fence

/fษ›ns/

IPA: /F EH1 N S/

noun
  1. 1

    A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.

  2. 2

    Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.

  3. 3

    Skill in oral debate.

  4. 4

    The art or practice of fencing.

  5. 5

    A guard or guide on machinery.

  6. 6

    A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

  7. 7

    A memory barrier.

verb
  1. 1

    To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.

  2. 2

    To defend or guard.

  3. 3

    To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.

  4. 4

    To engage in the sport of fencing.

  5. 5

    To jump over a fence.

  6. 6

    To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.

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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fence