FENCE Synonyms

• a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.

• a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy

• render unsuitable for passage

• prevent access to by barricading

• block off with barricades

• a structure or object that impedes free movement

• any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective

• anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

• a structure consisting of an area that has been enclosed for some purpose

• the act of enclosing something inside something else

• a naturally enclosed space

• something (usually a supporting document) that is enclosed in an envelope with a covering letter

• a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

• any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change

• an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement

• avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

• hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge

• enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges

• minimize loss or risk

• a vertical structure that divides or separates (as a wall divides one room from another)

• (computer science) the part of a hard disk that is dedicated to a particular operating system or application and accessed as a single unit

• (anatomy) a structure that separates areas in an organism

• the act of dividing or partitioning; separation by the creation of a boundary that divides or keeps apart

• divide into parts, pieces, or sections

• separate or apportion into sections

• enclose with a fence

• surround with a wall in order to fortify

• present reasons and arguments

• have an argument about something

• give evidence of

• maintain or assert

• have an argument about something

• to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• compete for something; engage in a contest; measure oneself against others

• be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight

• a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

• the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)

• argue with one another

• think about carefully; weigh

• discuss the pros and cons of an issue

• have an argument about something

• a barrier that serves to enclose an area

• material for building fences

• the art or sport of fighting with swords (especially the use of foils or epees or sabres to score points under a set of rules)

• fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground

• surround with a wall in order to fortify

• the area in which something exists or lives

• extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

• envelop completely

• surround so as to force to give up

• surround with a wall in order to fortify