Fence
noun
A barrier or structure made out of wood, metal, etc. used to keep people or animals in or out of an area.
The farmer built a fence around his pasture.
Often appears as...
- picket fence
- wire fence
verb
The action of creating a barrier or structure around an area.
They decided to fence the backyard to keep their dog safe.
Often appears as...
- fence off
- fence in
verb
The sport of fighting with a thin sword called a foil.
She took up fencing as a form of exercise.
Often appears as...
- fencing match
- fencing champion
noun
A person who buys and sells stolen goods.
The thief sold the stolen diamond to a fence.
Often appears as...
- fence stolen goods
- seek a fence
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
Use clever words or actions to avoid giving a clear answer or to avoid doing something.
She was fencing when asked about her previous job.
Often appears as...
- fence around
- fence with words
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A barrier or structure made out of wood, metal, etc. used to keep people or animals in or out of an area.
The farmer built a fence around his pasture.
Often appears as...
- picket fence
- wire fence
verb
The action of creating a barrier or structure around an area.
They decided to fence the backyard to keep their dog safe.
Often appears as...
- fence off
- fence in
verb
The sport of fighting with a thin sword called a foil.
She took up fencing as a form of exercise.
Often appears as...
- fencing match
- fencing champion
noun
A person who buys and sells stolen goods.
The thief sold the stolen diamond to a fence.
Often appears as...
- fence stolen goods
- seek a fence
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
Use clever words or actions to avoid giving a clear answer or to avoid doing something.
She was fencing when asked about her previous job.
Often appears as...
- fence around
- fence with words
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Barrier
Refers to actual structures used in outdoor spaces, commonly around property lines.
Their new fence keeps the rabbits out of the garden.
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Provider
Often signifies a desire for privacy or security, used in residential contexts.
They raised a tall fence for more privacy from their neighbors.
Pro Tip 3/3Boundary Marker
Serves as a physical indicator of where property begins and ends.
The broken fence marked the boundary of the old farm.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Barrier
Refers to actual structures used in outdoor spaces, commonly around property lines.
Their new fence keeps the rabbits out of the garden.
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Provider
Often signifies a desire for privacy or security, used in residential contexts.
They raised a tall fence for more privacy from their neighbors.
Pro Tip 3/3Boundary Marker
Serves as a physical indicator of where property begins and ends.
The broken fence marked the boundary of the old farm.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Barrier
Refers to actual structures used in outdoor spaces, commonly around property lines.
Their new fence keeps the rabbits out of the garden.
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Provider
Often signifies a desire for privacy or security, used in residential contexts.
They raised a tall fence for more privacy from their neighbors.
Pro Tip 3/3Boundary Marker
Serves as a physical indicator of where property begins and ends.
The broken fence marked the boundary of the old farm.
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Ami Klin: A new way to...
There are those individuals who don't talk at all; there are those individuals who talk too much. There are those individuals that if you observe them in their school, you see them running the periphery fence all the school day if you let them, to those individuals who cannot stop coming to you and trying to engage you repeatedly, relentlessly,
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Baby Orphan Fox Rescue PIPE...
um can be a real task when you've got to chase up four or five maybe six young foxes who are going to give you the run around they really really will they'll go up the fence they'll jump around but it's good it's reassuring like i said you they need to be fast they need to be agile to survive in the world to be successful
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Millennials are the...
butterflies and my grandfather he loved to fish and hike so I would often help out in the garden or go on his little fishing trips with him by the nearby lake I visit that Lake a few years later it was fenced off by the fishing industry and the water was black with pollutants and from that moment I forced
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The transformative power...
Like the bird who flies over the field and doesn't care about the fences underneath, all right? So now, you're going to follow the line all the way from B to E. And I've one last request before I play this piece all the way through. Would you think of somebody who you adore, who's no longer there?
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Saving the Arctic Fox PIPE...
I can say the natural character is still there. They don't get like typical zoo animals. They keep their wild nature and they play around. Some are very bold and some are very shy. They're always curious. Foxes are curious. So. So they come quite close in the fences.
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How Freaky, Prehistoric...
fences along the river you see things like this that is a car long nose were a needle nose guard if you notice all the GAR that we're looking at we're trying to swim back towards the main river most likely they went in looking for food aid
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The fundamentals of...
of Andrew's journey through, you guessed it, space and time. We call the line that represents Andrew's journey his world line. If i jog instead of walking, I might be able to get past a fence post every second. He's not very athletic.
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Why I love a country...
leaving their families in imprisonment, to fight for this country. They said that they were going to fight not only to get their families out from behind those barbed-wire fences, but because they cherished the very ideal
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New Laser Zaps...
created what they call a photonic fence which in the field would have a beam of infrared light between fence posts the system detects mosquitoes and shoots them down the inventors claim all the laser parts
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Fence Jumpers PIPE National...
high fence so they needed some help you see him scouting you're getting stretched from the guy below this officer who asked not to be identified
Video examples
Ami Klin: A new way to...
There are those individuals who don't talk at all; there are those individuals who talk too much. There are those individuals that if you observe them in their school, you see them running the periphery fence all the school day if you let them, to those individuals who cannot stop coming to you and trying to engage you repeatedly, relentlessly,
Video examples
Baby Orphan Fox Rescue PIPE...
um can be a real task when you've got to chase up four or five maybe six young foxes who are going to give you the run around they really really will they'll go up the fence they'll jump around but it's good it's reassuring like i said you they need to be fast they need to be agile to survive in the world to be successful
Video examples
Millennials are the...
butterflies and my grandfather he loved to fish and hike so I would often help out in the garden or go on his little fishing trips with him by the nearby lake I visit that Lake a few years later it was fenced off by the fishing industry and the water was black with pollutants and from that moment I forced
Video examples
The transformative power...
Like the bird who flies over the field and doesn't care about the fences underneath, all right? So now, you're going to follow the line all the way from B to E. And I've one last request before I play this piece all the way through. Would you think of somebody who you adore, who's no longer there?
Video examples
Saving the Arctic Fox PIPE...
I can say the natural character is still there. They don't get like typical zoo animals. They keep their wild nature and they play around. Some are very bold and some are very shy. They're always curious. Foxes are curious. So. So they come quite close in the fences.
Video examples
How Freaky, Prehistoric...
fences along the river you see things like this that is a car long nose were a needle nose guard if you notice all the GAR that we're looking at we're trying to swim back towards the main river most likely they went in looking for food aid
Video examples
The fundamentals of...
of Andrew's journey through, you guessed it, space and time. We call the line that represents Andrew's journey his world line. If i jog instead of walking, I might be able to get past a fence post every second. He's not very athletic.
Video examples
Why I love a country...
leaving their families in imprisonment, to fight for this country. They said that they were going to fight not only to get their families out from behind those barbed-wire fences, but because they cherished the very ideal
Video examples
New Laser Zaps...
created what they call a photonic fence which in the field would have a beam of infrared light between fence posts the system detects mosquitoes and shoots them down the inventors claim all the laser parts
Video examples
Fence Jumpers PIPE National...
high fence so they needed some help you see him scouting you're getting stretched from the guy below this officer who asked not to be identified
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Quote examples
Bryan Batt
American Actor
I'm in love with red. I think it's such a passionate color. Every flag of every country pretty much has red it it. It's power, there's no fence sitting with red. Either you love it or you don't. I think its blood and strength and life. I do love red. I love all colors. Great shades of blue, you find them in nature. They're all magic.
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Thurgood Marshall
American Judge
We deal here with the right of all of our children, whatever their race, to an equal start in life and to an equal opportunity to reach their full potential as citizens. Those children who have been denied that right in the past deserve better than to see fences thrown up to deny them that right in the future.
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Jessica Springsteen
American Athlete
Every sport has its dangers. I've been pretty lucky, knock on wood. But I've had really confident, brave and smart horses growing up, which I think is important when you're young. You are working with massive animals over big fences, and especially at this top level, there is really no room for error.
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Dean Haglund
Canadian Actor
It would seem staggeringly arrogant to think we were the only ones in the universe, but at the same time, I don't know if contact has been made yet or not because you think something like that would be hard to cover up. I'm still on the fence. I keep an open mind about all of these things.
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David Rouzer
American Politician
I'm in favor of building the fence, and doing everything technologically to protect our borders. But the other way to secure the border, and one of the things we must do, is put in place good guest-worker programs that employers can actually use.
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Jacky Ickx
Belgian Driver
Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.
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Jim Cummings
American Actor
I take the work seriously. Which is why I always swing for the fences whenever I voice a character. But that said, I don't take myself all that seriously.
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Kerby Jean-Raymond
American Designer
If you're on the fence about speaking your truth or sharing your world with a greater audience, don't be. We need each other badly.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
When you're 40, you can't ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life.
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J. R. R. Tolkien
English Novelist
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.
Quote examples
Bryan Batt
American Actor
I'm in love with red. I think it's such a passionate color. Every flag of every country pretty much has red it it. It's power, there's no fence sitting with red. Either you love it or you don't. I think its blood and strength and life. I do love red. I love all colors. Great shades of blue, you find them in nature. They're all magic.
Quote examples
Thurgood Marshall
American Judge
We deal here with the right of all of our children, whatever their race, to an equal start in life and to an equal opportunity to reach their full potential as citizens. Those children who have been denied that right in the past deserve better than to see fences thrown up to deny them that right in the future.
Quote examples
Jessica Springsteen
American Athlete
Every sport has its dangers. I've been pretty lucky, knock on wood. But I've had really confident, brave and smart horses growing up, which I think is important when you're young. You are working with massive animals over big fences, and especially at this top level, there is really no room for error.
Quote examples
Dean Haglund
Canadian Actor
It would seem staggeringly arrogant to think we were the only ones in the universe, but at the same time, I don't know if contact has been made yet or not because you think something like that would be hard to cover up. I'm still on the fence. I keep an open mind about all of these things.
Quote examples
David Rouzer
American Politician
I'm in favor of building the fence, and doing everything technologically to protect our borders. But the other way to secure the border, and one of the things we must do, is put in place good guest-worker programs that employers can actually use.
Quote examples
Jacky Ickx
Belgian Driver
Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.
Quote examples
Jim Cummings
American Actor
I take the work seriously. Which is why I always swing for the fences whenever I voice a character. But that said, I don't take myself all that seriously.
Quote examples
Kerby Jean-Raymond
American Designer
If you're on the fence about speaking your truth or sharing your world with a greater audience, don't be. We need each other badly.
Quote examples
Dolly Parton
American Singer
When you're 40, you can't ride the fence anymore. You gotta make definite decisions about your life.
Quote examples
J. R. R. Tolkien
English Novelist
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.
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