fleece
fleeces; fleeced; fleecing
A fleece is a sheep's coat. Or a goat's. Or a yak's. A person's coat can be called a fleece, too, if it comes from a sheep or goat or a yak or even if it just looks like it did.
You can also use fleece in an informal way to mean cheating someone. Remember how Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow? Well, it was such a nice, clean fleece that Mary tricked the lamb into trusting her, then robbed him of his fleece and turned it into a bomber jacket and a pair of boots. She totally fleeced him!
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outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
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the wool of a sheep or similar animal
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type of:
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wool
fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving
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wool
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tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
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synonyms:
sheepskin
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Golden Fleece
in Greek mythology, a fleece of gold owned by the king of Colchis and guarded in a sacred grove by a dragon; recovered by Jason and the Argonauts
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leather
an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning
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Golden Fleece
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shear the wool from
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a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
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rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Vocabulary lists containing fleece
This list covers "Ithaka," "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh," and The Odyssey.
A seventh grader begins to come out of his shell after he forms an unexpected bond with a terminally ill teen.
This list covers "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh" and the Odyssey.
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