fleece
See also: Fleece
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English flees, flese, flus, fleos, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fleece (countable and uncountable, plural fleeces)
- (uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
- (uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached
- (countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
- (countable) An insulating wooly jacket
- (roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
- Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
- The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
Derived terms edit
- China fleece vine (Polygonum aubertii)
- feather fleece (Stenanthium robustum)
- fleeceflower (Fallopia spp., Persicaria spp., Polygonum spp.)
- fleeceless
- fleece vine (Polygonum aubertii)
- fleecewear
- fleece wool
- fleece worm (Phormia regina etc.)
- fleecy
- Golden Fleece
- green fleece (Codium fragile)
- smooth golden fleece (Urospermum dalechampii)
Translations edit
hair or wool of a sheep
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insulating skin with the wool attached
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textile
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insulating woolly jacket
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Verb edit
fleece (third-person singular simple present fleeces, present participle fleecing, simple past and past participle fleeced)
- (transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.
- 2015 August 2, “All bets are off: why bookmakers aren’t playing fair”, in The Observer[1], archived from the original on 21 January 2020:
- There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.
- (transitive) To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
- During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.
- (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.
Translations edit
to con or trick someone out of money
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to shear the fleece
See also edit
- (con): nickel and dime
References edit
Finnish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈfliːsi/, [ˈfliːs̠i]
- IPA(key): /ˈfliːs/, [ˈfliːs̠] (often in compound terms)
- IPA(key): /ˈfleːse/, [ˈfle̞ːs̠e̞] (dated)
Noun edit
fleece
- Unadapted alternative form of fliisi (“fleece, fleece coat”).
Usage notes edit
- As is the case with many loanwords, the inflection of this term is problematic. Kotus recommends using the "nalle" category in writing, as shown above, but in speech the declension usually follows the "risti" category; see the declension table for fliisi.
Declension edit
Inflection of fleece (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | fleece | fleecet | ||
genitive | fleecen | fleecejen | ||
partitive | fleeceä | fleecejä | ||
illative | fleeceen | fleeceihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | fleece | fleecet | ||
accusative | nom. | fleece | fleecet | |
gen. | fleecen | |||
genitive | fleecen | fleecejen fleeceinrare | ||
partitive | fleeceä | fleecejä | ||
inessive | fleecessä | fleeceissä | ||
elative | fleecestä | fleeceistä | ||
illative | fleeceen | fleeceihin | ||
adessive | fleecellä | fleeceillä | ||
ablative | fleeceltä | fleeceiltä | ||
allative | fleecelle | fleeceille | ||
essive | fleecenä | fleeceinä | ||
translative | fleeceksi | fleeceiksi | ||
abessive | fleecettä | fleeceittä | ||
instructive | — | fleecein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “fleece”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Middle English edit
Noun edit
fleece
- Alternative form of flees
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fleece c
Declension edit
Declension of fleece | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | fleece | fleecen | — | — |
Genitive | fleeces | fleecens | — | — |