fence Englisch Deutsch:
fence Definition:
- A fence is a structure that encloses an area, typically outdoors, and is usually constructed from posts that are connected by boards, wire, rails or netting. A fence differs from a wall in not having a solid foundation along its whole length.
| Fence (n.) That which fends off attack or danger |
| Fence (n.) An inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object |
| Fence (n.) A projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking. |
| Fence (n.) Self-defense by the use of the sword |
| Fence (n.) A receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received. |
| Fence (v. t.) To fend off danger from |
| Fence (v. t.) To inclose with a fence or other protection |
| Fence (v. i.) To make a defense |
| Fence (v. i.) To practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only. |
| Fence (v. i.) Hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc. |
| fence lizard spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico |
| western fence lizard / swift blue-belly / Sceloporus occidentalis common western lizard, seen on logs or rocks |
| eastern fence lizard / pine lizard / Sceloporus undulatus small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia |
| chainlink fence a fence of steel wires woven into a diamond pattern |
| fence / fencing a barrier that serves to enclose an area |
| picket fence / paling a fence made of upright pickets |
| rail fence a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle) |
| split rail / fence rail a rail that is split from a log |
| sunk fence / ha-ha / haw-haw a ditch with one side being a retaining wall, used to divide lands without defacing the landscape |
| worm fence / snake fence / snakeail fence / Virginia fence rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails |
fence Synonyme:
| fence abatis about the bush advanced work arch dam arm armor armor-plate around the bush avoid backstop baffle balistraria balustrade bamboo curtain bank banquette bar barbed wire barbed-wire entanglement barbican barrage barricade barrier bartizan bastion battle battlement bear-trap dam beat about beat around beaver dam beg the question bicker black-market black-marketeer bless block blockade boggle boom bootleg bound boundary box brawl breakwater breastwork brick wall broil buffer bulkhead bulkhead in bulwark cage casemate castellate cavil center champion cheval-de-frise choplogic circumscribe circumvallation clash cloak close cofferdam collide combat come to blows compass about compromise confine contend contest contravallation coop copyright corral counterscarp cover crenellate curtain cushion cut and thrust dam defend defense demibastion dig in dike ditch dodge drawbridge duck duel earthwork embankment embattle encircle enclose enclosure ensure entanglement entrench equivocate escarp escarpment evade evade the issue exchange blows feint fences fend fend off feud fieldwork fight fight a duel foil fortalice fortification fortify garrison gate give and take give satisfaction glacis golden mean grapple grapple with gravity dam groin guarantee guard half measures half-and-half measures halfway measures happy medium harbor haven hedge hedgerow hem hem and haw hoarding hydraulic-fill dam immure impartial indecisive independent insure iron curtain irresolute jam jetty jostle joust keep keep from harm leaping weir levee logjam loophole lunette machicolation make safe man man the garrison maneuver mantelet mean medium merlon mew middle course middle ground middle way milldam mine mix it up moat moderantism moderate position moderateness moderation moderatism mole moonshine mound myst |
| fence in beleaguer beset besiege blockade bottle up bound box in box up cage chamber check cloister close in compass confine constrain contain coop coop in coop up cordon cordon off cork up corral crib detain encage encircle enclose encompass enshrine hedge in hem in hold hold in custody hold in restraint house in immure impound imprison incarcerate include inhibit jail keep in keep in custody keep in detention kennel leaguer mew mew up pen pen in pen up pocket pound quarantine rail in restrain restrict seal up shackle shrine shut in shut up stable surround wall in wrap yard yard up |