FLEECE
Dictionary entry overview: What does fleece mean?
• FLEECE (noun)
The noun FLEECE has 4 senses:
1. the wool of a sheep or similar animal
2. tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
3. a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
4. outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
Familiarity information: FLEECE used as a noun is uncommon.
• FLEECE (verb)
The verb FLEECE has 2 senses:
1. rip off; ask an unreasonable price
2. shear the wool from
Familiarity information: FLEECE used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FLEECE (noun)
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)
Meaning:
Tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
sheepskin; fleece
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)
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)
Meaning:
Outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
wool; fleece
Hypernyms ("fleece" is a kind of...):
coat; pelage (growth of hair or wool or fur covering the body of an animal)
• FLEECE (verb)
Meaning:
Rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
plume; overcharge; gazump; fleece; hook; rob; soak; surcharge; pluck
Hypernyms (to "fleece" is one way to...):
cheat; chisel; rip off (deprive somebody of something by deceit)
"Fleece" entails doing...:
bill; charge (demand payment)
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
Meaning:
Shear the wool from
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
fleece; shear
Context example:
shear sheep
Hypernyms (to "fleece" is one way to...):
shave; trim (cut closely)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
