[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/fleece/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [F](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/f/) / fleece # fleece noun (a fleece, fleeces); verb (fleece, fleeces, fleeced, fleecing — informal) «fleece» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. The woolly coat of a sheep, or the wool cut from one sheep in one piece. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleece/#m1) 2. A soft, warm jacket or jumper made of fluffy man-made fabric. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleece/#m2) 3. (informal) To fleece someone is to cheat them out of money, often by charging far too much. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleece/#m3) ### In the lessons In farm topics and stories, sheep are sheared and their fleece is spun into wool. In everyday life a fleece is a cosy jacket for cold days or school trips. In money and safety lessons, being fleeced means being cheated. Phrases: a fleece jacket, the Golden Fleece (a Greek myth), get fleeced. ### Examples - The farmer clipped the sheep's fleece in one big piece. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleece/#x1) - Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleece/#x2) - Bring a warm fleece on the school camping trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleece/#x3) - My fleece got covered in dog hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleece/#x4) - The tourists were fleeced by a taxi driver who charged them triple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleece/#x5) - In the Greek myth, Jason sailed to find the Golden Fleece. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleece/#x6) - One fleece can give enough wool to knit a jumper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleece/#x7) - It was a good fat sheep, with a fine fleece on its back. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleece/#x8) ### Note Countable: one fleece, two fleeces. The verb sense is informal and means cheat; it does not mean to cut wool (that is shear). A fleece jacket is usually made of polyester, not sheep's wool. ## In Jewish tradition It is the wool of the sheep. The first of it had to be given to the priest. Gideon asked for a sign using a fleece, wet with dew while the ground was dry and then the other way round. Job speaks of warming the poor with the fleece of his sheep. **Interpretation.** This is one of the priestly gifts, the first of the shearing. Tradition reads Gideon's fleece as a sign God gave to calm his doubt before battle. Job's words are read as an example of kindness to the poor. ### Examples - The first-fruits of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. (Torah DEU.18.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x1) - If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; (Writings JOB.31.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x2) - And God did so that night; for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. (Prophets JDG.6.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x3) - And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water. (Prophets JDG.6.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x4) ### Note Countable: one fleece, two fleeces. The verb sense is informal and means cheat; it does not mean to cut wool (that is shear). A fleece jacket is usually made of polyester, not sheep's wool. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «fleece» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fleece/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«fleece» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fleece.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «fleece» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«fleece» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fleece.html) on Mova free.