Definitions for fence
fɛnsfence

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fence, fencing(noun)

   a barrier that serves to enclose an area

2. fence(verb)

   a dealer in stolen property

3. fence, fence in(verb)

   enclose with a fence

   "we fenced in our yard"

4. fence(verb)

   receive stolen goods

5. fence(verb)

   fight with fencing swords

6. wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround(verb)

   surround with a wall in order to fortify

7. argue, contend, debate, fence(verb)

   have an argument about something

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fence(Noun)

   A thin, human-constructed barrier which separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.

   Etymology: The original meaning is "the act of defending", from Middle French defens (see defence), adopted in the 14th century.

2. fence(Noun)

   A middleman for transactions of stolen goods.

   Etymology: The original meaning is "the act of defending", from Middle French defens (see defence), adopted in the 14th century.

3. fence(Noun)

   The place whence such a middleman operates.

   Etymology: The original meaning is "the act of defending", from Middle French defens (see defence), adopted in the 14th century.

4. fence(Noun)

   Skill in oral debate.

   Etymology: The original meaning is "the act of defending", from Middle French defens (see defence), adopted in the 14th century.

5. fence(Noun)

   The art or practice of fencing.

   Etymology: The original meaning is "the act of defending", from Middle French defens (see defence), adopted in the 14th century.

6. fence(Noun)

   A guard or guide on machinery.

   Etymology: The original meaning is "the act of defending", from Middle French defens (see defence), adopted in the 14th century.

7. fence(Noun)

   A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

   Etymology: The original meaning is "the act of defending", from Middle French defens (see defence), adopted in the 14th century.

8. fence(Verb)

   To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.

   Etymology: The original meaning is "the act of defending", from Middle French defens (see defence), adopted in the 14th century.

9. fence(Verb)

   To defend or guard.

   Etymology: The original meaning is "the act of defending", from Middle French defens (see defence), adopted in the 14th century.

10. fence(Verb)

    To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.

    Etymology: The original meaning is "the act of defending", from Middle French defens (see defence), adopted in the 14th century.

11. fence(Verb)

    To engage in (the sport) fencing.

    Etymology: The original meaning is "the act of defending", from Middle French defens (see defence), adopted in the 14th century.

12. fence(Verb)

    To jump over a fence.

    Etymology: The original meaning is "the act of defending", from Middle French defens (see defence), adopted in the 14th century.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fence(noun)

   that which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield

   Etymology: [Abbrev. from defence.]

2. Fence(noun)

   an inclosure about a field or other space, or about any object; especially, an inclosing structure of wood, iron, or other material, intended to prevent intrusion from without or straying from within

   Etymology: [Abbrev. from defence.]

3. Fence(noun)

   a projection on the bolt, which passes through the tumbler gates in locking and unlocking

   Etymology: [Abbrev. from defence.]

4. Fence(noun)

   self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing

   Etymology: [Abbrev. from defence.]

5. Fence(noun)

   a receiver of stolen goods, or a place where they are received

   Etymology: [Abbrev. from defence.]

6. Fence(verb)

   to fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard

   Etymology: [Abbrev. from defence.]

7. Fence(verb)

   to inclose with a fence or other protection; to secure by an inclosure

   Etymology: [Abbrev. from defence.]

8. Fence(verb)

   to make a defense; to guard one's self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence

   Etymology: [Abbrev. from defence.]

9. Fence(verb)

   to practice the art of attack and defense with the sword or with the foil, esp. with the smallsword, using the point only

   Etymology: [Abbrev. from defence.]

10. Fence(verb)

    hence, to fight or dispute in the manner of fencers, that is, by thrusting, guarding, parrying, etc

    Etymology: [Abbrev. from defence.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fence

   A fence is a freestanding structure designed to restrict or prevent movement across a boundary. Fences are generally distinguished from walls by the lightness of their construction and their purpose. Walls are usually barriers made from solid brick or concrete, blocking vision as well as passage, while fences are used more frequently to provide visual sectioning of spaces. Alternatives to fencing include a ditch.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fence

   fens, n. a wall or hedge for enclosing animals or for protecting land: the art of fencing: defence: a receiver of stolen goods, also a receiving-house.—v.t. to enclose with a fence: to fortify.—v.i. to practise fencing: to conceal the truth by equivocal answers.—adjs. Fenced, enclosed with a fence; Fence′less, without fence or enclosure, open.—n. Fenc′er, one who practises fencing with a sword.—adj. Fenc′ible, capable of being fenced or defended.—n.pl. Fenc′ibles, volunteer regiments raised for local defence during a special crisis: militia enlisted for home service.—p.adj. Fenc′ing, defending or guarding.—n. the act of erecting a fence: the art of attack and defence with a sword or other weapon.—n. Fenc′ing-mas′ter, one who teaches fencing.—Fence the tables, in the ancient usage of Scotland, to debar from partaking in communion those guilty of any known sin.—Sit on the fence, to be still hesitating as between two opinions; Sunk fence, a ditch or water-course. [Abbrev. of defence.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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”.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fence

   A palisade. Also, the arm of the hammer-spring of a gun-lock.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fence

   Self-defense by the use of the sword; fencing; the art and practice of fencing or sword-play.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fence' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2881

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'fence' in Nouns Frequency: #1699

How to pronounce fence?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fence in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of fence in a Sentence

1. Maya MacGuineas:

   The breaking point is like an invisible dog fence, you don't know where it is, but if you actually hit it, it'll be a huge problem.

2. Aiya Ella:

   Everybody was screaming and yelling, and stampeding towards me. People were jumping over the fence and screaming and looking for each other, we ran into the bus. The driver was frantically shouting at people,' Come on. Come on. Come on.' He packed the bus and drove off.

3. Deputy Chief Inspector Nicole Broster:

   ( SWNS) The gruesome discovery took place on March 9 outside of an unidentified building in the Cricklewood neighborhood. When the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals( RSPCA) arrived to make the rescue, they had to call for backup. Deputy Chief Inspector Nicole Broster told the outlet that firefighters had to use car-crash rescue machinery to remove the section of the fence the cat was trapped on. The male ginger and white cat was found at 3:50 a.m. on March 9. ( SWNS) WHY YOUR PET ’S FOOD BOWL COULD BE MAKING YOU SICK When I got there I was incredibly shocked — in all my years with the RSPCA I have never seen anything like it. This poor cat literally had two metal posts protruding through his body.

4. Gilbert Keith Chesterton:

   Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason why it was put up.

5. Democratic Senate:

   There's no requirement that this government be shut down while we deliberate the future of any barrier, whether it's a fence or a wall.

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