English Online Dictionary. What means fleece? What does fleece mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English flees, flese, flus, fleos, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fliːs/
- Rhymes: -iːs
Noun
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
- 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
Verb
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.
- (transitive) To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
- Synonym: shear
- Hypernym: cut off
- (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.
Translations
See also
- (con): nickel and dime
References
- “fleece”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- fleece on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfliːsi/, [ˈfliːs̠i]
- IPA(key): /ˈfliːs/, [ˈfliːs̠] (often in compound terms)
- IPA(key): /ˈfleːse/, [ˈfle̞ːs̠e̞] (dated)
- Rhymes: -iːsi
Noun
fleece
- (unadapted) Alternative form of fliisi (“fleece, fleece coat”)
Usage notes
- 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
Derived terms
Further reading
- “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
Noun
fleece
- Alternative form of flees
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English fleece.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /fliːs/
Noun
fleece c
- polar fleece
Declension
References
- fleece in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- fleece in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)