1 a structure made of wood or wire supported with posts that is put between two areas of land as a BOUNDARY, or around a garden/yard, field, etc. to keep animals in, or to keep people and animals out
2 a structure that horses must jump over in a race or a competition
3 (slang) a criminal who buys and sells stolen goods
IDIOMS see GRASSn., MENDv., SIDEn., SIT
Part of speech: verb
1 [VN] to surround or divide an area with a fence:
His property is fenced with barbed wire.
seealsoUNFENCED
2 [V] to take part in the sport of FENCING
3 [V] ~ (with sb) to speak to sb in a clever way in order to gain an advantage in the conversation
PHRASALVERBS
fence sb/sth<->in [oftenpassive]
1 to surround sb/sth with a fence:
The small grass patch was fenced in.
2 to restrict sb's freedom
SYNHEMSBIN:
She felt fenced in by domestic routine.
fence sth<->off [oftenpassive] to divide one area from another with a fence:
One end of the yard had been fenced off for the chickens.
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