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. Tim Malloy:

   If he is sitting on the fence, his scores in the match-ups and his favorability ratings may compel him to say, 'Let's do this,'.

2. Steven Sund:

   As soon as they hit the fence line, the fight was on, violent confrontations from the start. They came with riot helmets, gas masks, shields, pepper spray, fireworks, climbing gear — climbing gear ! — explosives, metal pipes, baseball bats. I have never seen anything like it in 30 years of events in Washington.

3. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   To the extent that it is possible we will encompass Israel's borders with a security fence and barriers that will allow us to control our borders, we will not allow Israel to be flooded with illegal migrants and terrorists.

4. Zoltan Nogradi:

   Did the Hungarian refugees ever attack the police in a violent mob, throwing stones ? there's no comparison because if there was no fence, my town would have already been swept away.

5. Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy:

   We put up a makeshift fence and walk off the distance between the fence at the White House and the actual house itself. We don't have the bushes, we don't have the fountains, we don't get a realistic look at the White House.