fleece
IPA: fɫˈis
noun
- (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.
verb
- (transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.
- (transitive) To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
- (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.
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Examples of "fleece" in Sentences
- I wanted to dress up all in fleece and wrestle with the dogs for a while.
- From here on out, I'll be performing in fleece sweatpants, Crocs, and Chapstick.
- The fleece is ultraquiet at 60 or minus 10 degrees, and I have yet to puncture it.
- The wireless internet is free and the passengers are often clad in fleece and raincoats.
- Non-absorbent fleece is great in areas where you are prone to sweat, but combine it with a wind-proof layer.
- The word fleece had its subliminal effect on the crowd, and they went off to range along the quay, where other wretched Spaniards were attempting to come ashore.
- Horticultural fleece is the material of choice, being cosy yet – crucially – breathable, so that plants don't get soggy and rotten, as they would wrapped in plastic.
- October 22, 2008 kgirl said ... congratulations to your dad! and i'm sure you looked beautiful; fleece is always ok by me. oh and yeah, bloglines effed up for me too, hence the mad catch up this week.
- Through the early hours of the day the mottled, pearly clouds keep their shape, with delicious open spaces of tempered blue between; by and by the sky's tender fleece is half shadowed, toward noon it melts into loose mists.
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