# fleece
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English flees, flese, flus, fleos, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fliːs/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːs

### Noun

fleece (countable and uncountable, plural fleeces)
* (uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
** 1730, Allan Ramsay, “[Act II, Scene IV]”, in The Gentle Shepherd: A Scots Paſtoral-Comedy, page 23:The Sun ſhall change, the Moon to change ſhall ceaſe; / The Gaits to clim-----the Sheep to yield the Fleece, / Ere ought by me be either ſaid or done, / Shall do thee Wrang, I ſwear by all aboon.
** 1837, William Youatt, “Preface”, in Sheep: Their Breeds, Management and Diseases. […] (Library of Useful Knowledge), London: Baldwin and Cradock:Wool became the substitute for money. […] In all the middle periods of British history, the fleece was the expression and the measure of national prosperity or calamity.
* (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.
** 1879 January, Ellis Clare, “The Christmas Eaglet”, in Ballou's Monthly Magazine, volume 49, number 1, Boston: Thomes & Talbot:Alas! in the morning the eaglet was gone; and, full of sorrow, they stooped to pick up the shining fleece with which the floor was spread. At their touch, every feather became a golden coin.
* The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

#### Derived terms

* China fleece vine (Polygonum aubertii)
* defleece
* feather fleece (Stenanthium robustum)
* fleeceflower (Fallopia spp., Persicaria spp., Polygonum spp.)
* fleecehold
* fleeceless
* fleecelike
* fleece vine (Polygonum aubertii)
* fleeceware
* fleecewear
* fleece wool
* fleece worm (Phormia regina etc.)
* fleecy
* Golden Fleece
* green fleece (Codium fragile)
* microfleece
* polar fleece
* smooth golden fleece (Urospermum dalechampii)

#### Translations

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### 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.
** 2015 August 2, “All bets are off: why bookmakers aren’t playing fair”, in The Observer‎, archived from the original on 21 January 2020:There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.
* (transitive) To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
    Synonym: shear
    Hypernym: cut off
    During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.
* (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.

#### Derived terms

* fleeceable
* fleecer

#### Translations
### See also

* (con): nickel and dime

### References

* “fleece”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
* fleece on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfliːsi/, [ˈfliːs̠i]
* IPA: /ˈfliːs/, [ˈfliːs̠] (often in compound terms)
* IPA: /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 above, but in speech the declension usually follows the "risti" category; see the declension table for fliisi.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of fleece (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
fleeceni
fleeceni
accusative
nom.
fleeceni
fleeceni
gen.
fleeceni
genitive
fleeceni
fleecejeni fleeceini $^{rare}$
partitive
fleeceäni
fleecejäni
inessive
fleecessäni
fleeceissäni
elative
fleecestäni
fleeceistäni
illative
fleeceeni
fleeceihini
adessive
fleecelläni
fleeceilläni
ablative
fleeceltäni
fleeceiltäni
allative
fleecelleni
fleeceilleni
essive
fleecenäni
fleeceinäni
translative
fleecekseni
fleeceikseni
abessive
fleecettäni
fleeceittäni
instructive
comitative
—fleeceineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
fleecesi
fleecesi
accusative
nom.
fleecesi
fleecesi
gen.
fleecesi
genitive
fleecesi
fleecejesi fleeceisi $^{rare}$
partitive
fleeceäsi
fleecejäsi
inessive
fleecessäsi
fleeceissäsi
elative
fleecestäsi
fleeceistäsi
illative
fleeceesi
fleeceihisi
adessive
fleecelläsi
fleeceilläsi
ablative
fleeceltäsi
fleeceiltäsi
allative
fleecellesi
fleeceillesi
essive
fleecenäsi
fleeceinäsi
translative
fleeceksesi
fleeceiksesi
abessive
fleecettäsi
fleeceittäsi
instructive
comitative
—fleeceinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
fleecemme
fleecemme
accusative
nom.
fleecemme
fleecemme
gen.
fleecemme
genitive
fleecemme
fleecejemme fleeceimme $^{rare}$
partitive
fleeceämme
fleecejämme
inessive
fleecessämme
fleeceissämme
elative
fleecestämme
fleeceistämme
illative
fleeceemme
fleeceihimme
adessive
fleecellämme
fleeceillämme
ablative
fleeceltämme
fleeceiltämme
allative
fleecellemme
fleeceillemme
essive
fleecenämme
fleeceinämme
translative
fleeceksemme
fleeceiksemme
abessive
fleecettämme
fleeceittämme
instructive
comitative
—fleeceinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
fleecenne
fleecenne
accusative
nom.
fleecenne
fleecenne
gen.
fleecenne
genitive
fleecenne
fleecejenne fleeceinne $^{rare}$
partitive
fleeceänne
fleecejänne
inessive
fleecessänne
fleeceissänne
elative
fleecestänne
fleeceistänne
illative
fleeceenne
fleeceihinne
adessive
fleecellänne
fleeceillänne
ablative
fleeceltänne
fleeceiltänne
allative
fleecellenne
fleeceillenne
essive
fleecenänne
fleeceinänne
translative
fleeceksenne
fleeceiksenne
abessive
fleecettänne
fleeceittänne
instructive
comitative
—fleeceinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
fleecensä
fleecensä
accusative
nom.
fleecensä
fleecensä
gen.
fleecensä
genitive
fleecensä
fleecejensä fleeceinsä $^{rare}$
partitive
fleeceään fleeceänsä
fleecejään fleecejänsä
inessive
fleecessään fleecessänsä
fleeceissään fleeceissänsä
elative
fleecestään fleecestänsä
fleeceistään fleeceistänsä
illative
fleeceensä
fleeceihinsä
adessive
fleecellään fleecellänsä
fleeceillään fleeceillänsä
ablative
fleeceltään fleeceltänsä
fleeceiltään fleeceiltänsä
allative
fleecelleen fleecellensä
fleeceilleen fleeceillensä
essive
fleecenään fleecenänsä
fleeceinään fleeceinänsä
translative
fleecekseen fleeceksensä
fleeceikseen fleeceiksensä
abessive
fleecettään fleecettänsä
fleeceittään fleeceittänsä
instructive
comitative
—fleeceineen fleeceinensä :

#### Derived terms

* fleecetakki

### Further reading

* “fleece”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Middle English
### Noun

fleece
* Alternative form of flees

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English fleece.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /fliːs/

### Noun

fleece c
* polar fleece

#### Declension
### References

* fleece in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* fleece in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)