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noun
1.
a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
2.
Informal. a person who receives and disposes of stolen goods.
3.
the place of business of such a person.
4.
the act, practice, art, or sport of fencing.
5.
EXPANDskill in argument, repartee, etc.
6.
Machinery. a guard or guide, as for regulating the movements of a tool or work.
7.
Carpentry. a slotted guide used especially with a framing square to lay out cuts on rafters and staircase strings.
8.
COLLAPSEArchaic. a means of defense; a bulwark.
verb (used with object)
9.
to enclose by some barrier, establishing exclusive right to possession: to fence a farm.
10.
to separate by or as by a fence or fences (often followed by in, off, out, etc.): to fence off a corner of one's yard; to fence out unwholesome influences.
11.
to defend; protect; guard: The president was fenced by bodyguards wherever he went.
12.
to ward off; keep out.
13.
EXPANDInformal. to sell (stolen goods) to a fence.
14.
COLLAPSENautical. to reinforce (an opening in a sail or the like) by sewing on a grommet or other device.
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Fences
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| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
verb (used without object)
Idioms15.
to practice the art or sport of fencing.
16.
to parry arguments; strive to avoid giving direct answers; hedge: The mayor fenced when asked if he would run again.
17.
(of a horse) to leap over a fence.
18.
Obsolete. to raise a defense.
19.
mend one's fences, to strengthen or reestablish one's position by conciliation or negotiation: One could tell by his superficially deferential manner that he was trying to mend his fences.
20.
on the fence, uncommitted; neutral; undecided: The party leaders are still on the fence.
Related forms
fence·like, adjective
out·fence, verb (used with object), -fenced, -fenc·ing.
re·fence, verb (used with object), -fenced, -fenc·ing.
un·fence, verb (used with object), -fenced, -fenc·ing.
well-fenced, adjective
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Word Origin & History
fence
"fight with swords," 1590s, first recorded in "Merry Wives of Windsor"; from the noun in this sense (1530s), see fence (n.). In spite of the re-enactment in 1285 of the Assize of Arms of 1181, fencing was regarded as unlawful in England. The keeping of fencing schools was
EXPAND forbidden in the City of London, "as fools who delight in mischief do learn to fence with buckler, and thereby are encouraged in their follies."
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