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Definición y significado de fleece
Definición
fleece (n.)
1.outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
2.a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
3.tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
4.the wool of a sheep or similar animal
fleece (v. trans.)
1.shear the wool from"shear sheep"
2.rip off; ask an unreasonable price
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Merriam Webster
FleeceFleece (flēs), n. [OE. flees, AS. fleós; akin to D. flies, vlies.]
1. The entire coat of wool that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.
Who shore me
Like a tame wether, all my precious fleece. Milton.
2. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
3. (Manuf.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
Fleece wool, wool shorn from the sheep. -- Golden fleece. See under Golden.
FleeceFleece, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleeced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fleecing.]
1. To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.
2. To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions.
Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them, the people were finely fleeced. Fuller.
3. To spread over as with wool. [R.] Thomson.
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Sinónimos
Ver también
fleece (v. trans.)
↘ clip, shearer ≠ undercharge
Frases
⇨ Alpaca fleece • Gideon's fleece • Golden Fleece • Golden Fleece (disambiguation) • Golden Fleece (horse) • Golden Fleece Award • Golden Fleece Company • Golden Fleece Inn, York • Golden Fleece Mine (Colorado) • Golden Fleece Mining and Milling Company (Iowa) • Golden Fleece Mining and Milling Company (New York) • Golden Fleece Order • Golden Fleece Tunnel (California) • Horticultural fleece • Knights of the Golden Fleece • List of Knights of the Golden Fleece • Operation Golden Fleece • Order of the Golden Fleece • Polar fleece • The Diamond Fleece • The Fleece Inn • The Golden Fleece and The Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles • Tintin and the Golden Fleece • Ulysses and the Golden Fleece • Veedon Fleece
Diccionario analógico
fleece (n.)
coat, fur, pelage[Hyper.]
fleece, shear - woolly, woolly-haired, wooly, wooly-haired[Dérivé]
fleece (n.)
fleece (n.)
rug; carpet; carpeting[Classe]
peau (dépouille d'animal) (fr)[Classe]
fourrure d'animal d'élevage (fr)[Classe]
(sheep; mouton; mutton)[termes liés]
leather[Hyper.]
fleece, shear[Dérivé]
fleece (v. tr.)
faire payer cher (fr)[Classe]
fleece (v. tr.)
[colloquial , de~of]
fleece (v. tr.)
hack; chip; hew; lop; chop[Classe]
enlever les poils (ou les cheveux) (fr)[Classe]
préparer la laine (fr)[DomainRegistre]
shave, trim[Hyper.]
shearing - fleece, wool - shears - shearer - fleece, sheepskin - fleece[Dérivé]
fleece (v. tr.)
estimer au-dessus de sa valeur (fr)[Classe]
faire payer cher (fr)[Classe]
Wikipedia
Fleece
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Look up fleece in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. |
Fleece is a general term for a soft fabric (often with a deep pile), and may refer to:
- A fleece, the woollen coat of a domestic sheep or long-haired goat, especially after having been sheared (but before being processed into yarn or thread).
- Polar fleece and related modern synthetic materials used to make cool-weather clothing
- Horticultural fleece, used to protect plants from low temperatures or insect pests
- The Golden Fleece of Greek mythology
- To fleece someone, slang term for causing someone to be ripped off, or an unfair transaction
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