"fencing" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɛnsɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fencing.wav [Southern-England] Forms: fencings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛnsɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English fensing, equivalent to fence + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|fensing}} Middle English fensing, {{suf|en|fence|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} fence + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fencing (countable and uncountable, plural fencings)
  1. The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Fencing Translations (sport): مُبَارَزَة (mubāraza) [feminine] (Arabic), սուսերամարտ (suseramart) (Armenian), фехтава́нне (fjextavánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), фехто́вка (fehtóvka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), шаблёва́ня (šabljovánja) [feminine] (Carpathian Rusyn), esgrima (Catalan), 擊劍 (Chinese Mandarin), 击剑 (jījiàn, jíjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), šerm [masculine] (Czech), fægtning [common-gender] (Danish), schermen (Dutch), skermo (Esperanto), vehklemine (Estonian), miekkailu (Finnish), escrime [feminine] (French), ფარიკაობა (pariḳaoba) (Georgian), Fechten [neuter] (German), ξιφασκία (xifaskía) [feminine] (Greek), panaanneq (Greenlandic), סַיִף (sayf) [masculine] (Hebrew), vívás (Hungarian), skermo (Ido), anggar (Indonesian), scherma [feminine] (Italian), フェンシング (fenshingu) (Japanese), 剣術 (kenjutsu) (alt: けんじゅつ) (Japanese), қылышпаздық (qylyşpazdyq) (Kazakh), семсершілік (semserşılık) (Kazakh), 펜싱 (pensing) (Korean), 검술 (geomsul) (alt: 劍術) (Korean), paukošana [feminine] (Latvian), мечува́лство (mečuválstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), cliwederaght [feminine] (Manx), fekting [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fekting [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), szermierka (Polish), esgrima [feminine] (Portuguese), scrimă [feminine] (Romanian), фехтова́ние (fextovánije) [neuter] (Russian), mačevanje [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), šerm [masculine] (Slovak), sabljanje [neuter] (Slovene), esgrima [feminine] (Spanish), fäktning (Swedish), eskrima (Tagalog), kanluraning eskrima (Tagalog), eskrim (Turkish), фехтува́ння (fextuvánnja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-fencing-en-noun-en:sport Disambiguation of Fencing: 45 15 13 26 Disambiguation of 'sport': 100 0 0
  2. Material used to make fences, fences used as barriers or an enclosure. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (fences used as barriers or an enclosure): загражде́ние (zagraždénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 圍欄 (Chinese Mandarin), 围栏 (wéilán) (Chinese Mandarin), hekwerk [neuter] (Dutch), aitaus (Finnish), Einzäunung [feminine] (German), о́града (ógrada) [feminine] (Macedonian), cerca [feminine] (Portuguese), огражде́ние (ograždénije) [neuter] (Russian), загражде́ние (zagraždénije) [neuter] (Russian), огра́да (ográda) [feminine] (Russian), забо́р (zabór) [masculine] (Russian), vallado [masculine] (Spanish), cerca [feminine] (Spanish), inhägnad (Swedish), çit (Turkish), parmaklık (Turkish) Translations (material used to make fences): aitatarpeet [plural] (Finnish), Zaunfeld [neuter] (German), Absperrgitter (english: metal) [neuter] (German), тараба (taraba) [feminine] (Macedonian), тараби (tarabi) [plural] (Macedonian), cerca [feminine] (Portuguese), cerca (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fencing-en-noun-aL8~jn9F Disambiguation of 'fences used as barriers or an enclosure': 2 95 3 Disambiguation of 'material used to make fences': 2 96 2
  3. Receiving and buying of stolen goods. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (receiving and/or buying of stolen goods): heling [feminine] (Dutch), recel [masculine] (French), Hehlerei [feminine] (German), ricettazione [feminine] (Italian), recetação [feminine] (Portuguese), receptação [Brazil, feminine] (Portuguese), receptación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fencing-en-noun-NpHkoYw8 Disambiguation of 'receiving and/or buying of stolen goods': 2 3 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: e-fencing, fencing response, fencing wire, geofencing, geo-fencing, penis fencing
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈfɛnsɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fencing.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ɛnsɪŋ Etymology: From fence + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|fence|-ing|id2=participial}} fence + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fencing
  1. present participle and gerund of fence Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fence
    Sense id: en-fencing-en-verb-dbFB0AOD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 22 8 9 61 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 19 11 12 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "sport",
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "pariḳaoba",
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          "word": "ფარიკაობა"
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          "lang": "Greek",
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          "lang": "Greenlandic",
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sport",
          "word": "vívás"
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          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "sport",
          "word": "skermo"
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "sport",
          "word": "anggar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sport",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "scherma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fenshingu",
          "sense": "sport",
          "word": "フェンシング"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "alt": "けんじゅつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kenjutsu",
          "sense": "sport",
          "word": "剣術"
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qylyşpazdyq",
          "sense": "sport",
          "word": "қылышпаздық"
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "semserşılık",
          "sense": "sport",
          "word": "семсершілік"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "pensing",
          "sense": "sport",
          "word": "펜싱"
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        {
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          "alt": "劍術",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geomsul",
          "sense": "sport",
          "word": "검술"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "sport",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "paukošana"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "mečuválstvo",
          "sense": "sport",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "мечува́лство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "sport",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cliwederaght"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "sport",
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          "word": "fekting"
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "sport",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "fekting"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sport",
          "word": "szermierka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sport",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "esgrima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "sport",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "scrimă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "fextovánije",
          "sense": "sport",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "фехтова́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sport",
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          "word": "mačevanje"
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          "sense": "sport",
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          "word": "šerm"
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          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "sport",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sabljanje"
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          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sport",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "esgrima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sport",
          "word": "fäktning"
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        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "sport",
          "word": "eskrima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "sport",
          "word": "kanluraning eskrima"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sport",
          "word": "eskrim"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "fextuvánnja",
          "sense": "sport",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "material used to make fences",
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          "word": "aitatarpeet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "material used to make fences",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Zaunfeld"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 96 2",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "metal",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "material used to make fences",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Absperrgitter"
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          "_dis1": "2 95 3",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "sense": "receiving and/or buying of stolen goods",
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      "sense": "sport",
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      "sense": "sport",
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
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      "code": "et",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "miekkailu"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "escrime"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
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      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "ფარიკაობა"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "סַיִף"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "vívás"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "skermo"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "anggar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "scherma"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "フェンシング"
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      "word": "剣術"
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      "word": "қылышпаздық"
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      "lang": "Kazakh",
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      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "семсершілік"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "pensing",
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      "word": "펜싱"
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      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "검술"
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      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "cliwederaght"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "fekting"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fekting"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "szermierka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esgrima"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "scrimă"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fextovánije",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "фехтова́ние"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "mačevanje"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šerm"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "sabljanje"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "esgrima"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "fäktning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "eskrima"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "kanluraning eskrima"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sport",
      "word": "eskrim"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "fextuvánnja",
      "sense": "sport",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "фехтува́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "material used to make fences",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "aitatarpeet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "material used to make fences",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zaunfeld"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "metal",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "material used to make fences",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Absperrgitter"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "taraba",
      "sense": "material used to make fences",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "тараба"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "tarabi",
      "sense": "material used to make fences",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "тараби"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "material used to make fences",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cerca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "material used to make fences",
      "word": "cerca"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "zagraždénie",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "загражде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "word": "圍欄"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wéilán",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "word": "围栏"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hekwerk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "word": "aitaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Einzäunung"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ógrada",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "о́града"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cerca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ograždénije",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "огражде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zagraždénije",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "загражде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ográda",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "огра́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabór",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "забо́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vallado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cerca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "word": "inhägnad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "word": "çit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "fences used as barriers or an enclosure",
      "word": "parmaklık"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "receiving and/or buying of stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "heling"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "receiving and/or buying of stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "recel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "receiving and/or buying of stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Hehlerei"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "receiving and/or buying of stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ricettazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "receiving and/or buying of stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "recetação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "receiving and/or buying of stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "receptação"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "receiving and/or buying of stolen goods",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "receptación"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fencing"
  ],
  "word": "fencing"
}

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