"fence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /fɛns/, [fɛns], [fɛnts] Audio: en-us-fence.ogg [US] Forms: fences [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛns Etymology: From Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), from Old French defens, defense (see defence). The sense "enclosure" arises in the mid 15th century. Also from the 15th century is use as a verb in the sense "to enclose with a fence". The generalized sense "to defend, screen, protect" arises ca. 1500. The sense "to fight with swords (rapiers)" is from the 1590s (Shakespeare). Displaced native Old English heġe (compare Modern English hedge). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷʰen-}}, {{inh|en|enm|fence}} Middle English fence, {{m|enm|fens}} fens, {{m|enm|defence}} defence, {{m|enm|defens|t=the act of defending}} defens (“the act of defending”), {{der|en|fro|defens}} Old French defens, {{m|fro|defense}} defense, {{ncog|ang|heġe}} Old English heġe, {{m|en|hedge}} hedge Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fence (countable and uncountable, plural fences)
  1. A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fence-en-noun--L2MqAGe
  2. (informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Categories (topical): Occupations Translations (someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods): perista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), hæler [common-gender] (Danish), heler [masculine] (Dutch), ricelisto (Esperanto), välittäjä (Finnish), luukku [slang] (Finnish), jobbari [slang] (Finnish), recéleur [masculine] (French), recéleuse [feminine] (French), receleur [masculine] (French), receleuse [feminine] (French), fourgue [masculine] (French), Hehler [masculine] (German), Hehlerin [feminine] (German), κλεπταποδόχος (kleptapodóchos) [feminine, masculine] (Greek), orgazda (Hungarian), perantara (Indonesian), ricettatore [masculine] (Italian), kionneyder griu [masculine] (Manx), heler [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), helar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), paser [masculine] (Polish), receptador [masculine] (Portuguese), tăinuitor [masculine] (Romanian), tăinuitoare [feminine] (Romanian), ску́пщик кра́деного (skúpščik krádenovo) [masculine] (Russian), бары́га (barýga) [feminine, masculine, slang] (Russian), perista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), reducidor (english: Americas) [masculine] (Spanish), ua (Swahili), hälare [common-gender] (Swedish), ffensiwr [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fence-en-noun-LVKM7dhd Disambiguation of Occupations: 2 12 5 7 8 16 12 18 1 0 2 9 6 4 Disambiguation of 'someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods': 1 85 1 3 1 2 3 4
  3. (by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates. Tags: broadly, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fence-en-noun-3KaXCEVR
  4. Skill in oral debate. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Crime
    Sense id: en-fence-en-noun-3Vcyoj4F Disambiguation of Crime: 4 10 5 19 11 7 7 15 2 4 2 6 5 3
  5. (obsolete, uncountable) The art or practice of fencing. Tags: obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fence-en-noun-YwCVULWP
  6. A guard or guide on machinery. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Occupations Translations (a guard or guide on machinery): taki (Maori)
    Sense id: en-fence-en-noun-YxUr3FUM Disambiguation of Occupations: 2 12 5 7 8 16 12 18 1 0 2 9 6 4 Disambiguation of 'a guard or guide on machinery': 1 1 1 3 2 89 2 3
  7. (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier. Tags: countable, figuratively, uncountable Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-fence-en-noun-kqHYjK2K Disambiguation of Occupations: 2 12 5 7 8 16 12 18 1 0 2 9 6 4
  8. (computing, programming) A memory barrier. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Programming, Occupations, Walls and fences Translations (barrier): gurdá (Aari), gardh [masculine] (Albanian), አጥር (ʾäṭr) (Amharic), φραγμός (phragmós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ἕρκος (hérkos) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), سُور (sūr) [masculine] (Arabic), سِيَاج (siyāj) [masculine] (Arabic), barana (Aragonese), ցանկապատ (cʿankapat) (Armenian), չափար (čʿapʿar) [dialectal] (Armenian), বেৰা (bera) (Assamese), জেওৰা (zeüra) (Assamese), hasar (Azerbaijani), çəpər (Azerbaijani), barı (Azerbaijani), sədd (Azerbaijani), divar (Azerbaijani), ҡойма (qoyma) (Bashkir), hesi (Basque), плот (plot) [masculine] (Belarusian), агаро́джа (aharódža) [feminine] (Belarusian), парка́н (parkán) [masculine] (Belarusian), тын (tyn) [masculine] (Belarusian), বেড়া (beṛa) (Bengali), kudal (Bikol Central), banis (Bislama), peulgae (Breton), огра́да (ográda) [feminine] (Bulgarian), плет (plet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), စည်း (cany:) (Burmese), အကာ (a.ka) (Burmese), ခြံစည်းရိုး (hkramcany:rui:) (Burmese), tanca [feminine] (Catalan), barrera (Catalan), koral (Cebuano), پەرژین (perjîn) (Central Kurdish), керт (kert) (Chechen), 籬笆 (english: made of bamboo or twigs) (Chinese Mandarin), 篱笆 (líba) (Chinese Mandarin), 柵欄 (english: any fence) (Chinese Mandarin), 栅栏 (zhàlan) (Chinese Mandarin), плотъ (plotŭ) [Cyrillic, masculine] (Church Slavic), tit (Chuukese), ke [masculine] (Cornish), kloos [feminine] (Cornish), plot [masculine] (Czech), ohrada [feminine] (Czech), oplocení [neuter] (Czech), hegn [neuter] (Danish), hek [neuter] (Dutch), omheining [feminine] (Dutch), barilo (Esperanto), tara (Estonian), girðing [feminine] (Faroese), aita (Finnish), clôture [feminine] (French), cloison [feminine] (French), valo [masculine] (Galician), cerrume [feminine, masculine] (Galician), ღობე (ɣobe) (Georgian), გალავანი (galavani) (Georgian), Zaun [masculine] (German), Hag [Switzerland, masculine] (German), Fence [Namibia, masculine] (German), Fenz (english: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)) [North-America, feminine] (German), Haag [Alemannic-German, masculine] (German), φράχτης (fráchtis) [masculine] (Greek), περίφραξη (perífraxi) [feminine] (Greek), μάντρα (mántra) [colloquial, feminine] (Greek), ungaloq (Greenlandic), shinge (Hausa), גָדֵר (gadér) (Hebrew), alad (Higaonon), बाड़ (bāṛ) [masculine] (Hindi), kerítés (Hungarian), girðing [feminine] (Icelandic), pagar (Indonesian), aita (Ingrian), fál [masculine] (Irish), sconsa [masculine] (Irish), claí [masculine] (Irish), airbhe [feminine, literary] (Irish), recinto [masculine] (Italian), steccato [masculine] (Italian), palizzata [feminine] (Italian), cinta [feminine] (Italian), siepe [feminine] (Italian), barriera [feminine] (Italian), (saku) (alt: さく) (Japanese), (hei) (alt: へい) (Japanese), 囲い (kakoi) (alt: かこい) (Japanese), 垣根 (kakine) (alt: かきね) (Japanese), (kaki) (alt: かき) (Japanese), pager (Javanese), ಬೇಲಿ (bēli) (Kannada), дуал [dual] (Kazakh), қаша (qaşa) (Kazakh), ចំណារ (cɑmnaa) (Khmer), (rɔɔ) (Khmer), 울타리 (ultari) (Korean), (dam) (Korean), кашаа (kaşaa) (Kyrgyz), дубал (dubal) (Kyrgyz), ຮົ້ວ (hūa) (Lao), saepēs [feminine] (Latin), žogs [masculine] (Latvian), sēta [feminine] (Latvian), tvora [feminine] (Lithuanian), płot [masculine] (Lower Sorbian), о́града (ógrada) [feminine] (Macedonian), плет (plet) [masculine] (Macedonian), плот (plot) [masculine] (Macedonian), pagar (Malay), വേലി (vēli) (Malayalam), arad (Mansaka), cleigh [feminine] (Manx), taiapa (Maori), taiepa (Maori), alad (Maranao), перяфкс (peŕafks) (Moksha), хашаа (xašaa) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), хайс (xajs) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠬᠠᠰᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ (qasiy-a) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠰᠤ (qayisu) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), cllôture d'bouais [Guernsey, feminine] (Norman), cliôthuthe [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), gjerde [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), gjerde [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), clausura [feminine] (Occitan), heġe [masculine] (Old English), dallaa (Oromo), kellaa (Oromo), ӕмбонд (æmbond) (Ossetian), Fenz (Pennsylvania German), ثرچين (parčin) (Persian), حصار (hesâr) (Persian), دیوار (divâr) (Persian), Tun [masculine] (Plautdietsch), płot [masculine] (Polish), ogrodzenie [neuter] (Polish), cerca [feminine] (Portuguese), pirqa (Quechua), gard [neuter] (Romanian), îngrăditură [feminine] (Romanian), saiv [feminine] (Romansch), забо́р (zabór) [masculine] (Russian), и́згородь (ízgorodʹ) [feminine] (Russian), огра́да (ográda) [feminine] (Russian), огражде́ние (ograždénije) [neuter] (Russian), callaid [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), feansa [feminine, masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), bàrd [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), ограда [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), плот [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ograda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), plot [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), huxxa (Sidamo), වැට (wæṭa) (Sinhalese), plot [masculine] (Slovak), ohrada [feminine] (Slovak), oplotenie [neuter] (Slovak), ograja [feminine] (Slovene), cerca [feminine] (Spanish), cerramiento [masculine] (Spanish), barda [Mexico, feminine] (Spanish), valla [feminine] (Spanish), seto [masculine] (Spanish), ua (Swahili), staket [neuter] (Swedish), stängsel [neuter] (Swedish), bakod (Tagalog), девор (devor) (Tajik), ҳисор (hisor) (Tajik), வேலி (vēli) (Tamil), afray [masculine] (Tarifit), койма (qoyma) (Tatar), కంచె (kañce) (Telugu), దడి (daḍi) (Telugu), รั้ว (rúua) (Thai), ሓጹር (ḥaṣur) (Tigrinya), banis (Tok Pisin), çit (Turkish), duvar (Turkish), çeper (Turkish), haýat (Turkmen), aýmança (Turkmen), 𐎂𐎄𐎗𐎚 (gdrt) (Ugaritic), парка́н (parkán) [masculine] (Ukrainian), огоро́жа (ohoróža) [feminine] (Ukrainian), тин (tyn) [masculine] (Ukrainian), пліт (plit) [masculine] (Ukrainian), płot [masculine] (Upper Sorbian), باڑ (bāṛ) [masculine] (Urdu), قاشا (qasha) (Uyghur), devor (Uzbek), toʻsiq (Uzbek), hàng rào (Vietnamese), caojn [masculine] (Vilamovian), cloteure [feminine] (Walloon), håye di ronxhes [feminine] (Walloon), ffens [feminine] (Welsh), פּלויט (ployt) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-fence-en-noun-8wNUI045 Disambiguation of Occupations: 2 12 5 7 8 16 12 18 1 0 2 9 6 4 Disambiguation of Walls and fences: 6 5 6 5 3 2 13 35 4 2 3 5 4 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 5 8 4 2 1 17 38 2 1 3 6 6 7 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences Disambiguation of 'barrier': 24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: catch fence, electric fence, picket fence, snow fence Related terms: wire netting, wire gauze

Verb

IPA: /fɛns/, [fɛns], [fɛnts] Audio: en-us-fence.ogg [US] Forms: fences [present, singular, third-person], fencing [participle, present], fenced [participle, past], fenced [past]
Rhymes: -ɛns Etymology: From Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), from Old French defens, defense (see defence). The sense "enclosure" arises in the mid 15th century. Also from the 15th century is use as a verb in the sense "to enclose with a fence". The generalized sense "to defend, screen, protect" arises ca. 1500. The sense "to fight with swords (rapiers)" is from the 1590s (Shakespeare). Displaced native Old English heġe (compare Modern English hedge). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷʰen-}}, {{inh|en|enm|fence}} Middle English fence, {{m|enm|fens}} fens, {{m|enm|defence}} defence, {{m|enm|defens|t=the act of defending}} defens (“the act of defending”), {{der|en|fro|defens}} Old French defens, {{m|fro|defense}} defense, {{ncog|ang|heġe}} Old English heġe, {{m|en|hedge}} hedge Head templates: {{en-verb}} fence (third-person singular simple present fences, present participle fencing, simple past and past participle fenced)
  1. (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence. Tags: transitive Translations (to enclose by building a fence): φράσσω (phrássō) (Ancient Greek), ограждам (ograždam) (Bulgarian), keas (Cornish), oplotit (Czech), aidata (Finnish), clôturer (French), cercar (Galician), choer (Galician), befrieden (english: depending on the exact context) (German), einfrieden (German), einfriedigen (German), einhegen (German), einzäunen (German), umfrieden (German), umfriedigen (German), umzäunen (German), zäunen (German), einhagen [Switzerland] (German), fenzen (english: South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)) [North-America, especially, regional] (German), περιφράσσω (perifrásso) (Greek), φράζω (frázo) (Greek), גידר (gidér) (Hebrew), fencagar (Ido), aijoittaa (Ingrian), fálaigh (Irish), recintare (Italian), žogs [masculine] (Latvian), оградува (ograduva) (Macedonian), ogradzać [imperfective] (Polish), ogrodzić [perfective] (Polish), cercar (Portuguese), îngrădi (Romanian), înconjura (Romanian), împrejmui (Romanian), огора́живать (ogoráživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), огороди́ть (ogorodítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), cercar (Spanish), ua (Swahili), inhägna (Swedish), çitlemek (Turkish), ffensio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fence-en-verb-EmJ5SCPN Disambiguation of 'to enclose by building a fence': 76 2 2 2 16 2
  2. (transitive) To defend or guard. Tags: transitive Translations (to defend or guard): suojella (Finnish), suojata (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fence-en-verb-2thFtxf5 Disambiguation of 'to defend or guard': 1 95 0 2 2 1
  3. (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods. Tags: transitive Synonyms (to sell or buy stolen goods): pawn Translations (to trade with stolen goods): helen (Dutch), riceli (Esperanto), välittää (Finnish), luukuttaa [slang] (Finnish), trokata [colloquial] (Finnish), fourguer (French), hehlen (German), πωλώ κλοπιμαία (poló klopimaía) (Greek), барыжить (baryžitʹ) (Russian), ua (Swahili), ffensio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fence-en-verb-PEFVZo6J Disambiguation of 'to sell or buy stolen goods': 3 1 88 3 2 3 Disambiguation of 'to trade with stolen goods': 4 1 87 3 2 3
  4. (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Sports Translations (to engage in (the sport) fencing): фехтувам се (fehtuvam se) (Bulgarian), esgrimir (Catalan), skyrmya (Cornish), šermovat (Czech), fægte (Danish), skermi (Esperanto), miekkailla (Finnish), ხმალაობა (xmalaoba) (Georgian), ფარიკაობა (pariḳaoba) (Georgian), fechten (German), ξιφομαχώ (xifomachó) (Greek), skermar (Ido), déan pionsóireacht (Irish), мечува (mečuva) (Macedonian), се мечува (se mečuva) (Macedonian), tautātete (Maori), walczyć na szable (Polish), walczyć na szpady (Polish), esgrimir (Portuguese), scrima (Romanian), фехтова́ть (fextovátʹ) (Russian), sabljati se [imperfective] (Slovene), ua (Swahili), fäkta (Swedish), cleddyfa (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-fence-en-verb-Ecf39ZpS Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'to engage in (the sport) fencing': 3 1 37 54 4 1
  5. (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Equestrianism Translations (equestrianism: to jump over a fence): ylittää este (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-fence-en-verb-LHYK2J9N Topics: equestrianism, hobbies, horses, lifestyle, pets, sports Disambiguation of 'equestrianism: to jump over a fence': 0 0 1 3 90 6
  6. (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-fence-en-verb-LTaEv3lq
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fence in, ring-fence, ringfence

Inflected forms

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      "word": "fence-sit"
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      "word": "fence time"
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      "word": "flower-fence"
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      "word": "geofence"
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      "word": "ghetto fence"
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      "word": "good fences make good neighbors"
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      "word": "homely as a hedge fence"
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      "word": "jackleg fence"
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      "word": "mend fences"
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      "word": "nigger in the fence"
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      "word": "rail fence cipher"
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      "word": "ride fence"
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      "word": "rip fence"
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      "word": "ripgut fence"
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      "word": "roundpole fence"
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      "word": "rush one's fences"
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      "word": "sand fence"
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      "word": "sit on the fence"
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      "word": "snake fence"
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      "word": "spite fence"
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      "word": "stone-fence"
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      "word": "sunk fence"
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      "word": "swing for the fence"
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      "word": "swing for the fences"
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      "word": "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"
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      "word": "throw one's hat over the fence"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "zeüra",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "জেওৰা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "hasar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "çəpər"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "barı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "sədd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "divar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "qoyma",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "ҡойма"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "hesi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "plot",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "плот"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "aharódža",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "агаро́джа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "parkán",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "парка́н"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "tyn",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "тын"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "beṛa",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "বেড়া"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Bikol Central",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "kudal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "bi",
          "lang": "Bislama",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "banis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "peulgae"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ográda",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "огра́да"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "plet",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "плет"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "cany:",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "စည်း"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "a.ka",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "အကာ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "hkramcany:rui:",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "ခြံစည်းရိုး"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tanca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "barrera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "koral"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "kert",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "керт"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "made of bamboo or twigs",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "籬笆"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "líba",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "篱笆"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "cmn",
          "english": "any fence",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "柵欄"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhàlan",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "栅栏"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "chk",
          "lang": "Chuukese",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "tit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kloos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "plot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ohrada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "oplocení"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hegn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "omheining"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "barilo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "tara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "girðing"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "aita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "clôture"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cloison"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "valo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cerrume"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ɣobe",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "ღობე"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "galavani",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "გალავანი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Zaun"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "Switzerland",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Hag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "Namibia",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Fence"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "North-America",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Fenz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "gsw",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "Alemannic-German",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Haag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fráchtis",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "φράχτης"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perífraxi",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "περίφραξη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mántra",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "μάντρα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "phragmós",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "φραγμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "hérkos",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ἕρκος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "kl",
          "lang": "Greenlandic",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "ungaloq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "shinge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "gadér",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "גָדֵר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "mba",
          "lang": "Higaonon",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "alad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "bāṛ",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "बाड़"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "kerítés"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "girðing"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "pagar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "aita"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sconsa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "claí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "literary"
          ],
          "word": "airbhe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "recinto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "steccato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "palizzata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cinta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "siepe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "barriera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "alt": "さく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "saku",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "柵"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "alt": "へい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hei",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "塀"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "alt": "かこい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kakoi",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "囲い"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "alt": "かきね",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kakine",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "垣根"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "alt": "かき",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kaki",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "垣"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "pager"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "bēli",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "ಬೇಲಿ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "dual"
          ],
          "word": "дуал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qaşa",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "қаша"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cɑmnaa",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "ចំណារ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "rɔɔ",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "រ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ultari",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "울타리"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dam",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "담"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "perjîn",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "پەرژین"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "kaşaa",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "кашаа"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "dubal",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "дубал"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "hūa",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "word": "ຮົ້ວ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "saepēs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "žogs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sēta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tvora"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ógrada",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "о́града"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "24 1 1 3 2 2 30 37",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "plet",
          "sense": "barrier",
          "tags": [
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷʰen-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fence"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fence",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fens"
      },
      "expansion": "fens",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "defence"
      },
      "expansion": "defence",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "defens",
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      },
      "expansion": "defens (“the act of defending”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "defens"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French defens",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "defense"
      },
      "expansion": "defense",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "heġe"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English heġe",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hedge"
      },
      "expansion": "hedge",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), from Old French defens, defense (see defence).\nThe sense \"enclosure\" arises in the mid 15th century.\nAlso from the 15th century is use as a verb in the sense \"to enclose with a fence\". The generalized sense \"to defend, screen, protect\" arises ca. 1500. The sense \"to fight with swords (rapiers)\" is from the 1590s (Shakespeare).\nDisplaced native Old English heġe (compare Modern English hedge).",
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    {
      "form": "fences",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fencing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act IV, scene 3",
          "roman": "A sheep-cote fenc’d about with olive trees?",
          "text": "[…] pray you, if you know,\nWhere in the purlieus of this forest stands",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1607, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, act IV, scene 1",
          "text": "[…] O thou wall,\nThat girdlest in those wolves, dive in the earth,\nAnd fence not Athens.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1856, George A. Smith, The Saints Should Divest Themselves of Old Traditions",
          "text": "Here are twenty acres of land, and it is all you can properly farm, unless you have more help than yourself. Now fence and cultivate it, and you can make an abundant living.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enclose, contain or separate by building fence."
      ],
      "id": "en-fence-en-verb-EmJ5SCPN",
      "links": [
        [
          "enclose",
          "enclose"
        ],
        [
          "contain",
          "contain"
        ],
        [
          "separate",
          "separate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ograždam",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "ограждам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "keas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "oplotit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "aidata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "clôturer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "cercar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "choer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "depending on the exact context",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "befrieden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "einfrieden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "einfriedigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "einhegen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "einzäunen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "umfrieden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "umfriedigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "umzäunen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "zäunen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "tags": [
            "Switzerland"
          ],
          "word": "einhagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "tags": [
            "North-America",
            "especially",
            "regional"
          ],
          "word": "fenzen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "perifrásso",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "περιφράσσω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "frázo",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "φράζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "phrássō",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "φράσσω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "gidér",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "גידר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "fencagar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "aijoittaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "fálaigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "recintare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "žogs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ograduva",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "оградува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ogradzać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ogrodzić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "cercar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "îngrădi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "înconjura"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "împrejmui"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ogoráživatʹ",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "огора́живать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ogorodítʹ",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "огороди́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "cercar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "ua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "inhägna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "çitlemek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 2 2 2 16 2",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
          "word": "ffensio"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones",
          "text": "Cosin, our hands I hope shall fence our heads,\nAnd strike off his that makes you threaten vs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1671, John Milton, Paradise Regain’d […] to which is added Samson Agonistes, London: John Starkey, Samson Agonistes, page 58, lines 937–938",
          "text": "[…] I have learn’t\nTo fence my ear against thy sorceries.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To defend or guard."
      ],
      "id": "en-fence-en-verb-2thFtxf5",
      "links": [
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To defend or guard."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 0 2 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to defend or guard",
          "word": "suojella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 95 0 2 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to defend or guard",
          "word": "suojata"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods."
      ],
      "id": "en-fence-en-verb-PEFVZo6J",
      "links": [
        [
          "selling",
          "selling"
        ],
        [
          "buying",
          "buying"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 88 3 2 3",
          "sense": "to sell or buy stolen goods",
          "word": "pawn"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 87 3 2 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
          "word": "helen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 87 3 2 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
          "word": "riceli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 87 3 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
          "word": "välittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 87 3 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
          "tags": [
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "luukuttaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 87 3 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "trokata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 87 3 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
          "word": "fourguer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 87 3 2 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
          "word": "hehlen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 87 3 2 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "poló klopimaía",
          "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
          "word": "πωλώ κλοπιμαία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 87 3 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "baryžitʹ",
          "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
          "word": "барыжить"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 87 3 2 3",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
          "word": "ua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 1 87 3 2 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
          "word": "ffensio"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Sports",
          "orig": "en:Sports",
          "parents": [
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            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1921, Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche",
          "text": "Challenges are flying right and left between these bully-swordsmen, these spadassinicides, and poor devils of the robe who have never learnt to fence with anything but a quill.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To engage in the sport of fencing."
      ],
      "id": "en-fence-en-verb-Ecf39ZpS",
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "fencing",
          "fencing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "fehtuvam se",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "фехтувам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "esgrimir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "skyrmya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "šermovat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "fægte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "skermi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "miekkailla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "xmalaoba",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "ხმალაობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "pariḳaoba",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "ფარიკაობა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "fechten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "xifomachó",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "ξιφομαχώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "skermar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "déan pionsóireacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "mečuva",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "мечува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "se mečuva",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "се мечува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "tautātete"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "walczyć na szable"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "walczyć na szpady"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "esgrimir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "scrima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "fextovátʹ",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "фехтова́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "sabljati se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "ua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "fäkta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 1 37 54 4 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
          "word": "cleddyfa"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Equestrianism",
          "orig": "en:Equestrianism",
          "parents": [
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            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "To jump over a fence."
      ],
      "id": "en-fence-en-verb-LHYK2J9N",
      "links": [
        [
          "equestrianism",
          "equestrianism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "equestrianism",
        "hobbies",
        "horses",
        "lifestyle",
        "pets",
        "sports"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 1 3 90 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "equestrianism: to jump over a fence",
          "word": "ylittää este"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
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        {
          "ref": "1981, A. D. Hope, “His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell”, in A Book of Answers",
          "text": "A lady, sir, as you will find, / Keeps counsel, or she speaks her mind, / Means what she says and scorns to fence / And palter with feigned innocence.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive."
      ],
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        [
          "conceal",
          "conceal"
        ],
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          "truth",
          "truth"
        ],
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          "equivocal",
          "equivocal"
        ],
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ],
        [
          "hedge",
          "hedge"
        ],
        [
          "evasive",
          "evasive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/fɛns/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[fɛns]"
    },
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      "ipa": "[fɛnts]"
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      "rhymes": "-ɛns"
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    "fence"
  ],
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}
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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
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    "Requests for review of Persian translations",
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    "en:Occupations",
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      "word": "Belgian fence"
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    {
      "word": "buck fence"
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      "word": "Chesterton's fence"
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    {
      "word": "cyclone fence"
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    {
      "word": "dingo fence"
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    {
      "word": "electrical fence"
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    {
      "word": "fence hopper"
    },
    {
      "word": "Fence Houses"
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    {
      "word": "Fencehouses"
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      "word": "fence lizard"
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    {
      "word": "fence-mending"
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    {
      "word": "fence month"
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    {
      "word": "fence off"
    },
    {
      "word": "fence post"
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    {
      "word": "fencepost"
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    {
      "word": "fence-post"
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      "word": "fencerow"
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      "word": "fence-sit"
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      "word": "fence sitter"
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    {
      "word": "fence-sitter"
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    {
      "word": "fence-sitting"
    },
    {
      "word": "fence the tables"
    },
    {
      "word": "fence time"
    },
    {
      "word": "fence wire"
    },
    {
      "word": "fencing"
    },
    {
      "word": "flower-fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "geofence"
    },
    {
      "word": "geo-fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "ghetto fence"
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    {
      "word": "good fences make good neighbors"
    },
    {
      "word": "homely as a hedge fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "jackleg fence"
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    {
      "word": "mend fences"
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    {
      "word": "nigger in the fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "on the fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "over the fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "perimeter fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "rail fence cipher"
    },
    {
      "word": "ride fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "rip fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "ripgut fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "roundpole fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "rush one's fences"
    },
    {
      "word": "sand fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "sit on the fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "sit the fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "snake fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "spite fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "stone-fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "sunk fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "swing for the fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "swing for the fences"
    },
    {
      "word": "the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "throw one's hat over the fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "western fence lizard"
    },
    {
      "word": "white picket fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "worm fence"
    }
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Pennsylvania German: Fens",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Pennsylvania German: Fens"
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      "name": "root"
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      },
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    },
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Old English heġe",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hedge"
      },
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      "form": "fences",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "word": "catch fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "electric fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "picket fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "snow fence"
    }
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    {
      "word": "wire netting"
    },
    {
      "word": "wire gauze"
    }
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1865, Horatio Alger, chapter 17, in Paul Prescott's Charge",
          "text": "There was a weak place in the fence separating the two inclosures",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52",
          "text": "From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.",
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          "barrier"
        ]
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods."
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      "links": [
        [
          "hide",
          "hide"
        ],
        [
          "buy",
          "buy"
        ],
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          "sell",
          "sell"
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        [
          "criminal",
          "criminal"
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        [
          "middleman",
          "middleman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "informal",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The place whence such a middleman operates."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "middleman",
          "middleman"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Skill in oral debate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Skill",
          "skill"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1599, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor",
          "text": "I bruised my shin th' other day with playing at sword and dagger with a master of fence",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The art or practice of fencing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fencing",
          "fencing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, uncountable) The art or practice of fencing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A guard or guide on machinery."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ],
        [
          "guide",
          "guide"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1980, ABBA (lyrics and music), “The Winner Takes It All”",
          "text": "I was in your arms\nThinking I belonged there\nI figured it made sense\nBuilding me a fence",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A barrier, for example an emotional barrier."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "barrier",
          "barrier"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "figuratively",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing",
        "en:Programming"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A memory barrier."
      ],
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        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
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        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
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          "memory barrier"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, programming) A memory barrier."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/fɛns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɛns]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɛnts]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛns"
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      "code": "aiw",
      "lang": "Aari",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "gurdá"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gardh"
    },
    {
      "code": "am",
      "lang": "Amharic",
      "roman": "ʾäṭr",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "አጥር"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "sūr",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سُور"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "siyāj",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "سِيَاج"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "barana"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "cʿankapat",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "ցանկապատ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "čʿapʿar",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "dialectal"
      ],
      "word": "չափար"
    },
    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "bera",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "বেৰা"
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    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "zeüra",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "জেওৰা"
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "hasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
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      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "çəpər"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "barı"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "sədd"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "divar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "qoyma",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "ҡойма"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "hesi"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "plot",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плот"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "aharódža",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "агаро́джа"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "parkán",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "парка́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "tyn",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тын"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "beṛa",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "বেড়া"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
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      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "kudal"
    },
    {
      "code": "bi",
      "lang": "Bislama",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "banis"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "peulgae"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ográda",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "огра́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "plet",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плет"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "cany:",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "စည်း"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "a.ka",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "အကာ"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "hkramcany:rui:",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "ခြံစည်းရိုး"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tanca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "barrera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ceb",
      "lang": "Cebuano",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "koral"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "kert",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "керт"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "made of bamboo or twigs",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "籬笆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "líba",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "篱笆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "any fence",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "柵欄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhàlan",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "栅栏"
    },
    {
      "code": "chk",
      "lang": "Chuukese",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "tit"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ke"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plot"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ohrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oplocení"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hegn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hek"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "omheining"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "barilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "tara"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "girðing"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "aita"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clôture"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloison"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "valo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cerrume"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ɣobe",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "ღობე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "galavani",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "გალავანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Zaun"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Switzerland",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hag"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Namibia",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fence"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "North-America",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Haag"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fráchtis",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φράχτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perífraxi",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "περίφραξη"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mántra",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μάντρα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phragmós",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "φραγμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "hérkos",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ἕρκος"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "ungaloq"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "shinge"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gadér",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "גָדֵר"
    },
    {
      "code": "mba",
      "lang": "Higaonon",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "alad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "bāṛ",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "बाड़"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "kerítés"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "girðing"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "pagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "aita"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fál"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sconsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "claí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "airbhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recinto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "steccato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palizzata"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "siepe"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barriera"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "saku",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "柵"
    },
    {
      "alt": "へい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hei",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "塀"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かこい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakoi",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "囲い"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かきね",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kakine",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "垣根"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かき",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kaki",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "垣"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "pager"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "bēli",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "ಬೇಲಿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "dual"
      ],
      "word": "дуал"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qaşa",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "қаша"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cɑmnaa",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "ចំណារ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "rɔɔ",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "រ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ultari",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "울타리"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dam",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "담"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "perjîn",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "پەرژین"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "kaşaa",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "кашаа"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "dubal",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "дубал"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "hūa",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "ຮົ້ວ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saepēs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žogs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sēta"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tvora"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ógrada",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "о́града"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "plet",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плет"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "plot",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плот"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "pagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vēli",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "വേലി"
    },
    {
      "code": "msk",
      "lang": "Mansaka",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "arad"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cleigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "taiapa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "taiepa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mrw",
      "lang": "Maranao",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "alad"
    },
    {
      "code": "mdf",
      "lang": "Moksha",
      "roman": "peŕafks",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "перяфкс"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xašaa",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хашаа"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xajs",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "хайс"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "qasiy-a",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠬᠠᠰᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "qayisu",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠬᠠᠶᠢᠰᠤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Guernsey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cllôture d'bouais"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cliôthuthe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gjerde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gjerde"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "clausura"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "plotŭ",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плотъ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heġe"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "dallaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "kellaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "os",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "æmbond",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "ӕмбонд"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdc",
      "lang": "Pennsylvania German",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "Fenz"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "parčin",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "ثرچين"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hesâr",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "حصار"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "divâr",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "دیوار"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Tun"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "płot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ogrodzenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cerca"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "pirqa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gard"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "îngrăditură"
    },
    {
      "code": "rm",
      "lang": "Romansch",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabór",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "забо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ízgorodʹ",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "и́згородь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ográda",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "огра́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ograždénije",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "огражде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "callaid"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "feansa"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bàrd"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ограда"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "плот"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ograda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plot"
    },
    {
      "code": "sid",
      "lang": "Sidamo",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "huxxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "wæṭa",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "වැට"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "plot"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ohrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "oplotenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ograja"
    },
    {
      "code": "dsb",
      "lang": "Lower Sorbian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "płot"
    },
    {
      "code": "hsb",
      "lang": "Upper Sorbian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "płot"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cerca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cerramiento"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "valla"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "ua"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "staket"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "stängsel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "bakod"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "devor",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "девор"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "hisor",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "ҳисор"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "vēli",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "வேலி"
    },
    {
      "code": "rif",
      "lang": "Tarifit",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "afray"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "qoyma",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "койма"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kañce",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "కంచె"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "daḍi",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "దడి"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "rúua",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "รั้ว"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "ḥaṣur",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "ሓጹር"
    },
    {
      "code": "tpi",
      "lang": "Tok Pisin",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "banis"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "çit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "duvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "çeper"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "haýat"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "aýmança"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "gdrt",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "𐎂𐎄𐎗𐎚"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "parkán",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "парка́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ohoróža",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "огоро́жа"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "tyn",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "тин"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "plit",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пліт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "bāṛ",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "باڑ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "qasha",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "قاشا"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "devor"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "toʻsiq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "hàng rào"
    },
    {
      "code": "wym",
      "lang": "Vilamovian",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caojn"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cloteure"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "håye di ronxhes"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ffens"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "ployt",
      "sense": "barrier",
      "word": "פּלויט"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perista"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hæler"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heler"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "word": "ricelisto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "word": "välittäjä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "luukku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "jobbari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recéleur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "recéleuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "receleur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "receleuse"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fourgue"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Hehler"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hehlerin"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kleptapodóchos",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κλεπταποδόχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "word": "orgazda"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "word": "perantara"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ricettatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kionneyder griu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "heler"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "helar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paser"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "receptador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tăinuitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tăinuitoare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "skúpščik krádenovo",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ску́пщик кра́деного"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "barýga",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "бары́га"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "perista"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "Americas",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reducidor"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "word": "ua"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hälare"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ffensiwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a guard or guide on machinery",
      "word": "taki"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Modern English",
    "fence"
  ],
  "word": "fence"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷʰen-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Persian translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛns",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛns/1 syllable",
    "en:Crime",
    "en:Occupations",
    "en:Walls and fences"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "fence in"
    },
    {
      "word": "ring-fence"
    },
    {
      "word": "ringfence"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷʰen-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "fence"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English fence",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "fens"
      },
      "expansion": "fens",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "defence"
      },
      "expansion": "defence",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "defens",
        "t": "the act of defending"
      },
      "expansion": "defens (“the act of defending”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "defens"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French defens",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "defense"
      },
      "expansion": "defense",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "heġe"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English heġe",
      "name": "ncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hedge"
      },
      "expansion": "hedge",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English fence, fens, short for defence, defens (“the act of defending”), from Old French defens, defense (see defence).\nThe sense \"enclosure\" arises in the mid 15th century.\nAlso from the 15th century is use as a verb in the sense \"to enclose with a fence\". The generalized sense \"to defend, screen, protect\" arises ca. 1500. The sense \"to fight with swords (rapiers)\" is from the 1590s (Shakespeare).\nDisplaced native Old English heġe (compare Modern English hedge).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fences",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fencing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenced",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fenced",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "fence (third-person singular simple present fences, present participle fencing, simple past and past participle fenced)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act IV, scene 3",
          "roman": "A sheep-cote fenc’d about with olive trees?",
          "text": "[…] pray you, if you know,\nWhere in the purlieus of this forest stands",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1607, William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, act IV, scene 1",
          "text": "[…] O thou wall,\nThat girdlest in those wolves, dive in the earth,\nAnd fence not Athens.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1856, George A. Smith, The Saints Should Divest Themselves of Old Traditions",
          "text": "Here are twenty acres of land, and it is all you can properly farm, unless you have more help than yourself. Now fence and cultivate it, and you can make an abundant living.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enclose, contain or separate by building fence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "enclose",
          "enclose"
        ],
        [
          "contain",
          "contain"
        ],
        [
          "separate",
          "separate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1594, Christopher Marlowe, Edward II, London: William Jones",
          "text": "Cosin, our hands I hope shall fence our heads,\nAnd strike off his that makes you threaten vs.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1671, John Milton, Paradise Regain’d […] to which is added Samson Agonistes, London: John Starkey, Samson Agonistes, page 58, lines 937–938",
          "text": "[…] I have learn’t\nTo fence my ear against thy sorceries.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To defend or guard."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To defend or guard."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "selling",
          "selling"
        ],
        [
          "buying",
          "buying"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Sports"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1921, Rafael Sabatini, Scaramouche",
          "text": "Challenges are flying right and left between these bully-swordsmen, these spadassinicides, and poor devils of the robe who have never learnt to fence with anything but a quill.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To engage in the sport of fencing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sports",
          "sports"
        ],
        [
          "fencing",
          "fencing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "en:Equestrianism"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To jump over a fence."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "equestrianism",
          "equestrianism"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "equestrianism",
        "hobbies",
        "horses",
        "lifestyle",
        "pets",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1981, A. D. Hope, “His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell”, in A Book of Answers",
          "text": "A lady, sir, as you will find, / Keeps counsel, or she speaks her mind, / Means what she says and scorns to fence / And palter with feigned innocence.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "conceal",
          "conceal"
        ],
        [
          "truth",
          "truth"
        ],
        [
          "equivocal",
          "equivocal"
        ],
        [
          "answer",
          "answer"
        ],
        [
          "hedge",
          "hedge"
        ],
        [
          "evasive",
          "evasive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/fɛns/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɛns]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[fɛnts]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛns"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-fence.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/2e/En-us-fence.ogg/En-us-fence.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/En-us-fence.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "to sell or buy stolen goods",
      "word": "pawn"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ograždam",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "ограждам"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "keas"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "oplotit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "aidata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "clôturer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "cercar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "choer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "depending on the exact context",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "befrieden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "einfrieden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "einfriedigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "einhegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "einzäunen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "umfrieden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "umfriedigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "umzäunen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "zäunen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "tags": [
        "Switzerland"
      ],
      "word": "einhagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "tags": [
        "North-America",
        "especially",
        "regional"
      ],
      "word": "fenzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "perifrásso",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "περιφράσσω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "frázo",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "φράζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phrássō",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "φράσσω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gidér",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "גידר"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "fencagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "aijoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "fálaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "recintare"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "žogs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ograduva",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "оградува"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ogradzać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ogrodzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "cercar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "îngrădi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "înconjura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "împrejmui"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogoráživatʹ",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "огора́живать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ogorodítʹ",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "огороди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "cercar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "ua"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "inhägna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "çitlemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to enclose by building a fence",
      "word": "ffensio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to defend or guard",
      "word": "suojella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to defend or guard",
      "word": "suojata"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
      "word": "helen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
      "word": "riceli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
      "word": "välittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "luukuttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "trokata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
      "word": "fourguer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
      "word": "hehlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "poló klopimaía",
      "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
      "word": "πωλώ κλοπιμαία"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "baryžitʹ",
      "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
      "word": "барыжить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
      "word": "ua"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to trade with stolen goods",
      "word": "ffensio"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "fehtuvam se",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "фехтувам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "esgrimir"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "skyrmya"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "šermovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "fægte"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "skermi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "miekkailla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xmalaoba",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "ხმალაობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "pariḳaoba",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "ფარიკაობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "fechten"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xifomachó",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "ξιφομαχώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "skermar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "déan pionsóireacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mečuva",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "мечува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "se mečuva",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "се мечува"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "tautātete"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "walczyć na szable"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "walczyć na szpady"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "walczyć na szpady"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "esgrimir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "scrima"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fextovátʹ",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "фехтова́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "sabljati se"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "ua"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "fäkta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to engage in (the sport) fencing",
      "word": "cleddyfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "equestrianism: to jump over a fence",
      "word": "ylittää este"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Modern English",
    "fence"
  ],
  "word": "fence"
}

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