fence

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
2. (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
3. The place whence such a middleman operates.
4. Skill in oral debate.
5. (obsolete) The art or practice of fencing.
6. A guard or guide on machinery.
7. A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
8. A memory barrier.

Verb

1. To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
2. To defend or guard.
3. To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
4. To engage in the sport of fencing.
5. To jump over a fence.
6. 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

Schranke

Sperre

umzäunen

Synonyme

hedge

wall

enclosure

barrier

palisade

fencing

corral

paling

enclose

railing

fence in

surround

stockade

hurdle

rail

contend

debate

argue

pen

🖊️

stall fence

yard

grating

stonewall

swordplay

swordsmanship

boundary

hinder

barricade

railings

protection

build

dealer in stolen goods

fort

bulwark

bar

obstacle

obstruction

orchard

pale

parry

picket

pigpen

pigsty

pound

💷

prevaricate

protect

raddle

rail in

rail off

rampart

receiver

ring

💍

screen

separate

shelter

shield

🛡️

shut

stone

🪨

stone wall

trap

🪤

tree

🌳

twig

undo

unloose

untie

acacia tree

fence rail

hedge in

polemicise

outer wall

enclosing wall

stockae

put up a fence

rail fence

practise fencing

outside wall

wing fence

diffuser grid

twig fence

pilerow

bamboo

🎍

block

border

bounds

choke up

clog

cushion

dam

dealer

demolish

dispute

dodge

drop

edge

encircle

enclosed area

farm

fold

fortify

garden

garden fence

grille

guard

💂

hem in

hole

🕳️

impediment

inclosure

lattice

limits

line

lock

🔒

mark

next

obfuscate

obstruct

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/fɛns/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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).