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Word: fence (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A guard or guide on machinery.
  • A middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
  • A thin, human-constructed barrier which separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
  • Skill in oral debate.
  • The art or practice of fencing.
  • The place whence such a middleman operates.

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Verb:

  • equestrian To jump over a fence.
  • intransitive To engage in (the sport) fencing.
  • transitive To defend or guard.
  • transitive To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
  • transitive To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.

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