--- title: F — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 24 description: The 906 words of the English dictionary under F, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/24/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / F # F — The English dictionary · page 24 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) … [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/23/) **24** [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/25/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) **flatten** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To make something flat or flatter by pressing or rolling it.[↗](../../flatten/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To knock down or destroy something completely: «The storm flattened the trees».[↗](../../flatten/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To become flat: «The hills flatten out near the sea».[↗](../../flatten/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Flatten the dough with a rolling pin.[↗](../../flatten/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We flattened the cardboard boxes for recycling.[↗](../../flatten/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm flattened the farmer's wheat.[↗](../../flatten/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The road flattens out after the big hill.[↗](../../flatten/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She flattened the crumpled paper with her hand.[↗](../../flatten/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Squash and flatten the plasticine into a pancake.[↗](../../flatten/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The line on the graph flattens out after day five.[↗](../../flatten/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her head seemed to flatten, and her eyes to look oddly round the corners; her legs and her arms were stuck to her sides, and she gasped wildly for breath.[↗](../../flatten/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **flattened** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made flat or flatter, for example by pressing, rolling or squashing.[↗](../../flattened/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Knocked down to the ground: «the storm flattened the trees».[↗](../../flattened/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Having a flat shape: «a flattened ball».[↗](../../flattened/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To flatten someone's spirits means to make them feel suddenly sad and discouraged.[↗](../../flattened/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She flattened the dough with a rolling pin.[↗](../../flattened/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The strong wind flattened the corn.[↗](../../flattened/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat flattened its ears because it was cross.[↗](../../flattened/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Earth is a little flattened at the top and bottom.[↗](../../flattened/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We flattened the cardboard boxes for recycling.[↗](../../flattened/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The grass was flattened where the tent had been.[↗](../../flattened/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When all were safely down they picked up the Scarecrow, whose body was quite flattened out, and patted his straw into shape again.[↗](../../flattened/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And Samekh-Tzadi-Resh-Shin, between the teeth and tongue, lain down and flattened.[↗](../../flattened/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") \[note 1: These last two words, שכובה ושטותה, are difficult to identify.[↗](../../flattened/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../flattened/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **flatter** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (verb) To praise someone too much, often not sincerely, to please them or get something.[↗](../../flatter/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To make someone look better than usual: «That colour flatters you».[↗](../../flatter/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) «be flattered»: feel pleased because someone admired you.[↗](../../flatter/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (adjective) More flat; more level or smooth.[↗](../../flatter/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fox flattered the crow so she would drop the cheese.[↗](../../flatter/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't try to flatter me — you still have to tidy up.[↗](../../flatter/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I was flattered when they asked me to sing.[↗](../../flatter/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · That dress really flatters you.[↗](../../flatter/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fields here are flatter than in the hills.[↗](../../flatter/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Press it down to make it flatter.[↗](../../flatter/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He flattered the teacher to get extra time.[↗](../../flatter/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Such a neatly turned compliment flattered Ludovine.[↗](../../flatter/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, the tongue that speaketh proud things\![↗](../../flatter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.12.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flatter/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For I know not to give flattering titles; else would my Maker soon take me away.[↗](../../flatter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.32.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flatter/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · A lying tongue hateth those that are crushed by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.[↗](../../flatter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.26.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flatter/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **flatterer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A flatterer is someone who praises you too much, often to please you or to get something from you.[↗](../../flatterer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Alas, he was led away by flatterers.[↗](../../flatterer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This just shows me how sensible I have been in never listening to flatterers.[↗](../../flatterer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **flattery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Flattery is praise that is too much or not sincere, often given to please someone or to get something from them.[↗](../../flattery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fox used flattery to trick the crow into singing.[↗](../../flattery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Flattery will get you nowhere,» laughed Mum when I said she was the best cook in the world.[↗](../../flattery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The courtiers covered the king in flattery.[↗](../../flattery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Honest praise is better than flattery.[↗](../../flattery/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She saw through his flattery straight away.[↗](../../flattery/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, people say.[↗](../../flattery/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried flattery to get an extra biscuit.[↗](../../flattery/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Do not let flattery throw you off your guard against an enemy.[↗](../../flattery/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He that denounceth his friends for the sake of flattery, even the eyes of his children shall fail.[↗](../../flattery/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.17.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flattery/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **flatworm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A simple soft worm with a flat body and no legs; many live in water or damp places, and some are parasites that live inside other animals.[↗](../../flatworm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A flatworm glided across the bottom of the pond.[↗](../../flatworm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Flatworms have soft, flat bodies.[↗](../../flatworm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Some flatworms can regrow if cut in half.[↗](../../flatworm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The tapeworm is a kind of flatworm that lives inside animals.[↗](../../flatworm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We found a flatworm under a damp rock.[↗](../../flatworm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bright sea flatworms look like tiny ribbons.[↗](../../flatworm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **flavor** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The flavor of food is how it tastes.[↗](../../flavor/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To flavor food is to add something to it, such as herbs or garlic, so that it tastes of something.[↗](../../flavor/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cakes of unleavened flour flavored with garlic.[↗](../../flavor/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · But the more I drink of it, the better I like the flavor.[↗](../../flavor/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **flavour** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Flavour is the taste of food or drink: a lemon flavour.[↗](../../flavour/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A flavour is one kind of taste that a food is made in: ice cream comes in many flavours.[↗](../../flavour/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To flavour means to add something to food to give it a taste: flavour the soup with herbs.[↗](../../flavour/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Flavour can mean the special feeling or character of something: the festival had a Mexican flavour.[↗](../../flavour/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What's your favourite ice-cream flavour?[↗](../../flavour/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Chocolate is the most popular flavour in our class tally.[↗](../../flavour/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum flavoured the rice with garlic and lemon.[↗](../../flavour/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · When you have a cold, food has less flavour.[↗](../../flavour/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · These crisps are cheese and onion flavour.[↗](../../flavour/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fresh herbs add flavour to the pasta.[↗](../../flavour/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The town fair had a real seaside flavour.[↗](../../flavour/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The Town Mouse came, and they sat down to a dinner of barleycorns and roots, the latter of which had a distinctly earthy flavour.[↗](../../flavour/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **flaw** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A flaw is a small mark, crack or fault that spoils something.[↗](../../flaw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A flaw is a weakness or mistake in a plan, an argument or a person's character.[↗](../../flaw/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There's a small flaw in the glass.[↗](../../flaw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you find the flaw in this argument?[↗](../../flaw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His only flaw is that he is always late.[↗](../../flaw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The plan had one big flaw: nobody had the key.[↗](../../flaw/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The jeweller looked for flaws in the diamond.[↗](../../flaw/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The flaw in the experiment was that we did not keep it fair.[↗](../../flaw/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone has flaws, and that's all right.[↗](../../flaw/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **flawless** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Flawless means perfect, without any mistakes, marks or faults.[↗](../../flawless/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her dance was flawless.[↗](../../flawless/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He got a flawless score of ten out of ten.[↗](../../flawless/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The diamond was clear and flawless.[↗](../../flawless/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Nobody is flawless, so don't worry about little mistakes.[↗](../../flawless/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The gymnast landed a flawless jump.[↗](../../flawless/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Your spelling test was flawless; well done\![↗](../../flawless/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The plan seemed flawless, but it rained.[↗](../../flawless/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **flax** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Flax is a plant whose stems are spun into thread for making linen cloth.[↗](../../flax/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Flax can also mean the thread spun from it.[↗](../../flax/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Here thou hast two bundles of flax.[↗](../../flax/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Must they spin gold flax for ever?[↗](../../flax/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.[↗](../../flax/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.9.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flax/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.[↗](../../flax/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.31.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flax/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.[↗](../../flax/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.19.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flax/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had spread out upon the roof.[↗](../../flax/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.2.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flax/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **flay** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To flay an animal is to strip the skin off it.[↗](../../flay/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use, cruel) To flay a person is to punish them by stripping off their skin.[↗](../../flay/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Let him be flayed alive, or burnt at a slow fire.[↗](../../flay/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · What you smell so must be the calf which I have just now killed and flayed.[↗](../../flay/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall flay the burnt-offering, and cut it into its pieces.[↗](../../flay/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.1.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flay/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And they killed the passover lamb, and the priests dashed the blood, which they received of their hand, and the Levites flayed them.[↗](../../flay/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.35.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flay/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones; yea, they chop them in pieces, as that which is in the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.[↗](../../flay/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.3.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flay/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **flea** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very small jumping insect without wings that lives on the skin and fur of animals and people and sucks their blood.[↗](../../flea/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Flea market: a market where people sell old and second-hand things cheaply.[↗](../../flea/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our dog kept scratching because it had fleas.[↗](../../flea/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet gave the cat flea treatment.[↗](../../flea/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A flea can jump more than a hundred times its own length.[↗](../../flea/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought old comics at the flea market.[↗](../../flea/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Flea bites leave small itchy red spots.[↗](../../flea/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fleas are parasites that drink blood.[↗](../../flea/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, fleas on rats spread a deadly disease called the plague.[↗](../../flea/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.[↗](../../flea/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.24.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flea/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel is come out to seek a single flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains.'[↗](../../flea/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.26.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flea/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **fleck** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fleck is a tiny spot or mark of colour, or a small piece of something, like a fleck of paint or dust.[↗](../../fleck/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To be flecked with something means to have small spots of it scattered over it.[↗](../../fleck/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was a fleck of paint on her nose.[↗](../../fleck/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His eyes were blue with flecks of grey.[↗](../../fleck/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bird's feathers were flecked with white.[↗](../../fleck/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I found a fleck of gold in the stream.[↗](../../fleck/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Flecks of snow drifted past the window.[↗](../../fleck/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The wall was flecked with mud after the football game.[↗](../../fleck/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was written on a leaflet of paper heavily flecked with gold-dust.[↗](../../fleck/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **fledged** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A fledged bird has grown the feathers it needs to fly.[↗](../../fledged/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Half-fledged» means not yet fully grown or ready, like a young bird still learning to fly.[↗](../../fledged/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* But as for the youngest one, Ivan, he was like a half-grown lad or a half-fledged duckling.[↗](../../fledged/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **fledgling** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A young bird that has just grown its feathers and is learning to fly.[↗](../../fledgling/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person or thing that is new and not yet experienced: «a fledgling club».[↗](../../fledgling/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A fledgling hopped about on the lawn.[↗](../../fledgling/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fledgling flapped its wings and tried to fly.[↗](../../fledgling/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you find a fledgling, leave it; its parents are close by.[↗](../../fledgling/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep the cat inside while fledglings are learning to fly.[↗](../../fledgling/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The fledgling club had only five members.[↗](../../fledgling/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fledglings have feathers, but nestlings are still fluffy.[↗](../../fledgling/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Sing to your fledglings again, Mother, oh lift up your head\![↗](../../fledgling/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **flee** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To flee is to run away from danger or from a place, quickly.[↗](../../flee/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The deer fled when it heard the dog.[↗](../../flee/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · People fled from the burning town.[↗](../../flee/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The thief fled before the police arrived.[↗](../../flee/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Many families fled the war to stay safe.[↗](../../flee/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The mice fled into their holes.[↗](../../flee/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We had to flee the beach when the storm came.[↗](../../flee/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The rabbit fled at the sight of the fox.[↗](../../flee/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Tonight, when the robbers are all asleep, we will flee together.[↗](../../flee/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now therefore, my son, hearken to my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; (Torah GEN.27.43, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flee/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses; (Torah EXO.9.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flee/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?'[↗](../../flee/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.'[↗](../../flee/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.16.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flee/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · To whom will ye flee for help?[↗](../../flee/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.10.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flee/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not.'[↗](../../flee/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.9.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flee/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Madmenah is in mad flight; the inhabitants of Gebim flee to cover.[↗](../../flee/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.10.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../flee/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **fleece** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The woolly coat of a sheep, or the wool cut from one sheep in one piece.[↗](../../fleece/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A soft, warm jacket or jumper made of fluffy man-made fabric.[↗](../../fleece/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) To fleece someone is to cheat them out of money, often by charging far too much.[↗](../../fleece/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer clipped the sheep's fleece in one big piece.[↗](../../fleece/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow.[↗](../../fleece/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Bring a warm fleece on the school camping trip.[↗](../../fleece/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My fleece got covered in dog hair.[↗](../../fleece/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The tourists were fleeced by a taxi driver who charged them triple.[↗](../../fleece/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Greek myth, Jason sailed to find the Golden Fleece.[↗](../../fleece/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · One fleece can give enough wool to knit a jumper.[↗](../../fleece/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a good fat sheep, with a fine fleece on its back.[↗](../../fleece/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The first-fruits of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him.[↗](../../fleece/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.18.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fleece/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; (Writings JOB.31.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fleece/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And God did so that night; for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.[↗](../../fleece/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.6.40, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fleece/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And it was so; for he rose up early on the morrow, and pressed the fleece together, and wrung dew out of the fleece, a bowlful of water.[↗](../../fleece/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.6.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../fleece/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **fleecy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Fleecy means soft and woolly, like a sheep's fleece.[↗](../../fleecy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Fleecy can describe soft white clouds.[↗](../../fleecy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The water had taken the shape of a man in a long, white, fleecy robe.[↗](../../fleecy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fleecy clouds drifted over the hills.[↗](../../fleecy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) … [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/23/) **24** [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/25/) … [49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/49/) - ← previous: [page 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/23/) - next →: [page 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/page/25/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)