different between fleece vs fibrousness

English

Etymology

From Middle English flees, flese, flus, fleos, from Old English fl?os, fl?es, fl?s, from Proto-West Germanic *fleus.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /fli?s/
• Rhymes: -i?s

Noun

fleece (countable and uncountable, plural fleeces)

1. (uncountable) Hair or wool of a sheep or similar animal
2. (uncountable) Insulating skin with the wool attached
3. (countable) A textile similar to velvet, but with a longer pile that gives it a softness and a higher sheen.
4. (countable) An insulating wooly jacket
5. (roofing) 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.

Derived terms

• fleeceless
• fleecewear
• fleece wool
• fleecy
• Golden Fleece

Translations

Verb

fleece (third-person singular simple present fleeces, present participle fleecing, simple past and past participle fleeced)

1. (transitive) To con or trick (someone) out of money.
2. (transitive) To shear the fleece from (a sheep or other animal).

3. (transitive) To cover with, or as if with, wool.

Translations

See also

• (con): nickel and dime

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fleece.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fli?si/, [?fli?s?i]
• IPA^(key): /?fli?s/, [?fli?s?] (often in compound terms)

Noun

fleece

1. Alternative spelling of fliisi

Usage notes

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

Declension

English

Etymology

From fibrous +? -ness.

Noun

fibrousness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being fibrous.