fence : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a fence of steel wires woven into a diamond pattern
  

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• noun small active lizard of United States and north to British Columbia
  Sceloporus undulatus; pine lizard.
  

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• verb enclose with a fence
  fence.
  
  • we fenced in our yard
• verb surround with a wall in order to fortify
  wall; surround; palisade; fence.
  

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• noun a boundary line created by a fence
  

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• noun spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico
  

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• noun social action to improve poor relations (especially in politics)
  
  • they moved forward from a period of fence mending to substantive changes in the country

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Fence month

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1. (Forest Law), the month in which female deer are fawning, when hunting is prohibited. Bullokar. -- Fence roof, a covering for defense. "They fitted their shields close to one another in manner of a fence roof." Holland.

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• noun a rail that is split from a log
  split rail.
  

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• noun a person who won't take sides in a controversy
  

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• noun a face mask made of fine mesh that is worn over a fencer's face
  fencer's mask.
  

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• noun material for building fences
  fencing.
  

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• noun a stick used instead of a sword for fencing
  backsword; singlestick.
  

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• noun a sword used in the sport of fencing
  

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• a fence so secured that it will not be swept away by a flood.

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Flow"er-fence` noun

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1. (Bot.) A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, ∨ Cæsalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. Baird.

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• adjective satellite characterized by indecision
  undecided.
  
  • some who had been on the fence came out in favor of the plan
  • too many voters still declare they are undecided

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• noun East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental
  coralwood; Adenanthera pavonina; Barbados pride; red sandalwood; coral-wood.
  

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• noun a fence made of upright pickets
  paling.
  

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• a fence made of pickets. See def. 2, above.

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• noun a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle)
  

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• a fence made of rails, sometimes supported by posts.

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• a fence which encircles a large area, or a whole estate, within one inclosure.

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• noun rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails
  snake fence; snake-rail fence; Virginia fence.
  

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• a worm fence (which see). U.S.

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• noun rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails
  snake fence; snake-rail fence; Virginia fence.
  

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• noun a ditch with one side being a retaining wall; used to divide lands without defacing the landscape
  haw-haw; ha-ha.
  

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• a ditch with a retaining wall, used to divide lands without defacing a landscape; a ha-ha.

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• to be undecided or uncommitted in respect to two opposing parties or policies. Colloq.

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• (Scot. Church), to make a solemn address to those who present themselves to commune at the Lord's supper, on the feelings appropriate to the service, in order to hinder, so far as possible, those who are unworthy from approaching the table. McCheyne.

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• noun rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails
  snake fence; snake-rail fence; Virginia fence.
  

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• . See Worm fence, under Fence.

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• noun common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
  blue-belly; swift; Sceloporus occidentalis.
  

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• a fence consisting of posts with strained horizontal wires, wire netting, or other wirework, between.

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• noun rail fence consisting of a zigzag of interlocking rails
  snake fence; snake-rail fence; Virginia fence.
  

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• a zigzag fence composed of rails crossing one another at their ends; called also snake fence, or Virginia rail fence.

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