fence

Main Entry:
fence [fens]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: barrier used to enclose a piece of land
Synonyms: Cyclone, backstop, balustrade, bar, barbed wire, barricade, block, boards, chains, defense, dike, guard, hedge, net, paling, palisade, pickets, posts, rail, railing, rampart, roadblock, shield, stakes, stockade, stop, wall
Main Entry: fence
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dodge; beat around the bush
Synonyms: avoid, baffle, cavil, duck, equivocate, evade, feint, foil, hedge, maneuver, outwit, parry, prevaricate, quibble, shift, shirk, sidestep, stonewall, tergiversate
Antonyms: face, meet
Main Entry: bar
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: barrier; blockage
Synonyms: barricade, blank wall, block, clog, deterrent, encumbrance, fence, hindrance, hurdle, impediment, obstacle, obstruction, pale, rail, railing, restraint, road block, snag, stop, stumbling block, traverse, wall
Antonyms: advantage, aid, help
Main Entry: bar
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: secure, usually with a length of material
Synonyms: barricade, block, blockade, bolt, caulk, clog, close, dam, deadbolt, dike, fasten, fence, jam, latch, lock, plug, seal, secure, trammel, wall
Antonyms: loosen, open, unfasten
Main Entry: barricade
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: blocking object
Synonyms: bar, barrier, blank wall, block, blockade, bulwark, fence, obstruction, palisade, rampart, roadblock, stockade, stop, wall
Antonyms: opening
Main Entry: barrier
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: obstruction
Synonyms: bar, barricade, blank wall, blockade, bound, boundary, confines, curtain, ditch, enclosure, fence, fortification, gully, hurdle, impediment, limit, moat, obstacle, pale, palisade, railing, rampart, roadblock, stop, trench, wall
Antonyms: opening
Main Entry: compete
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go up against in contest
Synonyms: attempt, bandy, battle, be in the running, bid, challenge, clash, collide, contend, contest, cope with, emulate, encounter, essay, face, fence, fight, go after, go for broke, go for the gold, go for, grapple, in the hunt, jockey for position, joust, lock horns, match strength, match wits, oppose, participate in, pit oneself against, play, rival, run for, scramble for, seek prize, spar, strive, struggle, take on, take part, tilt, try, tussle, vie, wrestle
Main Entry: defense
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: armament; protection system
Synonyms: aegis, armor, arms, barricade, bastille, bastion, bulwark, buttress, citadel, cover, deterrence, dike, embankment, fastness, fence, fort, fortification, fortress, garrison, guard, immunity, munitions, palisade, parapet, position, protection, rampart, redoubt, resistance, safeguard, security, shelter, shield, stockade, stronghold, trench, wall, ward, warfare, weaponry, weapons
Antonyms: desertion, flight, surrender
Main Entry: dodge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: avoid
Synonyms: circumlocute, dark, deceive, ditch, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, evade, fence, fend off, fudge, get around, get out of, give the slip, hedge, juke, lurch, malinger, move to the side, parry, pussyfoot, put the move on, shake, shake off, shift, shirk, short-circuit, shuffle, sidestep, skip out on, skirt, slide, slip, swerve, tergiversate, tergiverse, trick, turn aside, weasel
Antonyms: confront, encounter, face, meet, stand up to
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