FLEECE


Meaning of FLEECE in English

I. noun

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

fleece -lined slippers

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A lamb's fleece was sprawled in the middle of the stage.

Early wills and inventories show records for fleece , flax and hemp in many areas.

In general, the same clothing was used underneath - Rhoval/Modal thermals and Polartec 200 fleece .

Its white fleece runs on over her fingers.

Locally, fleece may be available from your garden centre but do check the quality and price before buying.

The drawcords on the fleece and the Merlin sleeping bag pull in freely and close tightly if required.

Then they unrolled as a silver-white fleece , under the silent cold light of the moon.

Thinsulate fleece: heat reflective fleece .

II. verb

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Authorities estimate at least 300 elderly couples were fleeced in the scheme.

She fleeced him for everything he had.

She estimates he fleeced her of about £50,000 by tricking her into buying fake antiques.

Some airport shops are accused of fleecing their customers, who don't have any choice but to use them.

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But nothing's worse than driving into an auto repair shop, sight unseen, and being fleeced.

Nevertheless, he thought Theo unduly alarmist in warning him that women like her were out to fleece him.

Sturdy rogues intent on fleecing me, as I was them.

The Crown Prosecution Service is seeking to seize up to £40m that he fleeced from 16,000 people.

The technology is ready to roll and it's not like they've shied away in the past from fleecing motorists.

The Tsar, the landowner, Denikin's troops, and your Comrades all fleeced him.

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