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FENCE IN: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

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 Definition: 
  1. [v]  surround with a wall in order to fortify
  2. [v]  enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard"
 
 Synonyms: fence, fence, palisade, surround, wall
 
 See Also: circumvallate, enclose, inclose, protect, shut in, stockade, wall in, wall up

 

 

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 Related Terms: beleaguer, beset, besiege, blockade, bottle up, bound, box in, box up, cage, chamber, check, cloister, close in, compass, confine, constrain, contain, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, cork up, corral, crib, detain, encage, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, hedge in, hem in, hold, hold in custody, hold in restraint, house in, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, inhibit, jail, keep in, keep in custody, keep in detention, kennel, leaguer, mew, mew up, pen, pen in, pen up, pocket, pound, quarantine, rail in, restrain, restrict, seal up, shackle, shrine, shut in, shut up, stable, surround, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up
 

 

 

 

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