Fleece word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "fleece" word

[noun] outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
[noun] a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
[noun] tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
[noun] the wool of a sheep or similar animal
[verb] shear the wool from; "shear sheep"
[verb] rip off; ask an unreasonable price

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\Fleece\, n. [OE. flees, AS. fle['o]s; akin to D. flies, vlies .] 1. The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time. Who shore me Like a tame wether, all my precious fleece. --Milton. 2. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece. 3. (Manuf.) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine. {Fleece wool}, wool shorn from the sheep. {Golden fleece}. See under {Golden}.
\Fleece\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fleeced}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fleecing}.] 1. To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool. 2. To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions. Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them, the people were finely fleeced. --Fuller. 3. To spread over as with wool. [R.] --Thomson.

Synonyms for fleece

gazump, hook, overcharge, pluck, plume, rob, shear, sheepskin, soak, surcharge, wool

Antonyms: undercharge

Related terms: alabaster, bleed, bleed white, burn, clip, despoil, do in, freeboot, fudge, hocus, integument, kapok, Leatheroid, loot, milk, pudding, puff, rook, screw, spoil, stick, swindle

The fun area, different aproach to word »fleece«

Let's analyse "fleece" as pure text. This string has Six letters in One syllable and Three vowels. 50% of vowels is 11.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: ECEELF. Average typing speed for these characters is 1725 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: ..-. .-.. . . -.-. .

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: fleece: 5 + 5 + 5 = 15, reduced: 6 . and the final result is Six.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: fleece: 6 + 3 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 5 = 27, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
C (1)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
E (3)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
F (1)	6	Lovers	Practical, Faithful, Organizer
L (1)	12	Hanged Man	Leader, Teacher, Healer, Decisive

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