fleece
verb/fliːs/
/fliːs/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they fleece | /fliːs/ /fliːs/ |
| he / she / it fleeces | /ˈfliːsɪz/ /ˈfliːsɪz/ |
| past simple fleeced | /fliːst/ /fliːst/ |
| past participle fleeced | /fliːst/ /fliːst/ |
| -ing form fleecing | /ˈfliːsɪŋ/ /ˈfliːsɪŋ/ |
- fleece somebody to take a lot of money from somebody by charging them too much
- Some local shops have been fleecing tourists.
Word OriginOld English flēos, flēs, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlies and German Vlies.
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