"fence off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: fences off [present, singular, third-person], fencing off [participle, present], fenced off [participle, past], fenced off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} fence off (third-person singular simple present fences off, present participle fencing off, simple past and past participle fenced off)
  1. To enclose an area within a fence. Translations (enclose an area within a fence): адгаро́джваць (adharódžvacʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), адгарадзі́ць (adharadzícʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), clôturer (French), chantar (Galician), abzäunen (German), elkerít (Hungarian), memagari (Indonesian), recintare (Italian), odgradzać [imperfective] (Polish), odgrodzić [perfective] (Polish), отгора́живать (otgoráživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отгороди́ть (otgorodítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), çitlemek (Turkish), відгоро́джувати (vidhoródžuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), відгороди́ти (vidhorodýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fence_off-en-verb-o0QfLYMw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (off)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "enclose an area within a fence",
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