different between fleece vs kemp

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?mp/
• Rhymes: -?mp

Etymology 1

From Middle English kempe (“coarse hairs”), from Old English cenep (“moustache; bit (of a bridle, bristling with points)”), from Proto-Germanic *kanipaz (“beard, moustache, whiskers”), from Proto-Indo-European *?énus (“jaw”). Related to camp, chin.

Noun

kemp (plural kemps)

1. (obsolete) Coarse, rough hair, wool, or fur; (in the plural) knotty hairs that will not felt.

Etymology 2

From Middle English kempe, campe (“shaggy, rough”).

Adjective

kemp (comparative more kemp, superlative most kemp)

1. (obsolete) Shaggy; rough.

Etymology 3

From Middle English kempen, from Old English *cempan (“to do battle, fight”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampijan (“to campaign, do battle”).

Verb

kemp (third-person singular simple present kemps, present participle kemping, simple past and past participle kemped)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To strive or contend in any way; strive for victory.

Derived terms

• kemper

Noun

kemp (plural kemps)

1. (Scotland, archaic) A contest in work, etc.

Etymology 4

From Middle English kempe, from Old English cempa (“warrior, fighter, champion”), from Proto-West Germanic *kampij? (“fighter”). Doublet of champion.

Noun

kemp (plural kemps)

1. (obsolete) A champion; a knight.

Anagrams

• MEKP

Kriol

Etymology

From English camp.

Noun

kemp

1. camp, home (the place where one lives)

Middle English

Noun

kemp

1. Alternative form of kempe (“fish vat”)