Another word for fence
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Verb
To confine within a limited area.
- An upright structure of masonry, wood, plaster, or other building material serving to enclose, divide, or protect an area, especially a vertical construction forming an inner partition or exterior siding of a building.
- A continuous structure of masonry or other material forming a rampart and built for defensive purposes.
- A structure of stonework, cement, or other material built to retain a flow of water.
- A person confined indoors by illness or disability.
- Confined to a home or hospital, as by illness.
- Disposed to avoid social contact; excessively withdrawn or introverted.
- A ballpoint pen.
- A fountain pen.
- A pen point.
- A cage for hawks, especially when molting.
- A secret place; a hideaway.
- A group of buildings originally containing private stables, often converted into residential apartments.
- To confine within or as if within walls; imprison.
- To build into a wall:
- To entomb in a wall.
- To surround on all sides; close in:
- To fence in so as to prevent common use:
- To build or equip with a roof and walls:
- A small enclosure or cage, as for poultry or small animals.
- A cramped or uncomfortably confined space.
- A jail or prison.
See also:To separate with or as if with a wall
- An upright structure of masonry, wood, plaster, or other building material serving to enclose, divide, or protect an area, especially a vertical construction forming an inner partition or exterior siding of a building.
- A continuous structure of masonry or other material forming a rampart and built for defensive purposes.
- A structure of stonework, cement, or other material built to retain a flow of water.
- The act or process of dividing something into parts.
- The state of being so divided.
- Something that divides or separates, as a wall dividing one room or cubicle from another.
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Another word for fence
Noun
That which surrounds an enclosure
Material to make an enclosure
- a structure or covering of boards
- boards collectively; light timber
- the act of going on board a ship, aircraft, bus, etc.
- plural form of paling
- A light-gauge galvanized wire fencing usually made with hexagonal mesh.
- Twisted strands of fence wire with barbs at regular intervals.
- The art or sport of using a foil, épée, or saber in attack and defense.
- Skillful repartee, especially as a defense against having to give direct answers.
- Material, such as wire, stakes, and rails, used in building fences.
A receiver of stolen goods
- A man who seeks casual work while traveling about carrying his swag.
- The brother of one's mother or father.
- The husband of a sibling of one's mother or father.
- Used as a form of address for an older man, especially by children.
- A man devoted to his family.
- To release or throw down in a large mass.
- To empty (material) out of a container or vehicle:
- To empty out (a container or vehicle), as by overturning or tilting.
- The smallest quantity of liquid heavy enough to fall in a spherical mass.
- Liquid medicine administered in drops.
- A small quantity of a substance:
Verb
To enclose with a fence
- An enclosure for confining livestock.
- An enclosure formed by a circle of wagons for defense against attack during an encampment.
- To drive into and hold in a corral.
- To form a circle around; surround:
- To move or go around completely; make a circuit of:
- To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle:
- To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication:
- Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds:
See also:To avoid giving a direct reply
- To step aside:
- To dodge an issue or a responsibility.
- To step out of the way of.
- To avoid (a blow, for example) by moving or shifting quickly aside.
- To evade (an obligation, for example) by cunning, trickery, or deceit:
- To blunt or reduce the intensity of (a section of a photograph) by shading during the printing process.
- To deflect or ward off (a fencing thrust, for example).
- To deflect, evade, or avoid:
- To deflect or ward off a thrust or blow.
- A row of closely planted shrubs or low-growing trees forming a fence or boundary.
- A line of people or objects forming a barrier:
- A means of protection or defense, especially against financial loss:
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Idioms:
mend one's fences
on-the-fence
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