Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - fleece
Fleece
fleece
n. & v. --n. 1 a the woolly covering of a sheep or a similar animal. b the amount of wool sheared from a sheep at one time. 2 something resembling a fleece, esp.: a a woolly or rough head of hair. b a soft warm fabric with a pile, used for lining coats etc. c a white cloud, a blanket of snow, etc. 3 Heraldry a representation of a fleece suspended from a ring. --v.tr. 1 (often foll. by of) strip (a person) of money, valuables, etc.; swindle. 2 remove the fleece from (a sheep etc.); shear. 3 cover as if with a fleece (a sky fleeced with clouds). Phrases and idioms fleece-picker Austral. & NZ = FLEECY. Golden Fleece see GOLDEN. Derivatives fleeceable adj. fleeced adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: OE fleos, fles f. WG
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English flees, from Old English flēos; akin to Middle High German vlius ~ and perhaps to Latin pluma feather, down Date: before 12th century 1. the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (as a sheep), the wool obtained from a sheep at one shearing, 2. any of various soft or woolly coverings, a soft bulky deep-piled knitted or woven fabric used chiefly for clothing, II. transitive verb (~d; fleecing) Date: 1537 1. to strip of money or property by fraud or extortion, to charge excessively for goods or services, to remove the ~ from ; shear, to dot or cover with fleecy masses ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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