Meaning

6 senses

  1. (transitive)To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.

    befrieden, einfrieden, einfriedigen

    огора́живатьogoráživatʹ, огороди́тьogorodítʹ

    обгоро́джуватиobhoródžuvaty, обгороди́тиobhorodýty, огоро́джуватиohoródžuvaty

    enclose with a fence

  2. (transitive)To defend or guard.

  3. (transitive)To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.

    hehlen

    бары́житьbarýžitʹ

    receive stolen goods

  4. (ambitransitive)To engage in the sport of fencing (against).

    fechten

    фехтова́тьfextovátʹ

    fight with fencing swords

  5. (intransitive)To jump over a fence.

  6. (intransitive)To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.

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

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  2. Tom hasn't painted the fence yet.

    Том ще не пофарбував паркан. — deniko

    ruТом ещё не покрасил забор. — odexed

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  3. I painted the fence with Tom.

    Ми з Томом пофарбували паркан. — deniko

    ruМы с Томом покрасили забор. — marafon

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  4. Tom hasn't yet painted the fence.

    Том ще не пофарбував паркан. — deniko

    ruТом ещё не покрасил забор. — odexed

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  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

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to enclose by building a fence:
Русский
By meaning 3
to enclose by building a fence:
to trade with stolen goods:
to engage in (the sport) fencing:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to enclose by building a fence:
to trade with stolen goods:
to engage in (the sport) fencing:

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

fences, fencing, fenced, fenced
Base formfence · to fence
3rd person singularfences
Present participlefencing
Past simplefenced
Past participlefenced

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfence
he, she, itfences

Past simpleLesson

all personsfenced

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fenced
he, she, ithas fenced

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fence

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

8 synonyms
to sell or buy stolen goods:pawn
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words
Relatedfencingfencer
Derivedfence inoutfencerefenceringfence

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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
femmefemurfendfender
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