fleece

Etymology
From, , , , from , , , from.

Noun

 * 1)  Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
 * 2)  Insulating skin with the wool attached
 * 3)  A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
 * 4)  An insulating wooly jacket
 * 5)  Mat or felts composed of fibers, sometimes used as a membrane backer.
 * 6) Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
 * 7) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
 * 1) Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
 * 2) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
 * 1) The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.

Derived terms

 * fleeceflower ( spp., spp.,  spp.)
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 * fleeceflower ( spp., spp.,  spp.)
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Translations

 * Afrikaans: skaapvag
 * Armenian: ,
 * Belarusian: руно́, шэрсць, во́ўна
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan: velló,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: knew
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: ŝaflano, ŝafharo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, vélaro
 * Georgian: მატყლი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: πόκος, κῶας, νάκη
 * Hebrew: גִּזָּה
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: lomra
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: vellus
 * Latvian:
 * Laz: მონტკორი
 * Macedonian: руно, волна
 * Middle English: flees
 * Mingrelian: მონტყორი
 * Ottoman Turkish: یاپاغی
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: tosão
 * Quechua: rutuy, millma
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: rùsg
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: руно, вуна
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak: rúno, vlna
 * Slovene: ,
 * Spanish:, vellocino, , toisón
 * Svan: მა̈ტყ
 * Tagalog: balahibo ng tupa
 * Tamil:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: руно́, шерсть, во́вна
 * Welsh: cnu, cnuf


 * Catalan: velló,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πόκος, κῶας, νάκη
 * Hungarian: gyapjas bőr
 * Italian:, , tosone
 * Korean:
 * Latin: vellus
 * Middle English: flees
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: rùsg
 * Slovak: rúno
 * Spanish:, ,


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: fliso
 * Finnish: fleecekangas,, fliisi
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: forro polar, vellón polar,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: фліс


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 抓绒衣
 * Czech: flís
 * Finnish: fleecetakki,, fliisi
 * French:
 * German:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:
 * Korean: 플리스
 * Romanian:


 * Slovene:

Verb

 * 1)  To con or trick (someone) out of money.
 * 2)  To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).
 * 3)  To cover with, or as if with, wool.
 * 1)  To cover with, or as if with, wool.
 * 1)  To cover with, or as if with, wool.
 * 1)  To cover with, or as if with, wool.
 * 1)  To cover with, or as if with, wool.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:, , , ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: feann
 * Italian: spiumare,
 * Latin: dēfloccō
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ободра́ть как ли́пку
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Welsh:, plingo


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Ottoman Turkish: قرقمق
 * Persian:, فریز کردن
 * Russian: стричь ове́ц
 * Spanish:
 * Welsh:

Noun

 * 1) Unadapted.

Usage notes

 * As is the case with many loanwords, the inflection of this term is problematic. Kotus recommends using the "nalle" category in writing, as shown above, but in speech the declension usually follows the "risti" category; see the declension table for.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Noun

 * 1) polar fleece