fleece

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English flees, flese, flus, fleos, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fliːs/ Rhymes: -iːs === Noun === fleece (countable and uncountable, plural fleeces) (uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal (uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached (countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen. (countable) An insulating wooly jacket (roofing) Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece. The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === fleece (third-person singular simple present fleeces, present participle fleecing, simple past and past participle fleeced) (transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money. (transitive) To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal). Synonym: shear Hypernym: cut off (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === (con): nickel and dime === References === “fleece”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. fleece on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfliːsi/, [ˈfliːs̠i] IPA(key): /ˈfliːs/, [ˈfliːs̠] (often in compound terms) IPA(key): /ˈfleːse/, [ˈfle̞ːs̠e̞] (dated) Rhymes: -iːsi === Noun === fleece (unadapted) alternative form of fliisi (“fleece, fleece coat”) ==== Usage notes ==== As is the case with many loanwords, the inflection of this term is problematic. Kotus recommends using the "nalle" category in writing, as shown below, but in speech the declension usually follows the "risti" category; see the declension table for fliisi. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “fleece”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023 == Middle English == === Noun === fleece alternative form of flees == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English fleece. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fliːs/ === Noun === fleece c polar fleece ==== Declension ==== === References === “fleece”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “fleece”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)