Meaning

10 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.

  2. (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

  3. (broadly, countable, uncountable)The place whence such a middleman operates.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Skill in oral debate.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A guard or guide on machinery.

  6. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.

    a barrier that serves to enclose an area

  7. (Jewish, countable, uncountable)A prohibition enacted to prevent violation of another more primary rule.

  8. (countable, uncountable)A memory barrier.

    Zaun, Hag, Fence

    забо́рzabór, и́згородьízgorodʹ, огра́даográda

    парка́нparkán, огоро́жаohoróža, тинtyn

  9. (countable, uncountable)The boundary.

  10. (obsolete, uncountable)The art or practice of fencing.

Examples

568 sentences
  1. Tom will paint the fence tomorrow.

    Том пофарбує паркан завтра. — aandrusiak

    ruТом покрасит забор завтра. — Balamax

    deTom wird morgen den Zaun streichen. — dima555

  2. Tom hasn't painted the fence yet.

    Том ще не пофарбував паркан. — deniko

    ruТом ещё не покрасил забор. — odexed

  3. I painted the fence with Tom.

    Ми з Томом пофарбували паркан. — deniko

    ruМы с Томом покрасили забор. — marafon

  4. Tom hasn't yet painted the fence.

    Том ще не пофарбував паркан. — deniko

    ruТом ещё не покрасил забор. — odexed

  5. I didn't need to paint the fence.

    Мені не було потрібно фарбувати паркан. — deniko

    ruМне не понадобилось красить забор. — marafon

    deIch musste den Zaun nicht streichen. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
barrier:
Русский
By meaning 2
someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods:
barrier:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods:
barrier:

Origin

From Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), from

From 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: fences
Singularfence
Pluralfences

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a barrier that serves to enclose an area:fencing

Word family

52 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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