fence

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Synonyms: hence, sence, fenne, bence, gence, pence, ence, -ence, vence, fene, dence

Antonyms: hence, sence, fenne, bence, gence, pence, ence, -ence, vence, fene, dence

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Noun

1. A thin artificial [[barrier]] that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
2. {{lb|en|informal}} Someone who [[hide]]s or [[buy]]s and [[sell]]s stolen goods, a [[criminal]] [[middleman]] for transactions of stolen goods.
3. {{lb|en|by extension}} The place whence such a [[middleman]] operates.
4. [[skill|Skill]] in oral debate.
5. {{lb|en|obsolete|uncountable}} The art or practice of [[fencing]].
6. A [[guard]] or [[guide]] on machinery.
7. {{lb|en|figuratively}} A [[barrier]], for example an emotional barrier.
8. {{lb|en|Jewish law}} A [[prohibition]] enacted to prevent violation of another more primary rule.
9. {{lb|en|programming}} A [[memory barrier]].
10. {{lb|en|cricket}} The [[boundary]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[enclose]], [[contain]] or [[separate]] by building fence.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To defend or [[guard]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To engage in the [[selling]] or [[buying]] of stolen goods.
4. {{lb|en|ambitransitive|sports}} To engage in the sport of [[fencing]] (against).
5. {{lb|en|intransitive|equestrianism}} To jump over a fence.
6. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[conceal]] the [[truth]] by giving [[equivocal]] [[answer]]s; to [[hedge]]; to be [[evasive]].

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