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Synonyms for fleece
flis
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Princeton's WordNet
fleece(noun)
the wool of a sheep or similar animal
sheepskin, fleece(noun)
tanned skin of a sheep with the fleece left on; used for clothing
fleece(noun)
a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
wool, fleece(verb)
outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
overcharge, soak, surcharge, gazump, fleece, plume, pluck, rob, hook(verb)
rip off; ask an unreasonable price
Synonyms:
crochet, pride, hook, nobble, dress, congratulate, cull, abstract, preen, glom, douse, sneak, rob, drench, hit it up, lift, displume, pick off, pilfer, roll, swipe, surcharge, soak, overcharge, pull off, cop, accost, souse, pull, pawn, deplume, gazump, hustle, solicit, snare, dowse, snarf, shear, plunk, plume, pluck, primp, snitch, hock, tweak, pinch, filch, knock off, purloin, pick, deplumate, overload, thieve, sop, addict, cabbage, imbue, inebriate, tear, intoxicatefleece, shear(verb)
shear the wool from
"shear sheep"
Synonyms:
hook, surcharge, gazump, overcharge, shear, plume, pluck, soak, rob
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Editors Contribution
lambswool
applies to lambswool too.
the fleece was shorn from the lamb.
Submitted by rinat on August 12, 2019
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PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "fleece":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1475 | abstract | |
#2096 | pick | |
#2595 | roll | |
#2868 | dress | |
#3810 | pull | |
#3862 | strip | |
#4158 | rob | |
#4499 | lift | |
#4700 | pride | |
#5613 | hook | |
#7269 | diploma | |
#7520 | wool | |
#8969 | fleece | |
#9356 | tear | |
#9382 | cop | |
#14072 | addict | |
#14145 | shear | |
#15567 | crochet | |
#15970 | overload | |
#16203 | sneak | |
#16414 | cabbage | |
#17127 | pinch | |
#17166 | surcharge | |
#18963 | hustle | |
#19308 | tweak | |
#19340 | soak | |
#21425 | solicit | |
#22436 | snare | |
#22890 | plume | |
#23745 | pawn | |
#24649 | congratulate | |
#25667 | sop | |
#28085 | pluck | |
#29510 | parchment | |
#30638 | sheepskin | |
#38462 | swipe | |
#41879 | cull | |
#45906 | hock | |
#50222 | woolen | |
#52122 | woollen | |
#61869 | snitch | |
#63311 | lambskin | |
#67252 | drench | |
#85954 | overcharge | |
#95819 | plunk | |
#96725 | imbue | |
#96993 | snarf | |
#110802 | douse | |
#118633 | preen | |
#140126 | primp | |
#145615 | dowse | |
#176380 | glom | |
#176519 | filch | |
#199693 | pilfer | |
#205400 | accost | |
#227814 | intoxicate | |
#228192 | despoil | |
#323789 | thieve |
How to use fleece in a sentence?
Joachim Du Bellay, Sonnet de Regrets:
Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family!
I've got Under Armour, lined pants, fleece-lined jeans — let's see, one, two, three, four, five layers. Insulated gloves, insulated boots, the heaviest socks available. Under Armour hat. All the joys of life.
We were extremely surprised to find that the number of particles measured with the fleece actually exceeded the number of particles measured without wearing any mask, we want to emphasize that we really encourage people to wear masks, but we want them to wear masks that actually work.
Happy the man who, like Ulysses, has made a fine voyage, or has won the Golden Fleece, and then returns, experienced and knowledgeable, to spend the rest of his life among his family
We are heartbroken at the loss of this sweet, wise, friendly soul. Chris is known as the world record holder for having grown the heaviest fleece on record, he was so much more than this, so very much more, and we will remember him for all that he was - someone, not something.
Translations for fleece
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- руно́, шэрсць, во́ўнаBelarusian
- вълна́, оскубвам, стрижа, руноBulgarian
- velló, vell, pelfaCatalan, Valencian
- flís, rouno, vlnaCzech
- VliesGerman
- προβιά, μηλωτήGreek
- felo, pelto, ŝaflano, ŝafharoEsperanto
- vellón, felpa, lana, esquilar, esquilmar, terciopelo, pana, toisón, pielSpanish
- fliissitakki, karva, villa, fliissikangas, fliissi, fleece, nylkeä, keritäFinnish
- polaire, fleece, dévaliser, toison, dépouillerFrench
- rùsgScottish Gaelic
- gyapjas bőr, megvág, megkopaszt, gyapjúHungarian
- բուրդ, գեղմArmenian
- felpa, vello, pile, spiumareItalian
- צHebrew
- 羊毛, フリースJapanese
- vilnaLatvian
- во́лна, ру́ноMacedonian
- oplichtenDutch
- wełna, runoPolish
- tosão, pelegoPortuguese
- lână, stoarceRomanian
- стричь, руно́, шерсть, ободра́ть, обдира́ть, овчи́наRussian
- вуна, руно, runo, vunaSerbo-Croatian
- rúno, vlnaSlovak
- runo, volnaSlovene
- fleeceSwedish
- руно́, шерсть, во́внаUkrainian
- 羊毛Chinese
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