fence

fence
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. barrier, barricade, wall, stockade, paling, hedge, railing; slang, bagman or -woman, receiver [of stolen goods]. —v. i. en-close; fight, thrust and parry; parry, evade; slang, bootleg, black-market, unload. See defense, enclosure, contention, stealing, illegality.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [That which surrounds an enclosure]
Syn. barricade, barrier, rail, railing, wall, picket fence, wire fence, board fence, electrified fence, barbed-wire fence, post-and-rail fence, chain-link fence, snake fence, Cyclone fence (trademark), rail fence, chain fence, stone wall, hedge, paling, balustrade, palisade, backstop, net, dike, ha-ha.
2. [Material to make an enclosure]
Syn. fencing, barbed wire, chicken wire, pickets, woven wire, palings, stakes, grape stakes, posts, rails, boarding.
3. [A receiver of stolen goods]
Syn. accomplice; front, front man, drop*, dump*, family man*, uncle*, swagman*.
• mend one's fences*,
Syn. reNew contacts, look after one's political interests, solicit votes, politic; see campaign 1 .
• on the fence*,
Syn. uncertain, uncommitted, undecided, neutral; see doubtful 2 , undecided .
v.
1. [To enclose with a fence]
Syn. surround, encircle, corral; see enclose 1 .
2. [To avoid giving a direct reply]
Syn. hedge, parry, dodge, sidestep; see evade 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
enclosure, barrier, barricade, boundary, wall, rail, paling, palisade, hedge.
WORD FIND
• cattle-enclosing: barbed wire fence
• fish-catching fence made of stakes: weir
• post and rail: post and rail fence
• screen of wood strips: lattice
• stake fence: picket fence, paling
• stake fence used for defense: palisade
• sunken, in ditch: ha-ha
• wire mesh: chain-link fence, *Cyclone fence
• woven work of twigs, branches: wattle fence
• zigzagging rail fence: Virginia fence, worm fence, snake fence
II
v.
1. enclose surround, pen, confine, encircle, separate, bound, corral, wall, hem.
2. fight with sabers or foils duel, parry, engage in swordplay.
WORD FIND
• deflect opponent’s weapon: parry
• faked movement to throw off opponent: feint
• forward thrust and jump: lunge
• grazing blow down opponent’s blade: coulé
• jump and lunge: balestra
• leap: volt
• offensive move made after parry: riposte
• protective cup on weapon: guard
• protective glove: gauntlet
• protective jacket: fencing jacket, underplastron
• readiness stance: on guard
• run toward opponent with arm extended: fleché
• score: hit
• taking of opponent’s blade, method of: croisé
• term: touché
• weapon: epee, foil, saber, rapier
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To confine within a limited area. Also used with in: cage, coop (in or up), enclose, immure, mew (up), pen2, shut in, shut up, wall (in or up). See FREE. 2. To separate with or as if with a wall: partition, wall. See INCLUDE.

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