fleece1 nounfleece2 verb
fleecefleece1 /fliːs/ noun 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINfleece1
ExamplesOrigin:
Old English fleosEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
word sets- fleece-lined slippers
- A lamb's fleece was sprawled in the middle of the stage.
- Early wills and inventories show records for fleece, flax and hemp in many areas.
- In general, the same clothing was used underneath - Rhoval/Modal thermals and Polartec 200 fleece.
- Its white fleece runs on over her fingers.
- Locally, fleece may be available from your garden centre but do check the quality and price before buying.
- The drawcords on the fleece and the Merlin sleeping bag pull in freely and close tightly if required.
- Then they unrolled as a silver-white fleece, under the silent cold light of the moon.
- Thinsulate fleece: heat reflective fleece.
WORD SETS► Agriculture
1[countable] the woolly coat of a sheep, especially the wool and skin of a sheep when it has been made into a piece of clothing2[uncountable] an artificial soft material used to make warm jackets3[countable] British English a jacket made of this artificial materialagrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb
fleece1 nounfleece2 verb
fleecefleece2 verb [transitive] informal Verb TableVERB TABLE
fleece
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | fleece |
| he, she, it | fleeces | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | fleeced |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have fleeced |
| he, she, it | has fleeced | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had fleeced |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will fleece |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have fleeced |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am fleecing |
| he, she, it | is fleecing | |
| you, we, they | are fleecing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was fleecing |
| you, we, they | were fleecing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been fleecing |
| he, she, it | has been fleecing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been fleecing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be fleecing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been fleecing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Authorities estimate at least 300 elderly couples were fleeced in the scheme.
- She fleeced him for everything he had.
- She estimates he fleeced her of about £50,000 by tricking her into buying fake antiques.
- Some airport shops are accused of fleecing their customers, who don't have any choice but to use them.
- But nothing's worse than driving into an auto repair shop, sight unseen, and being fleeced.
- Nevertheless, he thought Theo unduly alarmist in warning him that women like her were out to fleece him.
- Sturdy rogues intent on fleecing me, as I was them.
- The Crown Prosecution Service is seeking to seize up to £40m that he fleeced from 16,000 people.
- The technology is ready to roll and it's not like they've shied away in the past from fleecing motorists.
- The Tsar, the landowner, Denikin's troops, and your Comrades all fleeced him.
Longman Language Activatorto get money or possessions from someone dishonestly► cheat
to charge someone too much money for something, especially by tricking them · He doesn't trust car mechanics -- he thinks they're all trying to cheat him.cheat somebody out of something · She says she was cheated out of $10,000 she paid to a modeling agency.· Cohen claimed that criminals posing as salesmen cheat Americans out of billions of dollars each year.
► swindle to get money from a person or organization by cheating them, especially using clever and complicated methods: · He was jailed in 1992 for attempting to swindle the insurance company he worked for.swindle somebody out of something: · Investors have been swindled out of millions of pounds.
► con especially spoken to persuade someone to buy something or to give you money by telling them lies: · By the time she realized she had been conned, she had lost more than $3000.con somebody out of something: · The old lady was conned out of her life savings by a crooked insurance dealer.con something out of somebody: · A man pretending to be a faith healer has conned around £20,000 out of desperate sick people.con somebody into doing something: · She was too embarrassed to admit that they had conned her into buying 100 acres of worthless land.
► fiddle British informal to give false information or make dishonest changes to financial records, in order to get money or avoid paying money: · My boss thinks I've been fiddling my travel expenses.fiddle the books/fiddle the accounts (=change a company's financial records): · The company secretary has been fiddling the books for years.
► defraud to get money from a company or organization, especially a very large one, by deceiving it: · Trachtenberg is charged with attempting to defraud his business partner.defraud somebody (out) of something: · Between them they defrauded the company out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
► fleece informal to get a lot of money from someone by tricking them: · She fleeced him for everything he had.· Authorities estimate at least 300 elderly couples were fleeced in the scheme.fleece somebody of something: · She estimates he fleeced her of about £50,000 by tricking her into buying fake antiques.
► trick somebody out of to get money or possessions from someone, by tricking or deceiving them: · Police are warning residents to be on their guard after two men tricked a pensioner out of several hundred pounds.· Megan was tricked out of her life savings by a smooth-talking handsome man who had promised to marry her.
► do somebody out of especially British, informal to cheat someone by not giving them money that they deserve or that they are owed: · The way I see it, they've done me out of three weeks' wages.· She's convinced the sales assistant did her out of £15.
► you've been had spoken use this to say that someone has been cheated but they do not realize it: · I hate to tell you this but you've been had. The antique clock you bought is a phoney.
to make someone pay too much money for something► overcharge to make someone pay too much for something in a shop, restaurant, taxi etc: · Garage mechanics are twice as likely to overcharge women car owners as men.overcharge somebody for something: · The cab driver tried to overcharge us for the ride from the airport.· The university was accused of overcharging the government millions of dollars for research-related costs.
► rip off spoken informal to make someone pay much more for something than it is worth: rip somebody off: · Don't buy a watch from those guys, they'll just rip you off.rip off somebody: · The bars by the sea make huge profits by ripping off tourists.
► a rip-off spoken informal if something is a rip-off , it costs much more than it is worth -- use this when you think that someone is trying to cheat you: · "It cost £200 to get it fixed." "What a rip-off!"a complete/total rip-off: · The meal cost me $80 - it was a total rip-off.
► fleece informal to get a lot of money from someone by charging far too much for goods or services: · Some airport shops are accused of fleecing their customers, who don't have any choice but to use them.