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unfleece

unfleece verb: to remove the fleece from.

Verb

unfleece (third-person singular simple present unfleeces, present participle unfleecing, simple past and past participle unfleeced)

  1. (transitive) To remove the fleece from.
    • Whereas goats thrive best in a bushy ground, that would unfleece the sheep, and yield no grass for larger cattle, and the winter cold they can bear with little charge of relief or attendance.1772, Robert Boyle, Thomas Birch, The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, page 367
    • Going much against grain, and unfleecing his flock, / Play the devil at once with the crop and the stock; […]1817, Hellēn (pseudonym), Fashion (page 23)

Forms of unfleece

third-person singular presentunfleeces
present participleunfleecing
past participleunfleeced
pastunfleeced

Origin of unfleece

From un- + fleece.

Questions about unfleece

What does unfleece mean?
Unfleece means to remove the fleece from.
What part of speech is unfleece?
Unfleece is a verb.
What is the past tense of unfleece?
The past tense of unfleece is unfleeced.

Words near unfleece in the dictionary

  1. unflayed
  2. unflecked
  3. unfledged
  4. unfledgedness
  5. unfleeable
  6. unfleece
  7. unfleeced
  8. unfleeces
  9. unfleecing
  10. unfleecy
  11. unfleeing

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