Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - fleece
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Fleece
fleece
I. noun Etymology: Middle English flees, from Old English fleos; akin to Middle High German vlius ~ and perhaps to Latin pluma feather, down Date: before 12th century 1. a. the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (as a sheep) b. the wool obtained from a sheep at one shearing 2. a. any of various soft or woolly coverings b. a soft bulky deep-piled knitted or woven fabric used chiefly for clothing II. transitive verb (~d; fleecing) Date: 1537 1. a. to strip of money or property by fraud or extortion b. to charge excessively for goods or services 2. to remove the ~ from ; shear 3. to dot or cover with fleecy masses
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n. & v. --n. 1 a the woolly covering of a sheep or a similar animal. b the amount of wool sheared from a sheep at one time. 2 something resembling a fleece, esp.: a a woolly or rough head of hair. b a soft warm fabric with a pile, used for lining coats etc. c a white cloud, a blanket of snow, etc. 3 Heraldry a representation of a fleece suspended from a ring. --v.tr. 1 (often foll. by of) strip (a person) of money, valuables, etc.; swindle. 2 remove the fleece from (a sheep etc.); shear. 3 cover as if with a fleece (a sky fleeced with clouds). Phrases and idioms fleece-picker Austral. & NZ = FLEECY. Golden Fleece see GOLDEN. Derivatives fleeceable adj. fleeced adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE fleos, fles f. WG ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. овечья шерсть, руно 2. настриг с одной овцы 3. мягкая масса, напоминающая руно 4. "барашки", перисто-кучевые облака 5. густо падающий снег 6. густая копна волос 7. начес; ворс 8. ткань с начесом Id: the golden fleece —- миф. золотое руно (аргонавтов) 9. стричь овец 10. обирать, вымогать деньги to fleece a person of all his money —- обчистить кого-л. до последней копейки; ободрать как липку they really fleece you at that hotel —- цены в этой гостинице - настоящий грабеж 11. покрывать, словно шерстью a sky fleeced with clouds —- небо, покрытое барашками fleeced with moss —- заросший (покрытый) мхом, замшелый ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) руно; овечья шерсть 2) настриг с одной овцы 3) копна волос 4) text. начес, ворс 2. v. 1) rare стричь овец 2) обдирать, вымогать (деньги) he was fleeced of his money - его ободрали как липку 3) покрывать словно шерстью Syn: see cheat ...Англо-русский словарь
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(fleeces, fleecing, fleeced) 1. A sheep’s fleece is the coat of wool that covers it. N-COUNT 2. A fleece is the wool that is cut off one sheep in a single piece. N-COUNT 3. If you fleece someone, you get a lot of money from them by tricking them or charging them too much. (INFORMAL) She claims he fleeced her out of thousands of pounds. = swindle VERB: V n out of n, also V n 4. Fleece is a soft warm artificial fabric. A fleece is also a jacket or other garment made from this fabric. N-VAR ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~1 n 1 the woolly coat of a sheep 2 an artificial soft material used to make warm coats ~2 v informal to charge someone too much money for something ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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