unfleece

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verb

To remove the fleece from.

Scrabble 13
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Meanings

verbunfleece (third-person singular simple present unfleeces, present participle unfleecing, simple past and past participle unfleeced)

present singular third person unfleeces · participle present unfleecing · participle past unfleeced · past unfleeced

  1. transitiveTo remove the fleece from.

    Going much against grain, and unfleecing his flock, / Play the devil at once with the crop and the stock; […]

    1817, Hellēn (pseudonym), Fashion (page 23)
    1 more example

    Whereas goats thrive best in a bushy ground, that would unfleece the sheep, and yield no grass for larger cattle, and the winter cold they can bear with little charge of relief or attendance.

    1772, Robert Boyle, Thomas Birch, The Works of the Honourable Robert Boyle, page 367

Origin

From un- + fleece.

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APA

unfleece. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfleece

MLA

“unfleece.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfleece. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfleece,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfleece.

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