Synonyms for fence
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1. fenceverb

   To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.

   Synonyms:
   pawn shop, pawn

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1. fence

   Synonyms:
   circumscribe, enclose, protect, elude, parry, stave

   Antonyms:
   open, disenclose, catch, receive, suffer

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1. fence, fencingnoun

   a barrier that serves to enclose an area

   Synonyms:
   fence, fencing, fencing material

2. fenceverb

   a dealer in stolen property

   Synonyms:
   fencing

3. fence, fence inverb

   enclose with a fence

   "we fenced in our yard"

   Synonyms:
   wall, debate, fence in, argue, fence, palisade, surround, contend

4. fenceverb

   receive stolen goods

   Synonyms:
   surround, fence in, debate, argue, wall, palisade, contend

5. fenceverb

   fight with fencing swords

   Synonyms:
   surround, fence in, debate, argue, wall, palisade, contend

6. wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surroundverb

   surround with a wall in order to fortify

   Synonyms:
   fence, surround, palisade, fence in, skirt, circumvent, wall, ring, border, debate, argue, besiege, smother, contend, beleaguer, hem in, environ

7. argue, contend, debate, fenceverb

   have an argument about something

   Synonyms:
   fence, fight, palisade, make do, indicate, consider, turn over, vie, deliberate, deal, postulate, manage, compete, struggle, debate, argue, wall, repugn, grapple, reason, surround, contend, cope, make out, moot, fence in, get by, contest

Matched Categories

1. • Barrier
   • Converse
   • Fight
   • Receive

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1. fencenoun

   Synonyms:
   wall, HEDGE, frame of posts and rails, &c

2. fencenoun

   Synonyms:
   shield, guard, security, defence

3. fenceverb

   Synonyms:
   enclose with a fence

4. fenceverb

   Synonyms:
   guard, fortify, defend

5. fenceverb

   Synonyms:
   practise fencing

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1. fencenoun

   Synonyms:
   pale, palings, palisade, stockade, hurdle, raddle, defense, protection, enclosure

2. fenceverb

   Synonyms:
   defend, fortify, protect, equivocate, evade, parry, shift, prevaricate

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1. List of paraphrases for "fence":

   barrier, wall, closure, fencing, closing, palisade, fences, end, sur, roasting, gate, barrière, close-out, billboard, hurdle

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How to use fence in a sentence?

1. Dominik Loroff:

   It's sad, when you consider the fate of individuals, if it was still just one fence, it would be OK. The second fence is tough.

2. Brandon Judd:

   They dug under the fence, unlike most areas along the border, Yuma has some very sandy areas that is easy to dig in.

3. Seema Yasmin:

   One of the things that annoys me about public health is when we have a one-size-fits-all message for everyone :' Just go get vaccinated, it's safe,' in reality, you speak to six people on the fence about vaccines... you can hear six very different reasons -- historical, geographical, cultural, faith-based reasons -- as to why they may not be very confident about getting vaccinated.

4. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto:

   We're not doing it for fun. It's not the first fence built and if we're going to be criticized then others should also be criticized.

5. Joe Biden:

   Folks, I voted for a fence, i voted, and unlike most Democrats -- some of you wont like this, but I voted for 700 miles.