or wool of a sheep:
textile:
Русский
By meaning 3
hair or wool of a sheep:
insulating skin with the wool attached:
textile:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
hair or wool of a sheep:
insulating skin with the wool attached:
textile:
insulating woolly jacket:

Origin

From Middle English fles, flees, flese, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-We

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

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Forms

plural: fleeces
Singularfleece
Pluralfleeces

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • outer coat of especially sheep and yaks:wool
  • tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing:sheepskin

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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