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Definition fence

Etymology

The original meaning is "the act of defending", from Middle French defens (see defence), adopted in the 14th century. 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).

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.
1. 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.

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.
(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.

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12 letter words with the letters FENCE ↑

AFFECTEDNESS 23

AFFECTIONATE 22

BENEFACTIONS 23

BENEFACTRESS 22

BENEFICENCES 26

BENEFICENTLY 26

BENEFICIALLY 26

BENEFICIATED 23

BENEFICIATES 22

CANDLEFISHES 23

CHEERFULNESS 23

CODEFENDANTS 22

COEFFICIENTS 25

CONFECTIONER 23

CONFEDERATED 21

CONFEDERATES 20

CONFERENCING 26

CONFERENTIAL 21

CONFERRENCES 23

CONFINEMENTS 24

CONFUSEDNESS 22

COUNTERFEITS 20

COUNTERFIRED 21

COUNTERFIRES 20

COUNTERFORCE 23

COUNTEROFFER 23

CRAFTINESSES 19

DECAFFEINATE 23

DECERTIFYING 24

DEFICIENCIES 23

DEFORCEMENTS 23

DIFFERENCING 26

EFFECTUATING 25

EFFECTUATION 23

EFFEMINACIES 25

EFFERVESCENT 26

EFFERVESCING 28

EFFICIENCIES 25

EFFLORESCENT 23

EFFLORESCING 25

ELECTRIFYING 24

ENFORCEMENTS 23

ENFRANCHISED 23

ENFRANCHISES 22

FACELESSNESS 20

FACILENESSES 20

FECKLESSNESS 24

FEMTOSECONDS 23

FERRICYANIDE 22

FERROCYANIDE 22

FIANCHETTOED 22

FICKLENESSES 24

FIERCENESSES 19

FINGERPICKED 29

FLATULENCIES 22

FLORESCENCES 23

FLUORESCEINS 21

FLUORESCENCE 24

FLUORESCENTS 21

FORBEARANCES 22

FORCEFULNESS 24

FORCIBLENESS 23

FORECHECKING 30

FOREREACHING 23

FRANKINCENSE 25

FRAUDULENCES 23

FRENETICALLY 23

FRENETICISMS 22

FRICASSEEING 21

FRONTISPIECE 22

FURTHERANCES 22

GEMEINSCHAFT 26

GENUFLECTING 26

GENUFLECTION 24

GRACEFULNESS 23

GREENFINCHES 24

HANDKERCHIEF 28

HENCEFORWARD 25

IMPERFECTION 25

INDEFECTIBLE 24

INDEFECTIBLY 26

INDIFFERENCE 24

INDIFFERENCY 26

INEFFACEABLE 26

INEFFACEABLY 28

INEFFICACIES 25

INEFFICIENCY 28

INEFFICIENTS 23

INFELICITIES 20

INFREQUENCES 30

INTERFERENCE 20

LUFTMENSCHEN 27

MAGNIFICENCE 28

MALEFICENCES 26

MALFEASANCES 23

MERCIFULNESS 24

MISFEASANCES 22

MISREFERENCE 22

MUNIFICENCES 27

NECKERCHIEFS 28

NEGLECTFULLY 27

NONCERTIFIED 21

NONEFFECTIVE 27

NONFEASANCES 21

NONFLUENCIES 23

NONINFECTIVE 25

NONINFLUENCE 24

PEACEFULNESS 24

PERFORMANCES 25

RECENTRIFUGE 22

RECERTIFYING 23

RECONFIGURED 23

RECONFIGURES 22

REFLECTANCES 23

REFLECTIONAL 21

REINFECTIONS 20

RUBEFACIENTS 23

SCENESHIFTER 21

SPEECHIFYING 28

SUPERINFECTS 23

TRANSFERENCE 20

UNAFFECTEDLY 27

UNDERSURFACE 22

UNINFLUENCED 25

UNREFLECTIVE 25

UNREINFORCED 22

VOICEFULNESS 25

11 letter words with the letters FENCE ↑

AFFECTIONED 22

AFFLUENCIES 23

BENEFACTION 22

BENEFACTORS 21

BENEFICENCE 25

BENEFICIARY 23

BENEFICIATE 21

CAFFEINATED 22

CAREFULNESS 20

CENTERFOLDS 20

CENTRIFUGED 22

CENTRIFUGES 21

COCKNEYFIED 28

COCKNEYFIES 27

CODEFENDANT 21

COEFFICIENT 24

CONEFLOWERS 22

CONFEDERACY 24

CONFEDERATE 19

CONFERENCES 22

CONFERMENTS 22

CONFERRABLE 22

CONFERRENCE 22

CONFESSABLE 22

CONFESSEDLY 22

CONFIDENCES 23

CONFINEMENT 23

CONFLUENCES 24

COUNTERFEIT 19

COUNTERFIRE 19

CRESTFALLEN 20

DEFACEMENTS 22

DEFEASANCES 19

DEFECATIONS 19

DEFICIENTLY 22

DEFLECTIONS 20

DEFORCEMENT 22

DENTIFRICES 19

DIFFERENCED 23

DIFFERENCES 22

DIFFIDENCES 23

DISINFECTED 20

EFFACEMENTS 24

EFFICIENTLY 24

EFFULGENCES 25

ENFORCEABLE 22

ENFORCEMENT 22

ENFRANCHISE 21

FANCINESSES 19

FECUNDITIES 20

FEMTOSECOND 22

FICTIONEERS 18

FICTIVENESS 22

FLATULENCES 21

FLORESCENCE 22

FLUORESCEIN 20

FLUORESCENT 20

FORBEARANCE 21

FRANCHISEES 20

FRAUDULENCE 22

FREELANCERS 19

FREELANCING 22

FRENCHIFIED 24

FRENCHIFIES 23

FRENETICISM 21

FREQUENCIES 28

FURTHERANCE 21

GENUFLECTED 23

INEFFECTIVE 25

INEFFECTUAL 23

INEFFICIENT 22

INFLECTABLE 23

INFREQUENCE 29

INFREQUENCY 31

INTEROFFICE 21

MALEFICENCE 25

MALFEASANCE 22

MISFEASANCE 21

MUNIFICENCE 26

NECKERCHIEF 27

NONFEASANCE 20

NONINFECTED 21

PERFECTIONS 21

PERFECTNESS 21

PERFORMANCE 24

POCKETKNIFE 29

PREFERENCES 21

PREFINANCED 23

PREFINANCES 22

RECONFIGURE 21

RECONFIRMED 22

REDEFECTING 21

REENFORCING 21

REFERENCING 21

REFLECTANCE 22

REFLECTIONS 19

REFULGENCES 22

REINFECTING 21

REINFECTION 19

REINFORCERS 18

RUBEFACIENT 22

SUFFERANCES 22

SUPERINFECT 22

THENCEFORTH 22

TRANSFECTED 19

UNCERTIFIED 20

UNCONFESSED 21

UNINFLECTED 22

UNSPECIFIED 23

10 letter words with the letters FENCE ↑

AFFLUENCES 22

BEFLECKING 27

BENEFACTOR 20

BENEFICENT 21

BENEFICIAL 21

BENEFICING 23

CENTERFOLD 19

CENTRIFUGE 20

COINFERRED 18

CONEFLOWER 21

CONFEDERAL 19

CONFERENCE 21

CONFERMENT 21

CONFERRERS 17

CONFIDENCE 22

CONFLUENCE 23

DEFACEMENT 21

DEFEASANCE 18

DEFECATING 20

DEFECATION 18

DEFECTIONS 18

DEFENCEMAN 22

DEFENCEMEN 22

DEFERENCES 18

DEFICIENCY 23

DEFICIENTS 18

DEFLECTING 21

DEFLECTION 19

DENTIFRICE 18

DIFFERENCE 21

DIFFIDENCE 22

EFFACEMENT 23

EFFEMINACY 25

EFFICIENCY 25

EFFLUENCES 22

EFFULGENCE 24

FACILENESS 18

FECULENCES 22

FECUNDATED 20

FECUNDATES 19

FEMINACIES 20

FERROCENES 17

FERVENCIES 21

FESCENNINE 19

FETTUCCINE 21

FICKLENESS 22

FICTIONEER 17

FIERCENESS 17

FLATULENCE 20

FLORESCENT 18

FRANCHISEE 19

FREELANCED 19

FREELANCER 18

FREELANCES 18

FREQUENCES 27

FRUTESCENT 18

GENUFLECTS 21

GREENFINCH 22

HENCEFORTH 21

INFERENCES 18

INFLECTIVE 22

INFLUENCED 21

INFLUENCES 20

INTERFACED 18

INTERFACES 17

MALEFICENT 21

NEGLECTFUL 22

PERFECTING 22

PERFECTION 20

PREFERENCE 20

PREFINANCE 21

REENFORCED 18

REENFORCES 17

REFECTIONS 17

REFERENCED 18

REFERENCES 17

REFINANCED 19

REFINANCES 18

REFLECTING 20

REFLECTION 18

REFLUENCES 19

REFULGENCE 21

REINFECTED 18

REINFORCED 18

REINFORCER 17

REINFORCES 17

SUFFERANCE 21

TENEBRIFIC 20

UNAFFECTED 22

UNENFORCED 20

UNINFECTED 20

9 letter words with the letters FENCE ↑

AFFLUENCE 21

BENEFICED 20

BENEFICES 19

CAFFEINES 19

CONFECTED 20

CONFEREES 16

CONFERRED 17

CONFERRER 16

CONFERVAE 20

CONFESSED 17

CONFESSES 16

CONFRERES 16

DEFECTING 19

DEFECTION 17

DEFERENCE 17

DEFIANCES 17

DEFICIENT 17

EFFECTING 21

EFFICIENT 19

EFFLUENCE 21

ENFORCERS 16

FEASANCES 16

FECULENCE 21

FECUNDATE 18

FENCELESS 17

FENCEROWS 19

FENCIBLES 20

FERROCENE 16

FETTUCINE 17

FLEECHING 21

FLORENCES 17

FLUENCIES 18

FREELANCE 17

FRENETICS 16

FREQUENCE 26

FREQUENCY 28

GENUFLECT 20

HALFPENCE 22

INFECTERS 16

INFECTIVE 20

INFERENCE 17

INFLECTED 18

INFLUENCE 19

INTERFACE 16

OFFSCREEN 19

REENFORCE 16

REFECTING 18

REFECTION 16

REFENCING 19

REFERENCE 16

REFINANCE 17

REFLUENCE 18

REINFECTS 16

REINFORCE 16

RUFESCENT 17

UNPERFECT 20

8 letter words with the letters FENCE ↑

BENEFICE 18

CAFFEINE 18

CONFEREE 15

CONFRERE 15

DEFENCES 16

DEFIANCE 16

ENFORCED 16

ENFORCER 15

ENFORCES 15

FAIENCES 15

FEASANCE 15

FECULENT 17

FENCEROW 18

FENCIBLE 19

FERVENCY 21

FIANCEES 15

FLEECING 18

FLENCHED 19

FLENCHES 18

FLORENCE 16

FRENCHED 18

FRENCHES 17

FRENETIC 15

INFECTED 16

INFECTER 15

OFFENCES 18

REFENCED 16

REFENCES 15

REINFECT 15

UNFENCED 18

UNFENCES 17

7 letter words with the letters FENCE ↑

BENEFIC 17

DEFENCE 15

ENFACED 15

ENFACES 14

ENFORCE 14

FAIENCE 14

FENCERS 14

FENNECS 15

FIANCEE 14

OFFENCE 17

REFENCE 14

UNFENCE 16

6 letter words with the letters FENCE ↑

ENFACE 13

FENCED 14

FENCER 13

FENCES 13

FENNEC 14

5 letter words with the letters FENCE ↑

FENCE 12

3 letter words with the letters FENCE ↑

CEE 6

FEE 6

FEN 7

NEE 4

2 letter words with the letters FENCE ↑

EF 5

EN 3

FE 5

NE 3

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