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fence
(fĕns)n.
1. A structure serving as an enclosure, a barrier, or a boundary, usually made of posts or stakes joined together by boards, wire, or rails.
2. An adjustable guide with a flat edge used on a table saw and positioned parallel to the plane of the cutting attachment in order to keep the board properly positioned for the cut to be made at the correct distance from the board's edge.
3.
a. One who receives and sells stolen goods.
b. A place where stolen goods are received and sold.
4. Archaic A means of defense; a protection.
v. fenced, fenc·ing, fenc·es
v.tr.
1. To surround or enclose with a fence or other barrier. See Synonyms at enclose.
2. To separate or keep out by means of a fence or other barrier: fenced off one field from another; fenced out the deer from the garden.
3. To sell (stolen goods) to a fence.
4. Archaic
a. To ward off; keep away.
b. To defend.
v.intr.
Idiom: 1. To practice the art or sport of fencing.
2. To avoid giving direct answers; hedge.
3. To act as a conduit for stolen goods.
on the fence Informal
Undecided as to which of two sides to support; uncommitted or neutral.
[Middle English fens, short for defens, defense; see defense.]
fenc′er n.
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fence
(fɛns)n
1. (Building) a structure that serves to enclose an area such as a garden or field, usually made of posts of timber, concrete, or metal connected by wire, netting, rails, or boards
2. slang a dealer in stolen property
3. (Horse Training, Riding & Manège) an obstacle for a horse to jump in steeplechasing or showjumping
4. (Mechanical Engineering) machinery a guard or guide, esp in a circular saw or plane
5. (Aeronautics) a projection usually fitted to the top surface of a sweptback aircraft wing to prevent movement of the airflow towards the wing tips
6. mend one's fences
a. chiefly US and Canadian to restore a position or reputation that has been damaged, esp in politics
b. to re-establish friendly relations (with someone)
7. on the fence unable or unwilling to commit oneself
8. over the fence informal Austral and NZ unreasonable, unfair, or unjust
9. sit on the fence to be unable or unwilling to commit oneself
vb
10. (tr) to construct a fence on or around (a piece of land, etc)
11. (tr; foll by in or off) to close (in) or separate (off) with or as if with a fence: he fenced in the livestock.
12. (Fencing) (intr) to fight using swords or foils
13. (intr) to evade a question or argument, esp by quibbling over minor points
14. (intr) to engage in skilful or witty debate, repartee, etc
15. (intr) slang to receive stolen property
16. (tr) archaic to ward off or keep out
[C14 fens, shortened from defens defence]
ˈfenceless adj
ˈfenceˌlike adj
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fence
(fɛns)n., v. fenced, fenc•ing. n.
1. a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usu. made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, confine a person or thing, or mark a boundary.
2. a person who receives and disposes of stolen goods.
3. the place of business of such a person.
4. the art or sport of fencing.
5. Archaic. a means of defense; a bulwark.
v.t. 6. to enclose by a fence: to fence a farm.
7. to separate by or as if by a fence or fences (often fol. by in, off, out, etc.): to fence off a corner of a garden.
8. to prevent entry of by a fence.
9. to sell (stolen goods) to a fence.
10. to defend; protect; guard.
v.i. 11. to practice the art or sport of fencing.
12. to parry arguments; strive to avoid giving direct answers; hedge.
13. Obs. to raise a defense.
Idioms: on the fence, uncommitted; neutral.
[1300–50; Middle English fens, aph. variant of defens defense]
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fence
Past participle: fenced
Gerund: fencing
| Imperative |
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| fence |
| fence |
| Present |
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| I fence |
| you fence |
| he/she/it fences |
| we fence |
| you fence |
| they fence |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I fenced |
| you fenced |
| he/she/it fenced |
| we fenced |
| you fenced |
| they fenced |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am fencing |
| you are fencing |
| he/she/it is fencing |
| we are fencing |
| you are fencing |
| they are fencing |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have fenced |
| you have fenced |
| he/she/it has fenced |
| we have fenced |
| you have fenced |
| they have fenced |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was fencing |
| you were fencing |
| he/she/it was fencing |
| we were fencing |
| you were fencing |
| they were fencing |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had fenced |
| you had fenced |
| he/she/it had fenced |
| we had fenced |
| you had fenced |
| they had fenced |
| Future |
|---|
| I will fence |
| you will fence |
| he/she/it will fence |
| we will fence |
| you will fence |
| they will fence |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have fenced |
| you will have fenced |
| he/she/it will have fenced |
| we will have fenced |
| you will have fenced |
| they will have fenced |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be fencing |
| you will be fencing |
| he/she/it will be fencing |
| we will be fencing |
| you will be fencing |
| they will be fencing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been fencing |
| you have been fencing |
| he/she/it has been fencing |
| we have been fencing |
| you have been fencing |
| they have been fencing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been fencing |
| you will have been fencing |
| he/she/it will have been fencing |
| we will have been fencing |
| you will have been fencing |
| they will have been fencing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been fencing |
| you had been fencing |
| he/she/it had been fencing |
| we had been fencing |
| you had been fencing |
| they had been fencing |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would fence |
| you would fence |
| he/she/it would fence |
| we would fence |
| you would fence |
| they would fence |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have fenced |
| you would have fenced |
| he/she/it would have fenced |
| we would have fenced |
| you would have fenced |
| they would have fenced |
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Noun 1. [画像:fence - a barrier that serves to enclose an area]fence - a barrier that serves to enclose an area
backstop - (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field
barrier - a structure or object that impedes free movement
chainlink fence - a fence of steel wires woven into a diamond pattern
paling, picket fence - a fence made of upright pickets
rail fence - a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle)
stone wall - a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields
wall - a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden); "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"
weir - a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish
fence line - a boundary line created by a fence
2. fence - a dealer in stolen property
colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
Verb 1. fence - enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard"
2. fence - receive stolen goods
3. fence - fight with fencing swords
4. fence - surround with a wall in order to fortify
protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"
stockade - surround with a stockade in order to fortify
circumvallate - surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification
5. [画像:fence - have an argument about something]fence - have an argument about something
stickle - dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points)
spar - fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"
bicker, brabble, pettifog, squabble, quibble, niggle - argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"
altercate, argufy, quarrel, scrap, dispute - have a disagreement over something; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something"
oppose - be against; express opposition to; "We oppose the ban on abortion"
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fence
noun
1. barrier, wall, defence, guard, railings, paling, shield, hedge, barricade, hedgerow, rampart, palisade, stockade, barbed wire They climbed over the fence into the field.
2. receiver, dealer, buyer, trader, trafficker, receiver of stolen goods, receiver of stolen property, criminal He acted as a fence for a gang of burglars.
verb
sit on the fence be uncommitted, be uncertain, be undecided, vacillate, be in two minds, blow hot and cold (informal), be irresolute, avoid committing yourself He is sitting on the fence, refusing to commit himself.
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fence
verb1. To confine within a limited area.Also used with in:
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Translations
سِياج يُبارِز بالسَّيْفيَتنَجَنَّب الإجابَهيُسَيِّج، يَضَعُ سوراسور
plotšermovatvytáčet seohradaohradit
hegnindhegnestakitundvige=-hegn
skermi
aitamiekkaillavälittää
ograda
kerítésorgazda
pagarperantara
girîagirîingskylmastverjast svari
柵
울타리
iežogotizvairīties no atbildespaukotiesžogs
ogrodzenie paserpłot
plotšermovať
ograja
staket
รั้ว
çit çit tahtaçitle çevirmekeskrim yapmakkaçamak cevap vermek
hàng rào
fence
[fens]A. N
1. (gen) → valla f, cerca f; (= wire fence) → alambrada f (Racing) → valla f
to mend one's fences (= restore relations) → mejorar las relaciones ; (= restore reputation) → restablecer la reputación
to sit on the fence → no comprometerse, mirar los toros desde la barrera
to mend one's fences (= restore relations) → mejorar las relaciones ; (= restore reputation) → restablecer la reputación
to sit on the fence → no comprometerse, mirar los toros desde la barrera
2. (= receiver of stolen goods) → perista mf
B. VT
C. VI
2. (fig) → defenderse con evasivas
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fence
[ˈfɛns] n
(= barrier) → barrière f
to sit on the fence (= avoid committing o.s.) → ménager la chèvre et le chou
to mend fences (= improve relations) → rétablir de bonnes relations
to mend fences with sb → se réconcilier avec qn
to sit on the fence (= avoid committing o.s.) → ménager la chèvre et le chou
to mend fences (= improve relations) → rétablir de bonnes relations
to mend fences with sb → se réconcilier avec qn
(on race course) → obstacle m
(= person) → receleur/euse m/f
vt [+ garden, area] → clôturer
vi (SPORT) → faire de l'escrime
fence in
vt sepCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fence
n
→ Zaun m; (Sport) → Hindernis nt; to sit on the fence (fig: = be neutral) → neutral bleiben, nicht Partei ergreifen ; (= be irresolute) → unschlüssig sein, zaudern ; on the wrong/other side of the fence (fig) → auf der verkehrten/anderen Seite ; to mend fences (fig) → die Dinge bereinigen
(inf: = receiver of stolen goods) → Hehler(in) m(f)
(Tech) → Anschlag m
vt
(Sport) → fechten gegen
(inf) → hehlen ; until we find somebody to fence stolen cars ... → bis wir einen Hehler für gestohlene Autos finden ...
vi
(Sport) → fechten
(fig) → ausweichen ; to fence with somebody → sich (dat) → mit jdm ein Wortgefecht liefern ; (evading questions) → jdm ausweichen
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fence
[fɛns]1. n
b. (fam) (receiver of stolen goods) → ricettatore/trice
2. vt → recintare
3. vi (Sport) → tirare di scherma
fence in vt + adv
b. (fig) to feel fenced in → sentirsi imprigionato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fence1
(fens) noun a line of wooden or metal posts joined by wood, wire etc to stop people, animals etc moving on to or off a piece of land. The garden was surrounded by a wooden fence. heining سِياج ограда cerca plot, ohrada der Zaun hegn; -hegn; stakit; -stakit φράχτης valla, cerca (piirde)aed حصار aita clôture גדר बाड़, बाड़ा ograda, plot kerítés pagar girðing recinto さく 울타리 tvora žogs pagar hek gjerde płot دتورى دجنګ فن: كټاره، چغ كلا: هغه څوك چه دغلا مال ساتى cerca gard забор; изгородь plot ograja ograda staket, stängsel รั้ว çit tahta, perde, parmaklık 柵欄,籬笆 огорожа, тин جنگلہ ، باڑ hàng rào 栅栏,篱笆
verb to enclose (an area of land) with a fence eg to prevent people, animals etc from getting in. We fenced off the field. omhein يُسَيِّج، يَضَعُ سورا ограждам cercar oplotit, ohradit einzäunen indhegne περιφράζω cercar tarastama نرده کشی کردن؛ حصار زدن aidata clôturer לְגָדֵר तलवार का अभ्यास करना ograditi bekerít memagari (af)girða recintare 囲う 울타리를 치다 (ap)tverti iežogot memagari omheinen gjerde inn ogrodzić دتورى دجنګ فن cercar a înconjura cu un gard огораживать ohradiť ograditi ograditi inhängna, stängsla ล้อมรั้ว (etrafını) çitle çevirmek 築柵欄防護 обгороджувати گھیرنا، محفوظ کرنا rào lại 筑栅栏防护
ˈfencing noun (the material used for) a fence. a hundred metres of fencing. omheiningsmateriaal تَسْييج материал за ограда cercado pletivo das Zaunmaterial hegnsmateriale περίφραξη, υλικό περιφράξεως vallado, cercado aed, aiamaterjal نرده کشی aidanrakennusaineet matériaux pour clôture חוֹמֶר גִידוּר बाड़, बाड़ा materijal za ograde kerítés pagar girðingar recinzione さくの材料 울타리 tvora žogu materiāls pagar hekwerk gjerdemateriale ogrodzenie چاپیرول cercado material pentru garduri материал для изгородей pletivo ograja ogradnog materijala stängsel วัสดุสําหรับทํารั้ว çit 築柵欄的材料 матеріал для огорожі جنگلہ بنانے کا سامان vật liệu làm hành rào 筑栅栏的材料
fence2
(fens) verb1. to fight with (blunted) swords as a sport. skerm يُبارِز بالسَّيْف фехтувам се esgrimir šermovat fechten fægte ξιφομαχώ practicar la esgrima vehklema شمشیر بازی کردن miekkailla faire de l'escrime לְסַייֵף तलवार या गदा की लड़ाई mačevati vív main anggar skylmast tirar di scherma* フェンシングをする 펜싱을 하다 fechtuotis paukoties bermain pedang schermen fekte uprawiać szermierkę تورزن، توريالى esgrimir a face scrimă фехтовать šermovať mečevati se mačevati se fäkta ฟันดาบ eskrim yapmak 擊劍 фехтувати تلوار چلانا đấu kiếm; đánh kiếm 击剑
2. to avoid answering questions. He fenced with me for half an hour before I got the truth. ontwyk يَتنَجَنَّب الإجابَه шикалкавя esquivar-se vytáčet se ausweichen undvige μασώ τα λόγια μου, αποφεύγω να απαντήσω σε ερωτήσεις practicar la esgrima kemplema, põiklema طفره رفتن väistellä se dérober לְהִתחָמֵק घुमा-फिरा कर बात करना izmotavati se, izbjegavati odgovor kitér a kérdés elől bersilat lidah verjast svari schivare かわす (질문 따위를) 교묘하게 받아넘기다 vengti atsakyti, išsisukinėti nuo atsakymo izvairīties no atbildes berdebat ontwijken vike unna, omgå sannheten wykręcać się طفره ويل fugir à questão/esquivar-se a evita răspunsul уклоняться от ответа vykrúcať sa izmikati se izbegavati odgovor slingra sig, komma med undanflykter หลีกเลี่ยงการตอบคําถาม kaçamak cevap vermek 搪塞 ухилятися від прямої відповіді جواب دینے سے گریز کرنا lảng tránh; đánh trống lảng 搪塞
ˈfencing noun the sport of fighting with (blunted) swords. I used to be very good at fencing. skerm مُبارَزَه بالسَّيْف фехтовка esgrima šerm(ování) das Fechten fægtning ξιφομαχία, ξιφασκία esgrima vehklemine شمشیر بازی miekkailu escrime סיף तलवार से लड़ाई करना mačevanje vívás anggar scherma フェンシング 펜싱 fechtavimas paukošana bermain pedang schermkunst fekting szermierka توریالی esgrima scrimă фехтование šerm mečevanje mačevanje fäktning กีฬาฟันดาบ eskrim 擊劍 фехтування فن شمشیر زنی môn đấu kiếm 击剑
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fence
→ سِياج plot hegn Zaun φράκτης valla aita palissade ograda staccionata 柵 울타리 hek gjerde ogrodzenie cerca забор staket รั้ว çit hàng rào 栅栏Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009