Fencing synonyms and antonyms
fĕn'sĭng
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Part of speech:
épée
fencing match
The skill of using a sword
foil work
A heavy cavalry sword with a one-edged, slightly curved blade.
Any contest or encounter suggesting such a fight, usually between two persons
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(Uncountable) Struggle for superiority; combat.
The power or inclination to fight; pugnacity:
(Baseball) The fence, wall, etc. at the back of the outfield: a hit over this is a home run
fencing material
material for building fences
To form an enclosure around; encompass
To confine or seal behind a wall; immure:
To discuss opposing reasons; argue
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To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.
To put forth reasons for or against; debate:
Shakespeare
(Law, UK) To undertake something falsely and deceitfully, with the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
By post
To post as a picket.
To deflect, evade, or avoid:
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To place a hedge around or along; border or bound with a hedge
To act as a guard
To add vitamins, minerals, etc. to (milk, etc.) so as to increase the nutritional value; enrich
To be beyond the memory or understanding of:
(Intransitive) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.
To move in a circle around
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To fight a duel with (a person or persons)
To blunt or reduce the intensity of (a section of a photograph) by shading during the printing process.
To act as lawyer for (an accused)
To confine in a small or cramped space. Often used with up:
(Geom.) To draw a plane figure around (another plane figure) either to intersect each vertex of the inner figure, as a circle around a square, or to have each side of the outer figure tangent to the inner figure, as a square around a circle
To insert into the same envelope or package:
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To avoid or dodge.
To separate or divide a room by a partition (ex. a wall), often use with off
To make a high-pitched, crying sound, as that of a cat.
To entomb in a wall
releasing (antonym)
To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
meeting (antonym)
To be sufficient for (a need, for example); fulfill:
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facing (antonym)
To meet or confront squarely or face to face
including (related)
Include is defined as to contain, enclose or consider as part of a whole.
freeing (related)
To remove obstructions or entanglements from; clear:
badger-proof (related)
chain-link (related)
close-boarded (related)
post-and-rail (related)
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Boznovian (related)
paving (related)
railing (related)
fences (related)
birdsmouth (related)
To torture or kill by impaling.
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