Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fleece
Participle: fleeced
Gerund: fleecing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | fleece |
| you | fleece |
| he;she;it | fleeces |
| we | fleece |
| you | fleece |
| they | fleece |
Perfect
| I | have fleeced |
| you | have fleeced |
| he;she;it | has fleeced |
| we | have fleeced |
| you | have fleeced |
| they | have fleeced |
Past
| I | fleeced |
| you | fleeced |
| he;she;it | fleeced |
| we | fleeced |
| you | fleeced |
| they | fleeced |
Pluperfect
| I | had fleeced |
| you | had fleeced |
| he;she;it | had fleeced |
| we | had fleeced |
| you | had fleeced |
| they | had fleeced |
Future
| I | will fleece |
| you | will fleece |
| he;she;it | will fleece |
| we | will fleece |
| you | will fleece |
| they | will fleece |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fleeced |
| you | will have fleeced |
| he;she;it | will have fleeced |
| we | will have fleeced |
| you | will have fleeced |
| they | will have fleeced |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fleece |
| you | fleece |
| he;she;it | fleece |
| we | fleece |
| you | fleece |
| they | fleece |
Perfect
| I | have fleeced |
| you | have fleeced |
| he;she;it | have fleeced |
| we | have fleeced |
| you | have fleeced |
| they | have fleeced |
Imperfect
| I | fleeced |
| you | fleeced |
| he;she;it | fleeced |
| we | fleeced |
| you | fleeced |
| they | fleeced |
Pluperfect
| I | had fleeced |
| you | had fleeced |
| he;she;it | had fleeced |
| we | had fleeced |
| you | had fleeced |
| they | had fleeced |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fleece |
| you | would fleece |
| he;she;it | would fleece |
| we | would fleece |
| you | would fleece |
| they | would fleece |
Perfect
| I | would have fleeced |
| you | would have fleeced |
| he;she;it | would have fleeced |
| we | would have fleeced |
| you | would have fleeced |
| they | would have fleeced |
Imperative
| you | fleece |
| we | Let's fleece |
| you | fleece |
Verbs conjugated like 'fleece'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fleece'
fleech,
bleeze,
defleece,
feeze,
fence,
fleche,
fleck,
fledge,
flee,
fleer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to take something that does not belong to one
- abduct, abstract, appropriate, bag, bandit, bone, boost, borrow, burglarize, burgle, cheat, chore, convert, cop, cozen, crib, embezzle, filch, flog, gaffle, half-inch, heist, jack, kidnap, knock off, kype, kyper, liberate, lift, loot, make off with, mill, misappropriate, moonlight requisition, nick, own, peculate, pickpocket, pilfer, pillage, pinch, pirate, plunder, poach, pocket, prig, purloin, raid, ransack, rape, reave, rip, rip off, rob, run off with, snag, snatch, steal, swindle, swipe, thieve, walk off with
- cheat
- bleed, milk, gouge, mulct, despoil, rook, strip, stick
Antonyms
- cheat
- undeceive, remunerate, compensate, enlighten
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
fleos, from W.Gmc.
*flusaz (cf. M.Du.
vluus, M.H.G.
vlius, Ger.
Vlies), probably from PIE
*plus- (cf. L.
pluma "feather, down," Lith.
plunksna "feather"). The verb is 1537 in the literal sense of "to strip a sheep of fleece" and 1577 in the fig. meaning "to cheat, swindle."
2. From Middle English fles, flees, flese, from Old English flēos, flīes, flȳs, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.
Verbs referencing "fleece"
English
floss.
Sample Sentences
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There is a difference between bookmaking, an entirely respectable profession, and fleecing people, which isn’t. [2015 August 2, “All bets are off: why bookmakers aren’t playing fair”, in The Observer, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2020:]
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During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.