fence
IPA: fˈɛns
noun
- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- (by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.
- Skill in oral debate.
- (obsolete, uncountable) The art or practice of fencing.
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
- (computing, programming) A memory barrier.
verb
- (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- (transitive) To defend or guard.
- (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
- (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
- (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
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Examples of "fence" in Sentences
- The fence adjoins the house.
- The snare is wired to the fence.
- The sign and the fence are authentic.
- The gate in the fence was routinely locked.
- The border fence is at the base of the hill.
- Entrails were dumped over the garden fence to be eaten by wildlife.
- The wall is a fence that relaxes in the wind and shows an air of dilapidation.
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