"fleech" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: fleeches [present, singular, third-person], fleeching [participle, present], fleeched [participle, past], fleeched [past]
Etymology: From Middle Dutch fletsen (“to flatter, fawn”). More at flatter. Etymology templates: {{der|en|dum|fletsen||to flatter, fawn}} Middle Dutch fletsen (“to flatter, fawn”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} fleech (third-person singular simple present fleeches, present participle fleeching, simple past and past participle fleeched)
  1. (transitive, Scotland) To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter. Tags: Scotland, transitive
    Sense id: en-fleech-en-verb-BgwYQOhp Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 39
  2. (intransitive, Scotland) To use cajoling or flattering words; speak insincerely. Tags: Scotland, intransitive
    Sense id: en-fleech-en-verb-nUyKUp9X Categories (other): Scottish English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fleich, fleitch, fleche [Scotland] Derived forms: fleecher

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, Scotland) To wheedle; coax; cajole; induce with fair words; flatter."
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