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Noun fencing has 3 senses
- fence, fencing - a barrier that serves to enclose an area
--1 is a kind of barrier
--1 is a part of fence line
--1 has particulars:
- fencing material, fencing - material for building fences
--2 is a kind of building material
- fencing - 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)
--3 is a kind of fight, fighting, combat, scrap; play, swordplay
Verb fence has 5 senses
- fence, fence in - enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard"
--1 is one way to enclose, inclose, shut in
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- fence - receive stolen goods
--2 is one way to receive, have
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- fence - fight with fencing swords
--3 is one way to fight, struggle
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- wall, palisade, fence, fence in, surround - surround with a wall in order to fortify
--4 is one way to protect
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- argue, contend, debate, fence - have an argument about something
--5 is one way to converse, discourse
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