fleece
/fliːs/ verbe C2En français : dévaliser, dépouiller, arnaquer, plumer
- To con or trick (someone) out of money.
- To cut off the fleece from (a sheep or other animal). · During spring shearing we have to fleece all the sheep in just a few days.
- To cover with, or as if with, wool.
He/she/it fleeces · Prétérit fleeced · Participe passé fleeced · Forme en -ing fleecing
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- fleece
- He/she/it
- fleeces
- Prétérit
- fleeced
- Participe passé
- fleeced
- Forme en -ing
- fleecing
Dans la bibliothèque
At shearing time, wishing to take his fleece and to avoid expense, she sheared him herself, but used the shears so unskillfully that with the fleece she sheared the flesh.
If you want my flesh, there is the butcher, who will kill me in an instant; but if you want my fleece and wool, there is the shearer, who will shear and not hurt me.”
He flew around with a great whir of his wings and settled upon a large ram, with the intention of carrying him off, but his claws became entangled in the ram’s fleece and he was not able to release himself, although he fluttered with his feathers as much as he could.
“You will then obtain the Golden Fleece, if you are still in the ministry.”
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