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— English words —

• fence n. A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands…
• fence n. (Informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
• fence n. (By extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.
• fence n. Skill in oral debate.
• fence n. (Obsolete, uncountable) The art or practice of fencing.
• fence n. A guard or guide on machinery.
• fence n. (Figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
• fence n. (Computing, programming) A memory barrier.
• fence v. (Transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
• fence v. (Transitive) To defend or guard.
• fence v. (Transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
• fence v. (Intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
• fence v. (Intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
• fence v. (Intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Czech
  • fence n. Dative singular of fenka.
  • fence n. Locative singular of fenka.

— English words, defined in German —

• fence S. Zaun, Einzäunung, Gehege.
• fence S. Reitsport: Hindernis.
• fence S. Sportart: Fechten.
• fence S. Hehler, Hehlernest.
• fence V. Fechten.
• fence V. Einzäunen, umzäunen, mit einem Zaun umgeben.
• fence V. Mit Diebesgut handeln, hehlen.
• fence V. Jemanden verteidigen, abschirmen, beschützen.
• fence V. (Mit) ein(em) Pferd Hindernisse überwinden, Springreiten.
• fence V. Streiten, debattieren.
• fence V. Ausflüchte machen, ausweichend antworten, ausweichen.
• fence V. (Korpsstudenten): pauken.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• fence n. Hek.
• fence w. Omheinen.
• fence w. Onovergankelijk schermen.

— English words, defined in French —

• fence n. Clôture, grillage, palissade.
• fence n. Barrière.
• fence n. (Équitation) Obstacle.
• fence n. (Argot) (Droit) Recéleur des biens volés (avec l’intention de les vendre) ; fourgue.
• fence v. Enclore, construire un mur de défense.
• fence v. (Intransitif) (Sport) Escrimer, faire de l’escrime.
• fence v. (Intransitif) (Sens figuré) (Familier) Escrimer (disputer l’un contre l’autre sur quelque matière d’érudition…
• fence v. (Argot) (Droit) Receler.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• fence s. Cerca, cerco.
• fence s. Valla.
• fence v. Cercar.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• fence s. Cerca.
• fence v. Cercar.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• fence s. (Architettura) recinto, staccionata.

— In German —

• Fence S. Namibia: eine aus Drahtgeflecht oder aus (gekreuzten, parallel…

— In French —

• fence n.m. (Sports hippiques) Sorte de barrière constituant un des…

77 English words from 16 English definitions

and answers art artificial barrier building buying buys By␣extension Computing conceal contain criminal Dative debate defend emotional enclose enclosing engage equestrianism equivocal evasive example extension fence fencing Figuratively for for␣example forms giving goods guard guide hedge hides Informal Intransitive jump land lands Locative machinery memory memory␣barrier middleman Obsolete operates oral over perimeter pieces place practice programming selling sells separate separates singular Skill Someone sport sports stolen such that the thin transactions Transitive truth two uncountable whence who

18 English words from 31 foreign definitions

Argot Clôture des disputer Droit faire grillage intention les Namibia Obstacle parallel Sens Sorte Sport Sports Valla Zaun

76 foreign words from 31 foreign definitions

abschirmen antworten Architettura aus Ausflüchte ausweichen ausweichend autre avec barrière beschützen biens Cerca Cercar cerco constituant construire contre debattieren défense Diebesgut ein eine einem Einzäunen Enclore Équitation érudition escrime Escrimer Familier Fechten figuré fourgue Gehege gekreuzten handeln hehlen Hehler Hek Hindernis Hindernisse hippiques Intransitif Jemanden l’autre l’un machen matière mit mur oder Omheinen Onovergankelijk palissade pauken Pferd quelque Receler Recéleur recinto Reitsport schermen Sens␣figuré Sportart Sports␣hippiques Springreiten staccionata Streiten sur überwinden umgeben umzäunen vendre verteidigen volés

49 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

fenced fencer fences fence␣in fencers fenced-in fenced␣in fenceful fencelet fence␣off fencerow fence-sit fencefuls fenceless fencelets fencelike fenceline fencepole fencepost fence-post fence␣post fencerows fence␣time fencewire fence␣wire fencelines fence␣month fencepoles fenceposts fence-posts fence␣posts fence␣times fencewires fence␣wires Fencehouses Fence␣Houses fence␣lizard fence␣months fence-sitter fence␣sitter fence␣lizards fence-mending fence-sitters fence␣sitters fence-sitting fencelessness fence␣the␣tables fencepost␣problem fencepost␣problems

92 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

defenced defences offences refenced refences unfenced unfences geofenced geo-fenced geofences geo-fences outfenced outfences rip␣fences buck␣fences defenceman defencemen forefences mend␣fences offenceful reoffences ride␣fences ringfenced ring-fenced ringfences ring-fences sand␣fences snow␣fences sunk␣fences undefenced worm␣fences biodefences catchfences catch␣fences chive-fencer defenceless dingo␣fences mends␣fences offenceless snake␣fences stone-fences chive-fencers flower-fences ghetto␣fences mended␣fences picket␣fences ripgut␣fences self-offences wing␣defences cyberoffences +42 words

93 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

defence offence refence unfence geofence geo-fence outfence rip␣fence buck␣fence forefence reoffence ride␣fence ringfence ring-fence sand␣fence snow␣fence sunk␣fence worm␣fence biodefence catchfence catch␣fence dingo␣fence ecodefence eco-defence nondefence on␣the␣fence snake␣fence stone-fence flower-fence ghetto␣fence goal␣defence picket␣fence Pirc␣Defence ripgut␣fence rush␣defence self-defence self-offence sit␣the␣fence take␣offence wing␣defence civil␣defence cyberoffence cyclone␣fence jackleg␣fence over␣the␣fence point␣defence space␣defence tower␣defence electric␣fence French␣Defence +43 words

3 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

enc -ence fen

One word-in-word RTL (Word found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

nef

7 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

enface en␣face fenced fencer fences Fenech fennec

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Cefn cene -cene eefn' -ence feen

9 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

Bence Fencl fenne hence Hence pence Pence sence Wence

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

-ence

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