Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - fence
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Fence
fence
(fences, fencing, fenced) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A fence is a barrier between two areas of land, made of wood or wire supported by posts. Villagers say the fence would restrict public access to the hills. N-COUNT 2. If you fence an area of land, you surround it with a fence. The first task was to fence the wood to exclude sheep... Thomas was playing in a little fenced area full of sand. VERB: V n, V-ed 3. A fence in show jumping or horse racing is an obstacle or barrier that horses have to jump over. N-COUNT 4. If one country tries to mend fences with another, it tries to end a disagreement or quarrel with the other country. You can also say that two countries mend fences. Washington was last night doing its best to mend fences with the Europeans, saying it understood their concerns... PHRASE: V inflects, PHR with n, pl-n PHR 5. If you sit on the fence, you avoid supporting a particular side in a discussion or argument. They are sitting on the fence and refusing to commit themselves... PHRASE: V inflects
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I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English fens, short for defens defense Date: 14th century 1. archaic a means of protection ; defense 2. a. a barrier intended to prevent escape or intrusion or to mark a boundary; especially such a barrier made of posts and wire or boards b. an immaterial barrier or boundary line on the other side of the ~ in the argument 3. fencing 1 4. a. a receiver of stolen goods b. a place where stolen goods are bought • ~less adjective • ~lessness noun II. verb (~d; fencing) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to enclose with a ~ b. (1) to keep in or out with a ~ (2) to ward off 2. to provide a defense for 3. to sell (stolen property) to a ~ intransitive verb 1. a. to practice fencing b. (1) to use tactics of attack and defense resembling those of fencing (2) to parry arguments by shifting ground 2. archaic to provide protection • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a barrier or railing or other upright structure enclosing an area of ground, esp. to prevent or control access. 2 a large upright obstacle in steeplechasing or showjumping. 3 sl. a receiver of stolen goods. 4 a guard or guide in machinery. --v. 1 tr. surround with or as with a fence. 2 tr. a (foll. by in, off) enclose or separate with or as with a fence. b (foll. by up) seal with or as with a fence. 3 tr. (foll. by from, against) screen, shield, protect. 4 tr. (foll. by out) exclude with or as with a fence; keep out. 5 tr. (also absol.) sl. deal in (stolen goods). 6 intr. practise the sport of fencing; use a sword. 7 intr. (foll. by with) evade answering (a person or question). 8 intr. (of a horse etc.) leap fences. Phrases and idioms sit on the fence remain neutral or undecided in a dispute etc. Derivatives fenceless adj. fencer n. Etymology: ME f. DEFENCE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) забор, изгородь, ограда, ограждение обносить забором, ограждать 2) строит. ограничитель (пазника или шпунтубеля) 3) машиностр. направляющая линейка; направляющий угольник 4) (аэродинамический) гребень, (аэродинамическая) решётка 5) экранирующее ограждение (передатчика РЛС) 6) сеть РЛС дальнего обнаружения - blast fence - canting fence - clutter-suppression fence - electrically opaque fence - picket fence - radar fence - rip fence - snow fence - solar electric fence - wing fence - wire fence ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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ограда; ограждение; изгородь, палисад направляющая пильного станка barbed fence close boarded fence ice fence jet blast deflector fence privacy fence protection fence safety fence snow fence warning fence wrought iron fence ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1) забор 2) загородка 3) заплот 4) ограда 5) ограждение 6) разгораживать 7) разгородить axial wing fence — гребень аэродинамический - fence boom - guide fence - snow fence - wing fence ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский словарь по машиностроению
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1. забор, изгородь, ограда green fence —- живая изгородь picket fence —- частокол sunk fence —- низкая изгородь вокруг сада, проходящая по канаве fence stone —- бутовый камень (из которого сложена ограда сухой кладки) fence wire —- проволока для оград 2. воен. (проволочный) забор; ограждение (минного поля) 3. препятствие (конный спорт) fence with ditch in the foreground —- канава с палисадом 4. комп. барьер (знак разделения последовательности элементов) 5. спец. предохранительное ограждение 6. ав. аэродинамическая перегородка 7. воен. разг. рубеж радиолокационного обнаружения 8. фехтование master of fence —- искусный фехтовальщик; искусный спорщик 9. сл. укрыватель или скупщик краденого; притон для укрывания краденого 10. тех. направляющая деталь Id: to be on both sides of the fence —- ам. служить и нашим и вашим Id: to be on the other side of the fence —- быть в другом лагере; придерживаться противоположного мнения Id: to be on the same side of the fence —- быть в том же лагере; занимать такую же позицию Id: to sit on the fence, to be (to ride) on the fence, —- ам. to straddle the fence сохранять нейтралитет; занимать выжидательную позицию Id: to come down on the right side of the fence —- встать на сторону победителя Id: to mend one's fences, to look after one's fences —- ам. укреплять свои личные...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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round = fence about FENCE roof навес FENCE 1. noun 1) забор, изгородь, ограда, ограждение - green fence - wire fence 2) фехтование - master of fence 3) sl. укрыватель или скупщик краденого 4) sl. притон для укрывания краденого, малина 5) tech. направляющий угольник 6) attr. - fence roof to mend ones fences amer. - а) polit. усиливать свои личные политические позиции; б) coll. стараться установить хорошие, дружеские отношения to be/sit on the fence, the straddle the fence - занимать нейтральную или выжидательную позицию; держаться выжидательного образа действий; колебаться между двумя мнениями или решениями to come down on the right side of the fence - встать на сторону победителя 2. v. 1) фехтовать to fence with a question - уклоняться от ответа; парировать вопрос вопросом 2) огораживать; загораживать; защищать (тж. fence about/around/round with; fence in) Starting a business of ones own is fenced about with laws and difficulties Farmers have to fence in their fields to keep the cattle from getting loose. 3) запрещать охоту и рыбную ловлю (на каком-л. участке) 4) брать препятствие (о лошади) 5) sl. укрывать краденое; продавать краденое 6) предварительно обрабатывать избирателей (перед выборами) - fence about - fence off - fence out - fence round FENCE about окружать, ограждать FENCE off отражать, отгонять The Minister skilfully fenced off the Oppositions attack with some searching...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n 1 a structure made of wood, metal etc that surrounds a piece of land 2 a wall or other structure that horses jump over in a race or competition 3 slang someone who buys and sells stolen goods 4 sit on the fence to avoid saying which side of an argument you support (The Liberals prefer to sit on the fence while the other parties fight it out.) (- see also mend (your) fences mend1 (4)) ~2 v 1 to put a fence around something 2 to fight with a long thin sword as a sport 3 I + with to answer someone's questions in a clever way in order to get an advantage in an argument fence sb/sth in phr v 1 to surround a place with a fence 2 often passive to make someone feel that they cannot leave a place or do what they want (Mothers with young children often feel fenced in at home.) fence sb/sth off phr v to separate one area from another area with a fence (a planting area fenced off from the main garden) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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See: GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE, MEND ONE'S FENCES, ON THE FENCE. ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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