[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fleece.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / fleece [← F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/F/) # fleece «fleece» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **The woolly coat of a sheep, or the wool cut from one…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (a fleece, fleeces); verb (fleece, fleeces, fleeced, fleecing — informal) ### meaning for a pupil 1) The woolly coat of a sheep, or the wool cut from one sheep in one piece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#m1) 2) A soft, warm jacket or jumper made of fluffy man-made fabric. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#m2) 3) (informal) To fleece someone is to cheat them out of money, often by charging far too much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#m3) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is the wool of the sheep. The first of it had to be given to the priest. Gideon asked for a sign using a fleece, wet with dew while the ground was dry and then the other way round. Job speaks of warming the poor with the fleece of his sheep. Interpretation: This is one of the priestly gifts, the first of the shearing. Tradition reads Gideon's fleece as a sign God gave to calm his doubt before battle. Job's words are read as an example of kindness to the poor. In the primary lessons: In farm topics and stories, sheep are sheared and their fleece is spun into wool. In everyday life a fleece is a cosy jacket for cold days or school trips. In money and safety lessons, being fleeced means being cheated. Phrases: a fleece jacket, the Golden Fleece (a Greek myth), get fleeced. ### examples - 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. (Torah DEU.18.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x1) - 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) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x2) - And God did so that night; for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. (Prophets JDG.6.40, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x3) - 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. (Prophets JDG.6.38, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x4) - The farmer clipped the sheep's fleece in one big piece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x5) - Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x6) - Bring a warm fleece on the school camping trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x7) - My fleece got covered in dog hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x8) - The tourists were fleeced by a taxi driver who charged them triple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x9) - In the Greek myth, Jason sailed to find the Golden Fleece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x10) - One fleece can give enough wool to knit a jumper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x11) - It was a good fat sheep, with a fine fleece on its back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/#x12) ### note Countable: one fleece, two fleeces. The verb sense is informal and means cheat; it does not mean to cut wool (that is shear). A fleece jacket is usually made of polyester, not sheep's wool. ### In the corpora - [And God did so that night; for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JDG.198/) - [If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/JOB.801/) - [In 2015 a runaway sheep in Australia named Chris was found with a fleece weighing about 40 kilograms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/349-a-year-on-a-farm-lambing-haymaking-harvest-and-winter-feeding/11/) - [Some people think the golden takin's shining coat inspired the Greek legend of the Golden Fleece.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/378-china-s-mountains-golden-snub-nosed-monkeys-takins-red-crowned-cranes-and-giant-salamanders/12/) - [Paper is soaked and mashed into new paper, and plastic bottles can be spun into threads for fleece jackets.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/32-recycling-second-life/3/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «fleece» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fleece/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.