Definitions from Wiktionary (fence)
▸ noun: A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
▸ noun: (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
▸ noun: (by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.
▸ noun: Skill in oral debate.
▸ noun: (obsolete, uncountable) The art or practice of fencing.
▸ noun: A guard or guide on machinery.
▸ noun: (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
▸ noun: (programming) A memory barrier.
▸ noun: (cricket) The boundary.
▸ noun: (slang) A person who purchases and sells stolen goods or property.
▸ verb: (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
▸ verb: (transitive) To defend or guard.
▸ verb: (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
▸ verb: (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
▸ verb: (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
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▸ noun: A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
▸ noun: (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
▸ noun: (by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.
▸ noun: Skill in oral debate.
▸ noun: (obsolete, uncountable) The art or practice of fencing.
▸ noun: A guard or guide on machinery.
▸ noun: (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
▸ noun: (programming) A memory barrier.
▸ noun: (cricket) The boundary.
▸ noun: (slang) A person who purchases and sells stolen goods or property.
▸ verb: (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
▸ verb: (transitive) To defend or guard.
▸ verb: (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
▸ verb: (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
▸ verb: (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
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wooden fence,
chain-link fence,
vinyl fence,
iron fence,
electric fence,
split rail fence,
privacy fence,
barbed wire fence,
deer fence,
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