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Meanings of fence in English

Portuguese
cercar
Catalan
envoltar
Spanish
cercar

Surround with a wall in order to fortify.

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        cercar
        Portuguese
        discutir
        Catalan
        discutir
        Spanish
        discutir

        Have an argument about something.

              discutir
              Spanish
              receptador

              Criminal who resells stolen goods.

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                    receptador
                    Portuguese
                    paliçada
                    Catalan
                    tanca
                    Spanish
                    alambrada

                    A barrier that serves to enclose an area.

                          paliçada
                          Usage of fence in English
                          1
                          Mr Aitchison said he hoped the fence would come down within weeks.
                          Radio NZ
                          2
                          At first just scaling the long government fence that surrounds our home.
                          The apocalypse reader
                          3
                          A man on the far side of the second fence came forward.
                          Flesh Eaters
                          4
                          Schulz strode across the ditch by the road; Christophe leaped the fence.
                          Jean-Christophe, Volume I
                          5
                          Your father wanted a hand, he said they were for fence posts.
                          Empty mile
                          6
                          But we can't build a fence protecting sea ice from rising temperatures.
                          BBC
                          7
                          Hungary is also building a security fence on its border with Serbia.
                          Reuters
                          8
                          I thought again that we really needed that stronger electronic fence signal.
                          Cormac: the tale of a dog gone missing
                          9
                          As soon as they're far enough away, I start toward the fence.
                          Altered
                          10
                          Vaulting the fence, the man hastened in the direction of the summer-house.
                          Five Thousand Dollars Reward
                          11
                          Why did you decide to create jewellery from the fence in particular?
                          The South African
                          12
                          He said many farmers had been padlocking gates and securing fence lines.
                          Radio NZ
                          13
                          That still didn't explain what it was doing by the fence, however.
                          Firewall
                          14
                          This effectually fortified and barricaded the weak place in the stockade fence.
                          Betty Zane
                          15
                          THE trickle of water from under his neighbour's fence certainly appeared incriminating.
                          News.com.au
                          16
                          Wild roses were flaming in the tufts of bunchgrass along the fence.
                          O Pioneers!
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                          Canada
                          Common
                          New Zealand
                          Common
                          Australia
                          Common
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