fleece
/fliːs/
US pronunciation
American sound/fliːs/
fleece
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US voice -> fleece
Myanmar meaning
(n) (သိုး၊ ဆိတ် စသည်၏) အမွေး။ သိုးမွေး (သို့) အလားတူအထည်စ။ (v) လှီးသည်။ ပိုင်းသည်။ (ဗန်း) ရိတ်သည်။
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၁။ [C] (သိုး၊ ဆိတ် စသည်၏) အမွေး။
fine thick fleeces. ❍ SHEEP
၂။ [U] သိုးမွေး (သို့) အလားတူအထည်စ။
a windresistant jacket lined with polyester and cotton fleece.
v (infml ) လှီးသည်။ ပိုင်းသည်။ (ဗန်း) ရိတ်သည်။ Some local shops are really fleecing the tourists.
❏ fleecy adj အမွေးပွ။ အဆုပ်အဆုပ်။
a fleecy sweatshirt/ towel ❍ fleecy clouds.
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swindle, con, rip off, cheat, take somebody for a ride, blanket, bleed, bring to ruin, burn, cashmere, clean out, clip, coat, cotton fiber, cozen, defraud, despoil, dilapidate, ectoderm, eiderdown, epidermis, flaxen thread, flimflam, floss, fluff, fur, gouge, hair, hustle, jerk around, lay waste, lint, make a mess of, merino, milk, mohair, mulct, overcharge, peculation, pelage, pellicle, pelotage, pelt, peltry, pluck, plunder, protective covering, rifle, ripoff, rob, rook, rope in, ruination, run a game on, scarfskin, sell a bill of goods, shaft, spoilate, spun wool, steal, strip, take for a ride, take to the cleaners, theft, tweed, use up, wool, worsted, wreak havoc on, wrecker, yarn
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