Antonyms for fleece
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : flees |
| Phonetic Transcription : flis |
Definition of fleece
Origin :- Old English fleos, from West Germanic *flusaz (cf. Middle Dutch vluus, Dutch vlies, Middle High German vlius, German Vlies), probably from PIE *pleus- "to pluck," also "a feather, fleece" (cf. Latin pluma "feather, down," Lithuanian plunksna "feather").
- verb plunder, steal
- Her lamb had a fleece of diamonds, and her palm-branch had become the colour of heaven.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Csar's head was as white and tight-curled as the fleece of a pet lamb.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- Lachnocladium is from two Greek words meaning a fleece and a branch.
- Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
- Cæsar's head was as white and tight-curled as the fleece of a pet lamb.
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Helen Jackson
- I sold her fleece in the spring for forty-five cents a pound.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 » by Various
- Every one was waiting for him, to fleece him, rob him, strip him.
- Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service
- The specimen of their fleece which was shown us, resembles the coat of the musk ox.
- Extract from : « Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone » by John Hughes
- And the lamb with its fleece all combed out and tied with blue ribbons.
- Extract from : « The Jolliest School of All » by Angela Brazil
- The mark remains on the fleece and is always easily distinguished.
- Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley
- The weight of a Southdown fleece averages from four to five pounds.
- Extract from : « Textiles » by William H. Dooley
Synonyms for fleece
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