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.) | |