"unfence" meaning in English

See unfence in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unfences [present, singular, third-person], unfencing [participle, present], unfenced [participle, past], unfenced [past]
Etymology: From un- + fence. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|un|fence|id1=reversive}} un- + fence Head templates: {{en-verb}} unfence (third-person singular simple present unfences, present participle unfencing, simple past and past participle unfenced)
  1. (transitive) To remove a fence (from) Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-unfence-en-verb-V4CTbh5r
  2. To remove restrictions on the use of
    Sense id: en-unfence-en-verb-WRTlx1Z8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un- (reversive) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un- (reversive): 34 66

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for unfence meaning in English (1.7kB)

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