fleeced

/fliːst/ /fliːsd/

verb

To con or trick (someone) out of money.

Examples :

"The tourist felt fleeced after paying $50 for a taxi ride that should have cost $10. "

verb

To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).

Examples :

"During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days."

animal agriculture

verb

To cover with, or as if with, wool.

Examples :

"The farmer carefully fleeced the sheep to get the wool for his winter coat. "

material wear

adjective

Having a fleece.

Examples :

"The sheep, freshly fleeced, looked noticeably smaller. "

animal

Meanings

Examples :

"The tourist felt fleeced after paying $50 for a taxi ride that should have cost $10. "

Examples :

"During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days."

Examples :

"The farmer carefully fleeced the sheep to get the wool for his winter coat. "

Examples :

"The sheep, freshly fleeced, looked noticeably smaller. "

Related Words

should verb

(modal, auxiliary verb, defective) Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense in the first person singular or plural.

tourist noun

Someone who travels for pleasure rather than for business.

someone noun

A partially specified but unnamed person.

noticeably adverb

(manner) In a noticeable way.

fleece noun

Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal

freshly adverb

Recently, newly.

carefully adverb

Sorrowfully.

smaller adjective

Not large or big; insignificant; few in number.

shearing verb

To cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.

paying verb

To give money or other compensation to in exchange for goods or services.

during verb

To last, continue, endure.

animal noun

In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).