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FLEECE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
Synonyms:
fleece; wool
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fleece" is a kind of...):
coat; pelage (growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal)
Derivation:
fleece (shear the wool from)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fleece" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Derivation:
fleecy ((of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
Synonyms:
fleece; sheepskin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("fleece" is a kind of...):
leather (an animal skin made smooth and flexible by removing the hair and then tanning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fleece"):
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)
Derivation:
fleece (shear the wool from)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The wool of a sheep or similar animal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Hypernyms ("fleece" is a kind of...):
wool (fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving)
Derivation:
fleece (shear the wool from)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they fleece ... he / she / it fleeces
Past simple: fleeced
Past participle: fleeced
-ing form: fleecing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shear the wool from
Example:
shear sheep
Synonyms:
fleece; shear
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "fleece" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
fleece (outer coat of especially sheep and yaks)
fleece (tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing)
fleece (the wool of a sheep or similar animal)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Synonyms:
fleece; gazump; hook; overcharge; pluck; plume; rob; soak; surcharge
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "fleece" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
"Fleece" entails doing...:
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fleece"):
extort; gouge; rack; squeeze; wring (obtain by coercion or intimidation)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They fleece him of all his money
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