1. Noun
The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time.
2. Noun
Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.
3. Noun
The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife from the cylinder of a carding machine.
4. Verb
To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.
5. Verb
To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or fraud; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions.
6. Verb
To spread over as with wool.
7. Noun
a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary
8. Noun
outer coat of especially sheep and yaks
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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