Fencing - English meaning

Fencing – definitions in English dictionary

noun
The sport of fighting with swords, especially foils, épées, or sabres, according to a set of rules, in order to score points against an opponent.
Usage examples:
A fencing foil
noun
A series of fences.
Usage examples:
Security fencing

verb
Surround or protect with a fence.
Usage examples:
Our garden was not fully fenced
Synonims:
Enclose Surround Circumscribe Encircle Circle Encompass Bound Form a barrier around Form a ring round Divide up Section off Separate off Partition off Cut off Cordon off Close off Isolate Seg
verb
Buy or sell (stolen goods).
Usage examples:
After stealing your ring, he didn't even know how to fence it
Synonims:
Receive stolen goods Deal in stolen goods
verb
Engage in the sport of fencing.

noun
The sport of attacking and defending with a weapon having a long blade

Fencing translation into English

Fencing: translate from English into Chinese

击剑, 剑术, 篱笆, 篱

Fencing: translate from English into Dutch

Schermen, Schermkunst, Heling

Fencing: translate from English into French

Escrime, Clôture, Barrière, Protection, Lutte, Obstacle, Biens

Fencing: translate from English into German

Fechten, Einzäunung, Umzäunung, Abgrenzung, Fechtkunst, Hehlerei, Zaunmaterial, Planken

Fencing: translate from English into Hindi

बाड़ लगाना, फेंसिंग, आड़ बनाने की सामग्री, पटेबाज़ी, असिक्रीड़ा

Fencing: translate from English into Italian

Scherma

Fencing: translate from English into Korean

펜싱, 장물 매매, 교묘히 받아 넘기기, 울타리의 재료, 담의 재료

Fencing: translate from English into Russian

Ограждение, Фехтование, Забор, Ограда, Огораживание, Изгородь, Заграждение, Укрывательство краденого, Материал для изгородей

Fencing: translate from English into Spanish

Esgrima, Materiales para cercas, Estacada, Destreza

Word origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘defending, defence’): shortening of defence. Compare with fencible and fend.

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Fencing – similar words

fenced

verb
Surround or protect with a fence.
Usage examples:
Our garden was not fully fenced

noun
A barrier, railing, or other upright structure, typically of wood or wire, enclosing an area of ground to prevent or control access or escape.
Usage examples:
South korean news agency yonhap said the group cut through a wire fence to gain access to the schoo…

noun
A guard or guide on a plane, saw, or other tool.
Usage examples:
This leaves a short side surface at right angles to the rear of the strip, adequate for guiding the…

Fenced - all meanings in English

fence

noun
A barrier, railing, or other upright structure, typically of wood or wire, enclosing an area of ground to prevent or control access or escape.
Usage examples:
South korean news agency yonhap said the group cut through a wire fence to gain access to the schoo…

verb
Surround or protect with a fence.
Usage examples:
Our garden was not fully fenced

noun
A structure of wood or wire forming a wall around a house or a piece of land, often to keep people or animals from coming in or going out
Usage examples:
He put up a fence to keep his dog in the backyard., the area is fenced on three sides but not along…

Fence - all meanings in English

Fencing synonims

bound

verb
Walk or run with leaping strides.
Usage examples:
Louis came bounding down the stairs

noun
A leaping movement towards or over something.
Usage examples:
I went up the steps in two effortless bounds

verb
Form the boundary of; enclose.
Usage examples:
The ground was bounded by a main road on one side and a meadow on the other

Bound - all meanings in English

circle

noun
A round plane figure whose boundary (the circumference) consists of points equidistant from a fixed point (the centre).
Usage examples:
Draw a circle with a compass

verb
Move all the way around (someone or something), especially more than once.
Usage examples:
They were circling athens airport

Circle - all meanings in English

circumscribe

ˈsɜː.kəm.skraɪb

verb
Restrict (something) within limits.
Usage examples:
The minister's powers are circumscribed both by tradition and the organization of local government

verb
To limit something
Usage examples:
Their movements have been severely circumscribed since the laws came into effect., there followed a…

verb
If you circumscribe a triangle, square, etc., you draw a circle that surrounds it and touches each of its corners.

Circumscribe - all meanings in English

encircle

verb
Form a circle around; surround.
Usage examples:
The town is encircled by fortified walls

verb
To surround or form a circle around something
Usage examples:
A parking lot encircles the mall.

Encircle - all meanings in English

enclose

verb
Surround or close off on all sides.
Usage examples:
The entire estate was enclosed with walls

verb
To surround
Usage examples:
The garden is enclosed by four walls., please enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.

verb
To include something inside a letter or parcel
Usage examples:
Apply in writing, enclosing a current cv, to the address below., please find enclosed an applicatio…

Enclose - all meanings in English

encompass

verb
Surround and have or hold within.
Usage examples:
This area of london encompasses piccadilly to the north and st james's park to the south

Encompass - all meanings in English

isolate

verb
Cause (a person or place) to be or remain alone or apart from others.
Usage examples:
A country which is isolated from the rest of the world

noun
A person or thing that has been or become isolated.
Usage examples:
Social isolates often become careless of their own welfare

verb
Place or set apart

Isolate - all meanings in English

seg

noun
Abbreviation for smart export guarantee: an arrangement by which companies in the uk that supply electricity pay customers for extra renewable electricity those customers have produced and returned to the national grid (= a system of special wires that take electricity from power stations to all parts of a country)
Usage examples:
There are no set or minimum tariffs for the seg., to start receiving accurate seg payments, it's li…

Seg - all meanings in English

surround

verb
Be all round (someone or something).
Usage examples:
The hotel is surrounded by its own gardens

noun
A thing that forms a border or edging round an object.
Usage examples:
An oak fireplace surround

verb
To be around something on all sides
Usage examples:
Snow-capped mountains surround the city., the house was surrounded by dense woods., i’m interested …

Surround - all meanings in English

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