fence
/fษns/IPA: /F EH1 N S/
noun
- 1
A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
- 2
Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- 3
Skill in oral debate.
- 4
The art or practice of fencing.
- 5
A guard or guide on machinery.
- 6
A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
- 7
A memory barrier.
verb
- 1
To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- 2
To defend or guard.
- 3
To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- 4
To engage in the sport of fencing.
- 5
To jump over a fence.
- 6
To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
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