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fence off

See definition of fence off on Dictionary.com
  • as inenclose
  • as inmew
  • as inpartition
  • as inshut off/shut out
  • as inshut out

synonyms for fence off

  • block off
  • encase
  • encircle
  • encompass
  • hem in
  • insert
  • wrap
  • blockade
  • bound
  • cage
  • circle
  • circumscribe
  • confine
  • corral
  • cover
  • enfold
  • enshroud
  • environ
  • fence
  • hedge
  • imbue
  • immure
  • implant
  • impound
  • imprison
  • include
  • induct
  • intern
  • jail
  • limit
  • mew
  • pen
  • restrict
  • veil
  • box up
  • close in
  • coop
  • lock in
  • lock up
  • mure
  • set apart
  • shut in
  • wall in

antonyms for fence off

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  • exclude
  • face
  • free
  • let go
  • liberate
  • meet
  • reject
  • release
  • reveal
  • set free
  • unloose
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    How to use fence off in a sentence

    A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
    THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
    I saw every crook in the fence, every rut in the road, every bush and tree long before we came to it.
    THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYD
    Another fence: who would furnish that two hundred and fifty dollars and secure him for the remainder?
    THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUX
    They stopped, leaning over a jagged fence made of sea-drift, to ask for water.
    THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPIN
    I raised my pipe above my head and hurled it against the fence, where it crashed into a score of pieces.
    THE SOLDIER OF THE VALLEYNELSON LLOYD
    In 1837 the churchyard had some pleasant walks along the sides, bounded by a low wooden fence, and skirted with trees.
    SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELL
    Why should they not dawdle at their labor sitting upon the fence in endless colloquy while the harvest rots upon the stalk?
    THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICESTEPHEN LEACOCK
    I don't see anything funny in such tumbles as those, and I surely wasn't making fun of the way you sprang over that fence.
    DOROTHY AT SKYRIEEVELYN RAYMOND
    Joseph tilted his chair back against the steel fence and kindled his cob pipe.
    HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUS
    At the sound of the first shot, Black Hood had climbed to the top of the high wire fence to leap into the factory grounds.
    HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUS
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