"fence in" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fence in.ogg [Australia] Forms: fences in [present, singular, third-person], fencing in [participle, present], fenced in [participle, past], fenced in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fence in (third-person singular simple present fences in, present participle fencing in, simple past and past participle fenced in)
  1. To enclose with a fence. Coordinate_terms: box in (english: often synonymous) Translations (to enclose with a fence): φράσσω (phrássō) (Ancient Greek), aidata (Finnish), saepiō (Latin)
    Sense id: en-fence_in-en-verb-nBANWtqw Disambiguation of 'to enclose with a fence': 99 1
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To restrict freedom. Tags: broadly, idiomatic Translations (to restrict freedom): rajoittaa vapautta (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fence_in-en-verb-A-7zhg7U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (in) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (in): 16 84 Disambiguation of 'to restrict freedom': 1 99

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for fence in meaning in English (2.2kB)

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