fleece
[ flees ]
/ flis /
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noun
verb (used with object), fleeced, fleec·ing.
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Origin of fleece
before 1000; Middle English flees,Old English flēos, flȳs; cognate with Middle Dutch vlies,Middle High German vlius,German Vlies
OTHER WORDS FROM fleece
fleece·a·ble, adjectivefleeceless, adjectivefleecelike, adjectivefleecer, nounDictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for fleece
fleece
/ (fliːs) /
noun
verb (tr)
to defraud or charge exorbitantly; swindle
another term for shear (def. 1)
Word Origin for fleece
Old English flēos; related to Middle High German vlius, Dutch vlies fleece, Latin plūma feather, down
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