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Definitions for Fleeceable

[1] the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
[2] the wool shorn from a sheep at one shearing.
[3] something resembling a fleece: a fleece of clouds in a blue sky.
[4] a fabric with a soft, silky pile, used for warmth, as for lining garments.
[5] the soft nap or pile of such a fabric.
[6] to deprive of money or belongings by fraud, hoax, or the like; swindle: He fleeced the stranger of several dollars.
[7] to remove the fleece of (a sheep).
[8] to overspread, as with a fleece; fleck with fleecelike masses: a host of clouds fleecing the summer sky.
[9] the coat of wool that covers the body of a sheep or similar animal and consists of a mass of crinkly hairs
[10] the wool removed from a single sheep
[11] something resembling a fleece in texture or warmth
[12] sheepskin or a fabric with soft pile, used as a lining for coats, etc
[13] a warm polyester fabric with a brushed nap, used for outdoor garments
[14] a jacket or top made from such a fabric
[15] to defraud or charge exorbitantly; swindle
[16] another term for shear (def. 1)

Words related to Fleeceable

fleececheat, gouge, overcharge, defraud, swindle, shaft, rook, clip, rob, burn, pluck, milk, flimflam, rifle, hustle, mulct, strip, despoil, cozen, bleed

Words nearby Fleeceable

fleecefledge, fledged, fledgling, fledgy, flee, fleece, fleece-vine, fleeced, fleecie, fleecy, fleein'

Origin of Fleeceable

before 1000; Middle English flees, Old English flēos, flȳs; cognate with Middle Dutch vlies, Middle High German vlius, German Vlies

Other words from Fleeceable

fleece·a·ble , adjective
fleece·less , adjective
fleece·like , adjective
fleec·er , noun

Word origin for Fleeceable

Old English flēos ; related to Middle High German vlius , Dutch vlies fleece, Latin plūma feather, down

Synonyms for Fleeceable

flexible, soft, accommodating, amenable, benign, biddable, charitable, clement, compassionate, compliant, condoning, deceivable, deludable, dupable, easygoing, excusing, exploitable, forbearing, forgiving, gentle, gullible, humoring, indulgent, kindly, lax, lenient, liberal, light, merciful, mild, moderate, mollycoddling, naive, pampering, pardoning, spoiling, submissive, susceptible, sympathetic, temperate, tractable, trusting, unburdensome, unoppressive, unsuspicious