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Definition: Fence |
FenceNoun1. A barrier that serves to enclose an area. 2. (informal) a dealer in stolen property. Verb1. Enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard". 2. Receive stolen goods. 3. Fight with fencing swords. 4. Surround with a wall in order to fortify. 5. Have an argument about something. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fence" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
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Computing | Fence n. 1. A sequence of one or more distinguished (out-of-band) characters (or other data items), used to delimit a piece of data intended to be treated as a unit (the computer-science literature calls this a `sentinel'). The NUL (ASCII 0000000) character that terminates strings in C is a fence. Hex FF is also (though slightly less frequently) used this way. See zigamorph. 2. An extra data value inserted in an array or other data structure in order to allow some normal test on the array's contents also to function as a termination test. For example, a highly optimized routine for finding a value in an array might artificially place a copy of the value to be searched for after the last slot of the array, thus allowing the main search loop to search for the value without having to check at each pass whether the end of the array had been reached. 3. [among users of optimizing compilers] Any technique, usually exploiting knowledge about the compiler, that blocks certain optimizations. Used when explicit mechanisms are not available or are overkill. Typically a hack: "I call a dummy procedure there to force a flush of the optimizer's register-coloring info" can be expressed by the shorter "That's a fence procedure". Source: Jargon File. |
Aerospace | 1. A line of readout or tracking stations for pickup of signals from an orbiting satellite. 2. A line or network of radar or radio stations for detection of a satellite in orbit.3. A stationary plate or vane projecting from the upper surface of an airfoil, substantially parallel to the airflow, used to prevent spanwise flow. (references) |
Bible | Fence (Heb. gader), Num. 22:24 (R.V.). Fences were constructions of unmortared stones, to protect gardens, vineyards, sheepfolds, etc. From various causes they were apt to bulge out and fall (Ps. 62:3). In Ps. 80:12, R.V. (see Isa. 5:5), the psalmist says, "Why hast thou broken down her fences?" Serpents delight to lurk in the crevices of such fences (Eccl. 10:8; comp. Amos 5:19). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of climbing to the top of a fence, denotes that success will crown your efforts. To fall from a fence, signifies that you will undertake a project for which you are incapable, and you will see your efforts come to naught. To be seated on a fence with others, and have it fall under you, denotes an accident in which some person will be badly injured. To dream that you climb through a fence, signifies that you will use means not altogether legitimate to reach your desires. To throw the fence down and walk into the other side, indicates that you will, by enterprise and energy, overcome the stubbornest barriers between you and success. To see stock jumping a fence, if into your enclosure, you will receive aid from unexpected sources; if out of your lot, loss in trade and other affairs may follow. To dream of building a fence, denotes that you are, by economy and industry, laying a foundation for future wealth. For a young woman, this dream denotes success in love affairs; or the reverse, if she dreams of the fence falling, or that she falls from it. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Food & Agriculture | General term for any simple net when it is held in fishing trim by anchors, sinkers and/or stakes. Source: European Union. (references) |
Industry | An adjustable guide on a wood-working machine for determining the width or thickness of the material being processed. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | A hearing threshold level above which degrees of hearing handicap(or disability)are deemed to exist. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A timber barrier across the entrance to abandoned, unventilated or unsafe workings. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | Wall-like plate mounted on upper surface of wing, often continuing around leading edge, substantially parallel to airstream and used to prevent spanwise flow, especially over swept wing at transonic speeds. Source: European Union. (references) |
| At runway ends and other areas where take-off thrust is to be applied, -- 8 to 10 ft in height have performed satisfactorily. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A projection from the surface of the wing, extending chordwise to modify the wing surface pressure distribution and/or interfere with boundary-layer cross-flow, either directly or by creating a vortex. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A fence is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary. Generally distinguished from a wall by the solidity of construction - a wall is usually restricted to such barriers made from solid brick or concrete, blocking vision as well as passage (though the definitions do overlap somewhat).There are fences constructed for several different purposes:
Some of the technologies developed for fencing include
- agricultural fencing
- security fencing
- decorative fencing
Alternatives for a fence are a hedge or a ditch (with or occasionally without water).
- barbed wire
- electric fencing
- post-and-rail fencing
- rock wall fencing
A fence is a person who specializes in the purchase and sale of stolen property from thieves.
In statistics, the word \'fence' refers to a value beyond which an observation is considered an outlier.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fence."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Fence is a town located in Florence County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 231.Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 233.2 km² (90.0 mi²). 231.6 km² (89.4 mi²) of it is land and 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.66% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 231 people, 107 households, and 60 families residing in the town. The population density is 1.0/km² (2.6/mi²). There are 373 housing units at an average density of 1.6/km² (4.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the town is 97.40% White, 0.43% African American, 1.30% Native American, 0.43% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 0.00% from other races, and 0.43% from two or more races. 0.43% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 107 households out of which 18.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% are married couples living together, 5.6% have a female householder with no husband present, and 43.0% are non-families. 35.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.2% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.16 and the average family size is 2.87. In the town the population is spread out with 21.2% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 26.8% from 45 to 64, and 18.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 43 years. For every 100 females there are 122.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 116.7 males. The median income for a household in the town is $30,278, and the median income for a family is $35,250. Males have a median income of $31,023 versus $20,625 for females. The per capita income for the town is $15,169. 13.3% of the population and 7.7% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 19.6% are under the age of 18 and 14.6% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fence, Wisconsin."
Synonyms: FenceSynonyms: fencing (n), argue (v), contend (v), debate (v), fence in (v), palisade (v), surround (v), wall (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Circumscription | Verb: circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose; surround; compass about; imprison; (restrain); hedge in, wall in, rail in; fence round, fence in,hedge round; picket; corral. |
Adjective: circumscribed; Verb: begirt, lapt; buried in, immersed in; embosomed, in the bosom of, imbedded, encysted, mewed up; imprisoned; landlocked, in a ring fence. | |
Concealment | Keep from; keep back, keep to oneself; keep snug, keep close, keep secret, keep dark; bury; sink, suppress; keep from, keep from out of view, keep from out of sight; keep in the shade, throw into the shade, throw into background; stifle, hush up, smother, withhold, reserve; fence with a question; ignore. |
Contention | Verb: contend; contest, strive, struggle, scramble, wrestle; spar, square; exchange blows, exchange fisticuffs; fib, justle, tussle, tilt, box, stave, fence; skirmish; pickeer; fight; (war); wrangle; (quarrel). |
Defense | Verb: defend, forfend, fend; shield, screen, shroud; engarrison; fend round; (circumscribe); fence, entrench, intrench; guard; (keep safe); guard against; take care of; (vigilance); bear harmless; fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off, beat back; hinder. |
Safeguard; (safety); balistraria; bunker, screen; (shelter); camouflage; (concealment); fortification; munition, muniment; trench, foxhole; bulwark, fosse, moat, ditch, entrenchment, intrenchment; kila; dike, dyke; parapet, sunk fence, embankment, mound, mole, bank, sandbag, revetment; earth work, field-work; fence, wall dead wall, contravallation; paling; (inclosure); palisade, haha, stockade, stoccado, laager, sangar; barrier, barricade; boom; portcullis, chevaux de frise; abatis, abattis, abbatis; vallum, circumvallation, battlement, rampart, scarp; escarp, counter-scarp; glacis, casemate; vallation, vanfos. | |
Distortion | Phrase: crooked as a Virginia fence. |
Falsehood | Prevaricate, equivocate, quibble; palter, palter to the understanding; repondre en Normand; trim, shuffle, fence, mince the truth, beat about the bush, blow hot and cold, play fast and loose. |
Inclosure | Wall, hedge, hedge row; espalier; fence; (defense); pale, paling, balustrade, rail, railing, quickset hedge, park paling, circumvallation, enceinte, ring fence. |
Prison | Bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall; paling, palisade; fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence; barrier, barricade. |
Safety | Make safe, render safe; Adjective:; protect; take care of; (care); preserve; cover, screen, shelter, shroud, flank, ward; guard; (defend); secure; (restrain); entrench, intrench, fence round; (circumscribe); house, nestle, ensconce; take charge of. |
Stealing | Fence, launder, launder money. |
Tergiversation | Trim, shuffle, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, coquet, be on the fence, straddle, bold with the hare but run with the hounds; nager entre deux eaux; wait to see how the cat jumps, wait to see how the wind blows. |
Thief | Swindler, peculator; forger, coiner; fence, receiver of stolen goods, duffer; smasher. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | To the end of this fence. (The Jerk; writing credit: Carl Reiner, written by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb.) All I can say is don't fall at the last fence. The finishing post's in sight (Brazil; writing credit: Terry Gilliam; Charles McKeown) Yes sir, we'll be riding pretty close to the fence line (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Well, this'll sure get the job done, if you can find a fence post to rest it on while you take aim. (True Grit; writing credit: Charles Portis; Marguerite Roberts) What is it about fences? Sometimes the people on either side of the fence see a lock chain, they feel a little more conforted, why do you suppose that is (The Haunting; writing credit: David Self) | |
Lyrics | JUST OPEN THE FENCE (Come Back In One Piece; performing artist: Aaliyah) On the fence, try not to offend (Ants Marching; performing artist: Dave Matthews Band) Sitting on a fence (Only Wanna Be With You; performing artist: Hootie & The Blowfish) So get off the fence (MIXED EMOTIONS; performing artist: Rolling Stones) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Border Fence (1951) Fence Riders (1950) Don't Fence Me In (1945) Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939) Drift Fence (1936) | |
Song Titles | Don't Whiz On The Electric Fence (performing artist: Ren & Stimpy) | |
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 | Several adolescent women are painting a fence on a summer day. A farmhouse and mountains can be seen in the background of Utah landscape. These young women are part of a larger Mormon family. The Mormons are presently being studied for their low cancer death rate. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | Turkey Vultures and Black Vultures taking a break from searching for carrion on a Patuxent River fence. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Muddy site and the retaining fence. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | A security fence is installed at an on campus nursery in a St. Petersburg school to prevent vandalism and to reduce the threat of unintentional impacts to the plants in the nursery. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Tornado leaves a path of damage to treetops and windswept homes. Here windswept debris is collected against a fence. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |  | The grass is often greener -- and taller -- on the other side of a fence used as part of a rotational-grazing system. Credit: Charlie Rahm. |
 | Ranchers heard cattle on healthy rangeland. Rangeland that is overgrazed is visible on the other side of fence. Credit: Irv Cole. |  | A barbed-wire fence, Prickly pear cacti, and a cow in the background. Credit: Beth Perault. |
 | Fence and other structures designed to reduce sand movement on the beach from wind action. Credit: Jerry Sintz. |  | Fence and Pick-up Trucks. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library. |
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| "Fence" by lolly99 Commentary: "Close up of barb wire fence." | "Corrugated steel fence" by Roland Peschetz Commentary: "A fence made of corrugated steel - picture taken in Bangkok." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
G.k. Chesterton | Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up. |
Herrick | Against diseases the strongest fence is the defensive virtue, abstinence. |
John Locke | The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. |
William Taylor Copeland | The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
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John Locke | 1690 | To be free from such force is the only security of my preservation; and reason bids me look on him, as an enemy to my preservation, who would take away that freedom which is the fence to it; so that he who makes an attempt to enslave me, thereby puts himself into a state of war with me. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | When these men were together, one of them lifted the latch of the gate in the fence, and they all four entered the inclosure of the shanty |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Struggling and kicking under the cuts of the cane and the blows of the knotty stump Stephen was borne back against a barbed wire fence. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | They neared the fence. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It needs no fence. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Fence in gardens to keep out wild animals. (references) | |
Business | The inland area of Bangkok Port covers about 930 acres of which 340 acres inside the customs fence are set aside for operational purpose and 51 acres outside the customs fence has been earmarked for future expansion, commercial use, housing, and transportation network. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Bosnia and Herzegovina | For example, on June 4, the Islamic community, in consultation with the international community, agreed to delay a plan to lay the cornerstone at the central mosque in Stolac; instead placing a fence around the site. (references) |
Economic History | Cambodia | The Vietnamese concentrated on consolidating their gains during the 1985-86 dry season, including an attempt to seal guerrilla infiltration routes into the country by forcing Cambodian laborers to construct trench and wire fence obstacles and minefields along virtually the entire Thai-Cambodian border. (references) |
Human Rights | Guatemala | On March 16, two unidentified men jumped the fence of the home of Judge Yassmin Barrios. (references) |
Minorities | Cyprus | The authorities repaired and built a fence around the mosque and pledged to increase protection of Muslim sites. (references) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | On December 4, a crowd of Croats attacked the reconstruction site for the Stolac mosque, burning the fence surrounding the site. (references) | |
Yugoslavia | On February 13 and 14, stickers with swastikas and anti-Semitic messages were placed on the entrance of the Jewish Community Center of Belgrade, on the gate of the synagogue, and on the fence of the Jewish cemetery. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Fence" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 97.81% of the time. "Fence" is used about 1,687 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 97.81% | 1,650 | 5,058 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.95% | 33 | 60,273 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.24% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,687 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| Japan | LS Fence Co., Ltd. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Fence, WI |
Expressions using "fence": barbed wire fence ♦ blast fence ♦ burrow it's way under the fence ♦ chainlink fence ♦ come down on the right side of the fence ♦ crooked as a Virginia fence ♦ eastern fence lizard ♦ fence blade ♦ fence in ♦ Fence Lake ♦ fence line ♦ fence lizard ♦ Fence month ♦ fence off ♦ fence rail ♦ Fence roof ♦ fence round ♦ fence season ♦ Fence time ♦ fence with a question ♦ fence with sabre ♦ fence with sword ♦ Flood fence ♦ game fence ♦ green fence ♦ hay fence ♦ herding fence ♦ in a ring fence ♦ lath fence ♦ lattice fence ♦ leading edge fence ♦ live fence ♦ on the fence ♦ peacock flower fence ♦ picket fence ♦ put a horse to a fence ♦ radar fence ♦ rail fence ♦ ring fence ♦ sit on the fence ♦ snake fence ♦ snow fence ♦ sunk fence ♦ surround with a wire fence ♦ To be on the fence ♦ To fence the tables ♦ Virginia fence ♦ Virginia rail fence ♦ wattle fence ♦ western fence lizard ♦ wing fence ♦ wire fence ♦ worm fence. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fence": fence-builder, fence-building, fence-cutting, fence-fix, fence-hopping, fence-jumping, fence-lines, fence-mending, fence-panel, fence-post, fence-posts, fence-rime, fence-sitter, fence-sitting, fence-which, fence-wire. | |
Ending with "fence": ring-fence. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
fence | 4,337 | horse fence | 230 |
vinyl fence | 1,295 | garden fence | 227 |
wood fence | 863 | fence post | 224 |
chain link fence | 843 | split rail fence | 223 |
invisible fence | 773 | rabbit proof fence | 218 |
dog fence | 577 | electric fence for dog | 196 |
electric fence | 553 | wooden fence | 190 |
privacy fence | 543 | bamboo fence | 185 |
picket fence | 509 | plastic fence | 174 |
farm fence | 470 | invisible dog fence | 173 |
pool fence | 393 | wireless dog fence | 163 |
fence design | 367 | fence installation | 152 |
build a fence | 362 | fence company | 142 |
wrought iron fence | 333 | security fence | 134 |
building fence | 332 | radio fence | 130 |
pet fence | 328 | cedar fence | 130 |
gate fence | 295 | swimming pool fence | 109 |
aluminum fence | 290 | underground dog fence | 107 |
pvc fence | 287 | long fence | 107 |
iron fence | 282 | fence supply | 101 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "fence"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | afsluiting (barrier, dam). (various references) | |
Albanian | thur (braid, convolve, enmesh, knit, pleach, shut up, spin, splice, stitch, twine, twist, weave), skermë (fencing, foil, singlestick, swordplay), shmangem (circumvent, deflect, depart, deviate, diverge, dodge, duck, escape, eschew, fend off, fight shy of, forbear, funk, give a wide berth, glance, jink, jump, keep one's distance, leapfrog, Miss, Parry, refrain, shirk, shun, sidestep, steer clear of, tergiversate, wander), shitblerës sendesh të vjedhura, rrethoj me gardh (create obstacles, hedge, hinder, prevent), rregullator (control, guide, moderator, regulator), murr rrethues, mbaj larg, gardhoj (block, encompass, fence in, hedge, hinder, pale, picket, piquet, rail), gardh (barrier, hedge, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, pale, rail, rails, ring fence, stockade), blej e shes sende të vjedhura, bëj skermë. (various references) | |
Arabic | مكان تباع به السلع المسروقة, من يتلقى السلع المسروقة, مبارزة بالسيف (fencing), حمى (advocate, anneal, broil, buckler, bulwark, conserve, cover, defend, diet, fever, feverish, guard, haven, heat, overheating, patronize, protect, safeguard, shelter, stove, superheat, vindicate, warm up), حاجز (arresting, bail, bar, barricade, barrier, block, dike, divider, division, dyke, jamming, levee, obstacle, parapet, partition, rail, screen, stem, traverse), تصالح (be reconciled, make up, patch, reconcile, reconciliation), تجنب (avert, avoid, avoidance, bypass, ditch, duck, eschew, eschewal, evade, evasion, fight shy of, flee, get round, give a wide berth, hide, miss, obviate, outrun, parry, put off, save, shirk, shuffle, shun, shy, sidestep, steer clear of, waive), تاجر السلع المسروقة, سيج (enclose, hedge, inclose, rail), سياج (corral, dike, enclosure, fencing, hedgerow, paling, rail, weir), طرد (banish, banishment, bounce, bouncer, cashier, cast out, chuck, deport, deportation, disgrace, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, dispossess, dispossession, disqualification, drive out, drum, eject, ejection, eliminate, elimination, evaporate, evict, eviction, expel, expulsion, fight down, get off, hunt, in order of the boot, oust, ouster, pitch, poke, put out, removal, remove, repel, rout, sack, scat, send, send packing, sending away, shake, shrift, sling out, spurn, throw out, toss, toss out, turf, turf out, turn away, turn off, turn out), صان (arm, conserve, cover, defend, embalm, ensure, fend, maintain, preserve, protect, repair, safeguard, screen, steady, tend, vindicate), بارز (beetle, conspicuous, distinct, distinguished, duel, eminent, featured, great, in the first flight, lofty, memorable, monumental, noble, notable, noticeable, outstanding, pointed, profile, prognathous, projecting, prominent, protruding, protuberant, remarkable, salient, signal, striking, uncommon). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | отбягвам (avoid, dodge, elude, eschew, evade, give a wide berth, put by, sheer, shrink back, shrink from, shun, sidestep, taboo), парирам (avert, fence off, fend off, foil, ward), препятствие (barrier, contrariety, dike, hamper, hedge, hurdle, interference, jump, obstacle, obstruction, stop, stumbling block), прескачам препятствие (hurdle), бия се с шпага, заграждам (contain, edge, encircle, enclose, encompass, environ, fence in, flank, inclose, lock in, rail, shut in, stem, stop, throw around, throw round), плет (hedge, hurdle, wattle fence), ограждам (circumscribe, enclose, fence in, fringe, hedge, hem, rail, roll up), стобор, гледам да се измъкна, шикалкавя (boggle, hedge, quibble, shift, shuffle, stall), търгувам с крадени вещи, фехтовка (fencing, singlestick, swordplay), фехтувам се, укривам крадени вещи, ограда (fencing, rail, timber). (various references) | |
Chinese | 笆 (an article made of bamboo strips), 籬笆 , 篱芭, 柵 , 欄 (pen, railing), 樊 (cage), 栫 (palisade). (various references) | |
Czech | vytáèet se (hedge one's bets, shuffle, stall, tergiversate, wriggle out of), plot (pale, railing), překážka (balk, bar, barrier, blockage, hamper, hazard, hindrance, holdback, hurdle, impediment, jump, obstacle, obstruction, resistance, restriction, roadblock, rub, snag, trig), oplotit (enclose, fence in), oplocení (fencing), ohradit (enclose, fence in, fence off, Park, rail in, wall), ohrada (barrier, enclosure, hoarding, paling, pen, wall), šermovat. (various references) | |
Danish | indhegning (palisade). (various references) | |
Dutch | hek (barrier, grate, grid, grill), heining (barrier), barrière (bar, barrier, dam), afsluiting (barrier, dam). (various references) | |
Esperanto | skermi, ricelanto, palisaro (palisade), barilo (barrier). (various references) | |
Faeroese | fikta. (various references) | |
Farsi | پناه دادن (Harbor, House, Refuge, Shelter), پرچین (Hedge), محجر (Parapet, Peel), نرده کشیدن (Picket, Rail), حفظکردن (Memorize, Preserve, Protect, Retain, Secure), حصار (Barrier, Cramp, Enclosure, Fold, Fort, Hag, Hedge, Inclose, Wall), سپر (Aegis, Buffer, Parapet, Shield), خاکریز (Bulwark, Levee, Moat, Weir), شمشیربازی کردن , شمشیربازی , دیوار (Bulkhead, Curtain, Enclosure, Screen, Wall). (various references) | |
Finnish | aita (estejuoksu, hedge, hoarding, hurdle, I was prevented from appearing, paling, railing). (various references) | |
French | clôture (fencing, fender), barrière (fencing, fender). (various references) | |
Frisian | ôfsluting (barrier). (various references) | |
German | Zaun (barrier, palisade, railing), fechten (fencing, fight, swordplay), Einzäunung (enclosure, fencing, palisade, stockade), umzäunung (enclosure, fencing, fencing round, palisade, rails), hindernis (balk, bar, barrier, check, handicap, hazard, hindrance, hump, hurdle, impediment, jump, obstacle, obstruction), gatter (gate, grating, grid, wicket), einfriedung (enclosure, hedge, stockade, wall). (various references) | |
Greek | φράχτης (corral, fish corral, fixed net, set net). (various references) | |
Hebrew | גדר (enclosure, hedge, limit, restriction). (various references) | |
Hungarian | kerítés (bawd, enclosure, pale, paling, palisade, railing), sövény (enclosure, hedge). (various references) | |
Icelandic | girða af (fence in, fence off, rail in, rail off), afgirða (fence in, fence off, rail in, rail off). (various references) | |
Indonesian | pagar (bullfinch, palisade), beranggar. (various references) | |
Irish | claí. (various references) | |
Italian | recinto (enclosure, inclosure, paddock, pale, pen, Pinfold, playpen, precinct, run, yard). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 牆壁 (barrier, wall), 垣牆 (hedge), 垣 , フェルミ粒子 (a walk, fall, fault, fault-tolerance, fauvisme, fellowship, fencing, fender, Fermi particle, ferret, ferro-alloy, foam, foam rubber, focus, Fodor, fog, fog lamp, fog light, foie gras, folder, folk, folk art, folk dance, folk song, folklore, follow, follow wind, follow-through, followup, follow-up, fondue, font, force, force-out, ford, fore, forecast, foreground, forehand, foreman, forge, fork, fork ball, forklift, forklore, form, formal, formal dress, formal wear, formalism, format, formation, formatter, formatting, form-feed, formula car, formula plan, formula translation, forte, FORTRAN, fortune, forum, forward, forward pass, forwarding, fossa magna, foster child, foster parent, four nines, fox-trot, Fuji, Fuji-TV, pheromone, phone, phonograph, photo, photo library, photo realism, photo story, photo studio, photochromic glass, photocoupler, photodiode, photogenic, photogenie, photograph, photographer, photography, photogravure, photoresist, phototransistor, Volkswagen, VW), 柵 (paling), 塀 (wall). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | フェンス , しょうへき (barrier, enclosing wall, wall), さく (a harvest, a work, cord, crossout, curtail, last, paling, pare, plan, plane, policy, reduce, rope, scrape off, sharpen, shave, to alienate, to avoid, to bloom, to cede, to cleave, to cut up, to divide, to separate, to sever, to spare, to split, to tear, whittle, yesterday), かき (fire, firearms, flower vase, flowering plants, flowering season, guns, oyster, oyster shell, persimmon, summer season, the following), へい (3rd in rank, be in a row, equal, get together, lean on, lie heavy, line up, rank with, recline on, rival, third sign of the Chinese calendar, wall), えんしょう (gunpowder, hedge, inflammation, seductive smile, spread of fire, word used to indicate a distant spatial relationship). (various references) | |
Korean | 담 (Phlegm). (various references) | |
Manx | scaa (a very thin person, adumbration, apparition, blight; thirds, cover, fencing, fire guard, ghost, guise, hood, pretence, screen, shade, shadiness, shadow, timidity), kionneyder griu, jannoo cliwederaght, faal (boundary hedge, septum), cur cleigh mysh (hedge in), cleigh (embankment, hedge). (various references) | |
Maya | suup. (various references) | |
Mohawk | aten'ènra. (various references) | |
Norwegian | fekte, heler (handler), hele, gjerde. (various references) | |
Papago | kolhai (corral). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | encefay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | cerca (about, approximately, cincture, close, corral, enclosure, hedge, inclosure, zariba), barreira (bar, barrier, bound, fencing, gate, hedge, hurdle, limit, pale, pike, restraint, screen). (various references) | |
Romanian | fi tãinuitor de lucruri furate, face scrimã, zãbrea (guard, rail, railing), înconjura cu un gard (picket), îngrãdi cu, îngrãdire (enclosing, enclosure, pale, wall), apãra (advocate, champion, cover, defend, fend, guard, keep, maintain, protect, safeguard, save, shelter, shield, ward), ascunzãtoare pentru lucruri furate, barierã (bar, barrier, border, dike, fencing, gate, grating, hindrance, lifting gate, obstruction, Pike, screen, stile, turnpike), duela, gard (fencing, hedge, hurdle, palisade, rail, railing, wall), împrejmui (close, enclose, environ, hedge, hem, pale, parclose, protect, surround), se bate în duel, zãplaz, ostreţ (bar), parapet (battlement, bulwark, parapet, traverse), pune la adãpost (house, indemnify, screen, secure), sãri un gard, scrimã (fencing), se apãra (defend oneself, fend, make a defence, protect, ward), eluda (dodge, elude, evade). (various references) | |
Romany | bar (stone). (various references) | |
Russian | укрывать краденое, фехтовать, ограждать (fence about, hedge), ограда (enclosure, haw, hedgerow, inclosure, pale, railing), огораживать;фехтовать ограждение, огораживать (pale, rail), загородка, загораживать (barrier in, block, guard), забор (fencing, paling, palisade), изгородь (fencing, hedge). (various references) | |
Scottish | bideag (a bit, a fence). (various references) | |
Sepedi | legora. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zatarabiti (enclose), plot, ograda (banister, dissociation, enclosure, haw, hedge, railing, reservation, reserve, ring fence), odeliti (dissever, isolate, separate, set off), mačevati se, mačevanje (fencing, sword play, swordplay, swordsmanship). (various references) | |
Spanish | reja (barrier, grate, grating, grid, grill, grille, screen, share), valla (hurdle), obstrucción (bar, barrier, block, blockage, clog, dam, goaf, jam, lumber, obstruction, stoppage), cercado (enclosure, fenced, inclosure, pale, ring), cerca (aboard, about, around, by, close, near, nearby, nigh, short). (various references) | |
Swazi | lú-tsangó. (various references) | |
Swedish | stängsel (enclosure, hurdle, inclosure), staket (paling, railing), gärdsgård, fäkta (fight, tilt). (various references) | |
Thai | โต้เถียง (argue, bicker), พูดหลบหลีก, ล้อมรั้ว (stockade), รั้ว (rail). (various references) | |
Turkish | savunmak (advocate, argue, argue for smth., assert, champion, declare oneself, defend, fight, justify, line up with, plead, protect, stand up, stand up for, stick up for, vindicate), parmaklık (balustrade, banisters, bar, boarding, fencing, grating, grid, grill, grille, guardrail, hurdle, paling, palisade, rack, rail, railing, trellis), korumak (buffer, charm, cocoon, conserve, convoy, cover, defend, embosom, embower, encourage, escort, guard, indemnify, keep, keep guard, maintain, patronize, preserve, protect, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shade, shelter, shield, spare, sponsor, vindicate, ward), kaçamak cevap vermek (evade, evade a question, prevaricate, shift), eskrim yapmak, eskrim (fencing, swordplay), engel (balk, bar, barrage, barricade, barrier, baulk, block, check, clog, countercheck, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, dam, determent, difficulty, discouragement, disincentive, drag, drawback, encumbrance, entanglement, handicap, hedge, hindrance, hobble, hold up, holdback, hurdle, impediment, interference, let, obstacle, obstruction, restraint, retardation, rub, shackles, slashing, snag, stay, stick, stop, stumbling block, supersedeas, tie, trammel), çit ile çevirmek (enclose, fence in, hedge, hedge in, hedge round, pale in, palisade), çit (barrier, enclosure, fencing, hedge, hurdle, inclosure, paling, palisade, ring fence), çalıntı mal satmak, çalıntı mal satıcısı. (various references) | |
Turkmen | haяat (wall), gorag (protection), aяmanзa. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | фехтувати, фехтування (fencing, singlestick, swordplay), тин (fencing, hedge, raddle, wicker), огорожа (balconet, barrier, enclosure, fencing, haw, inclosure, pale, rail, railing), обгороджувати (inclose, pale). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | hàng rào thuật đánh kiếm, chẳng đứng về bên nào. (various references) | |
Welsh | ffens, gwalio (wall). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acrabattene, caveam, circumsepsit, circumseptae, circumseptam, circumseptum, consepta, saepe, saepe, sepe, sepes. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | hege, pearroc. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Hebrews Chapter 7, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | O nomoV gar anqrwpouV kaqisthsin arciereiV econtaV asqeneian o logoV de thV orkwmosiaV thV meta ton nomon uion eiV ton aiwna teteleiwmenon |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Lex enim homines constituit sacerdotes infirmitatem habentes sermo autem iurisiurandi qui post legem est Filium in aeternum perfectum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And the lawe ordeynede men prestis hauynge sijknesse; but the word of swering, which is after the lawe, ordeynede the sone perfit with outen ende. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For the lawe maketh men prestes which have infirmitie: but the worde of the othe that came fence ye lawe maketh the sonne prest which is parfecte for ever more. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For the law maketh men high priests who have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Hebrews Chapter 7, Verse 28 |
| Cebuano | Sa pagkatinuod, ang kasugoan nagatudlog mga tawo nga may kaluyahon ingon nga mga labawng sacerdote, apan ang pulong sa panumpa, nga miabut ulahi sa kasugoan, nagatudlog Anak nga nahimong hingpit hangtud sa kahangturan. |
| Danish | Thi Loven indsætter til Ypperstepræster Mennesker, som have Skrøbelighed; men Edens Ord, som kom senere end Loven, indsætter en Søn, som er fuldkommet til evig Tid: |
| Dutch | Want de wet stelt tot hogepriesters mensen, die zwakheid hebben; maar het woord der eedzwering, die na de wet is gevolgd, stelt den Zoon, Die in der eeuwigheid geheiligd is. |
| Finnish | Sillä laki asettaa ylimmäisiksi papeiksi ihmisiä, jotka ovat heikkoja, mutta valan sana, joka on myöhäisempi kuin laki, asettaa Pojan, iankaikkisesti täydelliseksi tulleen. |
| French | En effet, la loi établit souverains sacrificateurs des hommes sujets à la faiblesse; mais la parole du serment qui a été fait après la loi établit le Fils, qui est parfait pour l`éternité. |
| German | denn das Gesetz macht Menschen zu Hohenpriestern, die da Schwachheit haben; dies Wort aber des Eides, das nach dem Gesetz gesagt ward, setzt den Sohn ein, der ewig und vollkommen ist. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Hukum agama Yahudi mengangkat orang yang tidak sempurna menjadi imam agung. Tetapi kemudian dari hukum itu, Allah membuat janji dengan sumpah bahwa Ia mengangkat sebagai Imam Agung, Anak yang sudah dijadikan Penyelamat yang sempurna untuk selama-lamanya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena Taurat itu menetapkan orang yang lemah menjadi imam besar, tetapi perkataan sumpah yang kemudian daripada Taurat itu menetapkan seorang Anak, yang sudah jadi sempurna selama-lamanya. |
| Italian | La legge infatti costituisce sommi sacerdoti uomini soggetti all'umana debolezza, ma la parola del giuramento, posteriore alla legge, costituisce il Figlio che è stato reso perfetto in eterno. |
| Latvian | Jo bauslîba ieceï par priesteriem cilvçkus, kam savas vâjîbas, bet zvçresta vârds, kas nâca pçc bauslîbas, - mûþam pilnîgo Dçlu. |
| Maori | Ko nga tohunga nui hoki e whakaturia ana e te ture, he tangata e pehia ana e te ngoikore; ko ta te kupu ia o te oati, i muri nei i te ture, ko te Tama, kua oti nei te mea kia tino tika ake ake. |
| Norwegian | For loven innsetter til yppersteprester mennesker som har skrøpelighet, men edens ord, som kom efter loven, innsetter Sønnen, han som er blitt fullendt for all evighet. |
| Portuguese | Porque a lei constitui sumos sacerdotes a homens que têm fraquezas, mas a palavra do juramento, que veio depois da lei, constitui ao Filho, para sempre aperfeiçoado. |
| Rumanian | Kn adevqr, Legea pune mari preoyi pe niwte oameni supuwi slqbiciunii; dar cuvkntul jurqmkntului, fqcut dupq ce a fost datq Legea, pune pe Fiul, care este desqvkrwit pentru vecinicie. |
| Shuar | Muisais akupkamuka penké shuarnak tuke pénkercha ain Yúsnan pujurniu uuntrin anaikiaiti. Tura nu ukunmanka Yus, nekas ninki pachiimias, ni Uchirín, tuke pénkera nuna, Yúsnan pujurniu uuntrin anaikiaiti. |
| Swahili | Sheria ya Mose huwateua watu waliokuwa dhaifu kuwa makuhani wakuu; lakini ahadi ya Mungu aliyoifanya kwa kiapo na ambayo imefika baada ya sheria imemteua Mwana ambaye amefanywa mkamilifu milele. |
| Swedish | Ty lagen insätter till överstepräster människor som äro behäftade med svaghet, men det löftesord, som efter lagens utgivande gavs under edlig bekräftelse, insätter en "Son" som är fullkomnad "till evig tid". |
| Uma | Tauna to jadi' Imam Bohe ntuku' Atura Musa, tauna to lente, apa' manusia' biasa-ra-rawo. Aga ngkabokoa' ngkai Atura Musa toe, Alata'ala mpohowa' lolita posumpa-na, pai' hante lolita posumpa-na toe, mpo'ongko' Ana' -na moto-imi jadi' Imam Bohe. Pai' Ana' -na toei jadi' Topetolo' to uma ria kakuraa' -na pai' to tida duu' kahae-hae-na. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fence": fenced, fenceless, fencelessness, fencelessnesses, fencer, fencerow, fencerows, fencers, fences. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "fence": defence, offence, refence, unfence. (additional references) | |
Words containing "fence": defenceman, defencemen, defences, offences, refenced, refences, unfenced, unfences. (additional references) | |
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"Fence" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bencey, cence, efne, fance, fancye, Faunce, Fcegce, feace, feance, feca, fece, feci, Feco, Fedco, felce, fenc, fenca, fench, fency, fende, fenden, fene, fenek, Fenichel, fenici, fenne, fense, fente, Fentem, fenue, finca, fince, finche, finice, flence, fonc, fonce, Fonck, Funke, Funkee, Gence, ofence, tence. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "fence" (pronounced fe"ns) |
| 4 | f e" n s | defence, defense, nondefense, offense. |
| 3 | -e" n s | commence, commonsense, condense, dense, dispense, expense, hence, immense, incense, intense, pence, pretense, sense, Spence, suspense, tense, thence, whence. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-f-n" | |
-2 letters: cee, fee, fen, nee. | |
-3 letters: ef, en, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-f-n" | |
+1 letter: enface, fenced, fencer, fences, fennec. | |
+2 letters: benefic, defence, enfaced, enfaces, enforce, faience, fencers, fennecs, fiancee, offence, refence, unfence. | |
+3 letters: benefice, caffeine, conferee, confrere, defences, defiance, enforced, enforcer, enforces, faiences, feasance, feculent, fencerow, fencible, fervency, fiancees, fleecing, flenched, flenches, florence, frenched, frenches, frenetic, infected, infecter, offences, refenced, refences, reinfect, unfenced, unfences. | |
+4 letters: affluence, beneficed, benefices, caffeines, confected, conferees, conferred, conferrer, confervae, confessed, confesses, confreres, defecting, defection, deference, defiances, deficient, effecting, efficient, effluence, enforcers, feasances, feculence, fecundate, fenceless, fencerows, fencibles, ferrocene, fettucine, fleeching, florences, fluencies, freelance, frenetics, frequence, frequency, genuflect, halfpence, infecters, infective, inference, inflected, influence, interface, offscreen, reenforce, refecting, refection, refencing, reference, refinance, refluence, reinfects, reinforce, rufescent, unperfect. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Company Usage 15. Cities 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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