fleeced
fleeced is the simple past and past participle of fleece.
Meaning of fleece
Verb
fleece (third-person singular simple present fleeces, present participle fleecing, simple past and past participle fleeced)
- To con or trick (someone) out of money.
- There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t.2015 August 2, “All bets are off: why bookmakers aren’t playing fair”, in The Observer, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2020
- Synonyms:
- swindle
- To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
- During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.
- Synonyms:
- shear
- To cover with, or as if with, wool.
Adjective
fleeced (not comparable)
- Having a fleece.
- When once a demand for broad cloths is created, they will be open to the conviction that it will be to their advantage to exchange the doombas for fleeced sheep and hair of very trifling value for wool.1848, Thomas Southey, The Rise, Progress and Present State of Colonial Wools, page 250
Words formed from fleeced
Words that rhyme with fleeced
- beast
- east
- yeast
- deceased
- feast
- least
- creased
- east-northeast
- priest
- a contented mind is a perpetual feast
- batiste
- ceased
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Questions about fleeced
- What does fleeced mean?
- Fleeced means having a fleece.
- What is fleeced the simple past and past participle of?
- Fleeced is the simple past and past participle of fleece.
- What part of speech is fleeced?
- Fleeced is an adjective.
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