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   Fleece

   /flēs/

   

   noun

   • 1. the woolly covering of a sheep or goat: "as the sheep came on board, we grabbed their long shaggy fleeces"
   • ▪ the amount of wool shorn from a sheep in a single piece at one time: "the shed can be used for storing fleeces"
   • ▪ a representation of a fleece suspended from a ring.
   • 2. a soft warm fabric with a texture similar to sheep's wool, used as a lining material: "a reversible fleece jacket"
   • ▪ a jacket or other garment made from a fleece fabric.

   verb

   • 1. obtain a great deal of money from (someone), typically by overcharging or swindling them: informal "money that authorities say he fleeced from well-to-do acquaintances"
   • 2. cover as if with a fleece: literary "the sky was half blue, half fleeced with white clouds"

   Word Origin Old Englishflēos, flēs, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlies and German Vlies.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fleeceable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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