<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.</li><li>the wool shorn from a sheep at one shearing.</li><li>something resembling a fleece: a fleece of clouds in a blue sky.</li><li>a fabric with a soft, silky pile, used for warmth, as for lining garments.</li><li>the soft nap or pile of such a fabric.</li></ul><p><strong>verb</strong></p><ul><li>fleeced, fleec·ing.</li><li>to deprive of money or belongings by fraud, hoax, or the like; swindle: He fleeced the stranger of several dollars.</li><li>to remove the fleece of (a sheep).</li><li>to overspread, as with a fleece; fleck with fleecelike masses: a host of clouds fleecing the summer sky.</li></ul>