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fence
English
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 edor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?ns/, [f?ns], [f?nts]
- Rhymes: -?ns
Noun
fence (countable and uncountable, plural fences)
- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
- Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- (by extension) The place whence such a middleman operates.
- Skill in oral debate.
- (obsolete, uncountable) The art or practice of fencing.
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
- (computing, programming) A memory barrier.
Hyponyms
- catch fence
- electric fence
- picket fence
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Pennsylvania German: Fens
Translations
See also
- wire netting
- wire gauze
Verb
fence (third-person singular simple present fences, present participle fencing, simple past and past participle fenced)
- (transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- (transitive) To defend or guard.
- (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- The Bat—they called him the Bat. […]. He'd never been in stir, the bulls had never mugged him, he didn't run with a mob, he played a lone hand, and fenced his stuff so that even the fence couldn't swear he knew his face.
- (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
- (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
- (intransitive) To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
- 1981, A. D. Hope, "His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell," A Book of Answers:
- 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.
- 1981, A. D. Hope, "His Coy Mistress to Mr. Marvell," A Book of Answers:
Synonyms
- (to sell or buy stolen goods): pawn
Derived terms
- ring-fence, ringfence
Translations
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?nt?s?]
- Rhymes: -?nts?
- Hyphenation: fen?ce
Noun
fence
- dative singular of fenka
- locative singular of fenka
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shelter
English
Etymology
From Middle English sheltron, sheldtrume (“roof or wall formed by locked shields”), from Old English s?ildtruma, s?yldtruma (“a phalanx, company (of troops), a tortoise, a covering, shed, shelter”, literally “shield-troop”), from s?yld, s?ield (“shield”) + truma (“a troop of soldiers”). Cognate with Scots schilthrum, schiltrum. More at shield, and Old English trymman (“to strengthen”), from trum (“strong, firm”) at trim.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???lt?/
- (US) IPA(key): /???lt?/
- Rhymes: -?lt?(r)
Noun
shelter (plural shelters)
- A refuge, haven or other cover or protection from something.
- An institution that provides temporary housing for homeless people, battered women etc.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
shelter (third-person singular simple present shelters, present participle sheltering, simple past and past participle sheltered)
- (transitive) To provide cover from damage or harassment; to shield; to protect.
- 1663, John Dryden, Epistle to Dr. Charleton
- Those ruins sheltered once his sacred head.
- 1829, Robert Southey, Sir Thomas More; or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society
- You have no convents […] in which such persons may be received and sheltered.
- 1663, John Dryden, Epistle to Dr. Charleton
- (intransitive) To take cover.
- During the rainstorm, we sheltered under a tree.
Translations
Anagrams
- Ehlerts, Hertels, Shetler, helters, three Ls
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