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unfleeces

unfleeces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unfleece.

Meaning of unfleece

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

Questions about unfleeces

What is unfleeces the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Unfleeces is the third-person singular simple present indicative of unfleece.

Words near unfleeces in the dictionary

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

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