defleecing
defleecing is the present participle and gerund of defleece.
Meaning of defleece
Verb
defleece (third-person singular simple present defleeces, present participle defleecing, simple past and past participle defleeced)
- To remove the fleece from.
- At that point, the fiber breaks easily and the whole fleece can be separated at the skinline, leaving the sheep completely bare. By grasping a handful of wool and rolling it back, a worker can defleece a sheep quickly and systematically without strain on himself, discomfort to the sheep, or wastage...1973, Consumer Products by Design
Questions about defleecing
- What is defleecing the present participle and gerund of?
- Defleecing is the present participle and gerund of defleece.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: defleecing (page history and authors); defleece (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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