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fence



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fence
     1. hek, omheining
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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.
Nederlands > Engels
hek
     1. n-n. fence
           Het hek rond het park is gesloten. - The fence around the park is closed.
           Ze klommen over het hek om de boomgaard binnen te komen. - They climbed over the fence to get into the orchard.
           Hij schilderde het hek wit. - He painted the fence white.
     2. n-n. stern

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They fence for a while, but no one is hit.
Three metres away a crowd watched the sad scene through the hospital's white fence.
Now we are building a fence that has political repercussions.
Seen some calves come through the fence this afternoon.
Deep up right, on the other side of the fence, a dirty little truck sputters into view and gets stuck in the mud.



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