Le mot anglais du jour

fence

clôture

Définitions

anglais > français
fence
1. n. Clôture ; grillage (fence with grillwork or with a lattice; de fer ou d'acier: chain-link fence, wire fence); palissade (picket fence (de bois)).
2. n. Barrière.
3. n. (Équitation) Obstacle.
4. n. (Crimes) Recéleur (receleur) des biens volés (avec l'intention de les vendre) ; fourgue (argot).
5. v. (Intransitif) (Sport) Escrimer, faire de l'escrime.
6. v. (Intransitif) (Figuré) (familier) Escrimer (disputer l'un contre l'autre sur quelque matière d'érudition, de science).
Stop fencing in this game of witty repartee, and just speak plainly.
7. v. (Transitif) (Crimes) Receler, refourguer (argot) (personne qui reçoit les biens volés pour les vendre).
He was arrested for fencing stolen goods.
anglais > anglais
fence
1. n. A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or a house perimeter.
2. n. Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
3. n. The place whence such a middleman operates.
4. n. Skill in oral debate.
5. n. (obsolete) The art or practice of fencing.
6. n. A guard or guide on machinery.
7. n. (figuratively) A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
8. n. (computing, programming) A memory barrier.
9. v. To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
10. v. To defend or guard.
11. v. To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
12. v. (intransitive, sports) To engage in (the sport) fencing.
13. v. (intransitive, equestrianism) To jump over a fence.
français > anglais
clôture
1. n-f. fence; hedge, wall
2. n-f. closing, closure (of a business, shop, argument etc.)