fence
A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter…A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
» Tom will paint the fence tomorrow.
Tom wird morgen den Zaun streichen.
Том покрасит забор завтра.
Том завтра покрасит забор.
Том пофарбує паркан завтра.
Том пофарбує пліт завтра.
Meaning
10 senses(countable, uncountable)A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
(countable, informal, uncountable)Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
Hehler, Hehlerin
ску́пщик кра́деногоskúpščik krádenovo, бары́гаbarýga
(broadly, countable, uncountable)The place whence such a middleman operates.
(countable, uncountable)Skill in oral debate.
(countable, uncountable)A guard or guide on machinery.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
a barrier that serves to enclose an area
(Jewish, countable, uncountable)A prohibition enacted to prevent violation of another more primary rule.
(countable, uncountable)A memory barrier.
Zaun, Hag, Fence
забо́рzabór, и́згородьízgorodʹ, огра́даográda
парка́нparkán, огоро́жаohoróža, тинtyn
(countable, uncountable)The boundary.
(obsolete, uncountable)The art or practice of fencing.
Examples
568 sentencesTom will paint the fence tomorrow.
Том пофарбує паркан завтра.
ruТом покрасит забор завтра.
deTom wird morgen den Zaun streichen.
Tom hasn't painted the fence yet.
Том ще не пофарбував паркан.
ruТом ещё не покрасил забор.
I painted the fence with Tom.
Ми з Томом пофарбували паркан.
ruМы с Томом покрасили забор.
Tom hasn't yet painted the fence.
Том ще не пофарбував паркан.
ruТом ещё не покрасил забор.
I didn't need to paint the fence.
Мені не було потрібно фарбувати паркан.
ruМне не понадобилось красить забор.
deIch musste den Zaun nicht streichen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), fromFrom Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), from Old French defens, defense (see defence).
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Forms
plural: fencesSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
52 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
10 patterns- paint the fence
- over the fence
- on the fence
- a fence around
- paint this fence
- against the fence
- fence around
- the fence tomorrow
- fence around the
- fence tomorrow