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Fence

noun
/fɛns/
Word Frequency: 8.4

Definitions

1.nounA thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
2.nounSomeone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
3.nounSkill in oral debate.
4.nounThe art or practice of fencing.
5.nounA guard or guide on machinery.
6.nounA barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
7.nounA memory barrier.
8.verbTo enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
9.verbTo defend or guard.
10.verbTo engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
11.verbTo engage in the sport of fencing.
12.verbTo jump over a fence.
13.verbTo conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.

Synonyms

pawnpalisadefence inwallsurroundcontendarguedebaterailinggatestockadeparapet

Rhymes With

intensepretensesensedenserecompenseimmensetensehorse sense
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