fence

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

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.
3. (broadly, countable, uncountable) The place whence such a middleman operates.
4. (countable, uncountable) Skill in oral debate.
5. (obsolete, uncountable) The art or practice of fencing.
6. (countable, uncountable) A guard or guide on machinery.
7. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
8. (countable, uncountable) A memory barrier.
9. (countable, uncountable) The boundary.

Verb

1. (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
2. (transitive) To defend or guard.
3. (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
4. (intransitive) To engage in the sport of fencing.
5. (intransitive) To jump over a fence.
6. (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.

Konzepte

Zaun

Umzäunung

Mauer

fechten

Hecke

einzäunen

Wand

Hindernis

Gehege

Zäune

zäunen

Mittelsmann

Gatter

Ummauerung

Gitterzaun

Staket

Hehler

Steinmauer

Hag

Hecke und Mauer

umfrieden

Abzäunung

Palisadenzaun

Abdeckgitter

Abdeckrost

Zaunmaterial

Stakete

Fenz

Fence

einhagen

einhegen

einfriedigen

fenzen

umfriedigen

Zaun -s

''Zäune''

Bande

Zaun ''m'' -s

Barriere

befrieden

einfrieden

Einfriedung

Einzäunung

Feuerrost

Geländer

Gitterrost

Lattenzaun

Mensur

Pferch

Pflugeisen

Synonyme

hedge

wall

enclosure

barrier

palisade

fencing

corral

paling

enclose

railing

fence in

surround

stockade

rail

hurdle

contend

debate

stall fence

pen

🖊️

argue

build

bulwark

railings

swordsmanship

dealer in stolen goods

hinder

stonewall

swordplay

bar

boundary

protection

barricade

fort

obstacle

yard

grating

farm

border

enclosed area

clog

encircle

limits

edge

choke up

block

lattice

inclosure

line

lock

🔒

drop

Übersetzungen

clôture

cerca

cerca

hek

barrière

palissade

recinto

steccato

omheining

mur

tanca

haie

cerco

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/fɛns/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: fence

In summary

From Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), from Old French defens, defense (see defence).
The sense "enclosure" arises in the mid 15th century.
Also from the 15th century is use as a verb in the sense "to enclose with a fence". The generalized sense "to defend, screen, protect" arises ca. 1500. The sense "to fight with swords (rapiers)" is from the 1590s (Shakespeare).
Displaced native Old English heġe (compare Modern English hedge).