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| Main Entry: |
fence
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enclose or separate an area |
| Synonyms: | bound, cage, circumscribe, confine, coop, corral, defend, encircle, fortify, girdle, guard, hedge, hem, immure, mew, mure, pen, protect, rail, restrict, secure, surround, wall |
| Antonyms: | release, set free, uncoop |
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| Main Entry: | fencing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | foils |
| Synonyms: | foil work, swordplay, swordsmanship |
| 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: | 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | duck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | drop down; avoid |
| Synonyms: | bend, bob, bow, crouch, dip, dive, dodge, double, elude, escape, evade, fence, lower, lurch, move to side, parry, plunge, shirk, shun, shy, sidestep, stoop, submerge |
| Antonyms: | face, jump, meet |
| Main Entry: | duel |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fight |
| Synonyms: | affair of honor, bout, challenge, engagement, fencing, joust, shootout, single combat, sword fight |
| Main Entry: | enclose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put inside, surround |
| Synonyms: | block off, blockade, bound, box up, cage, circle, circumscribe, close in, confine, coop, corral, cover, encase, encircle, encompass, enfold, enshroud, environ, fence, fence off, hedge, hem in, imbue, immure, implant, impound, imprison, include, induct, insert, intern, jail, limit, lock in, lock up, mew, mure, pen, restrict, set apart, shut in, veil, wall in, wrap |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, release, unloose |
| Main Entry: | entrench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | establish, make inroads |
| Synonyms: | anchor, confirm, define, dig in, embed, ensconce, fence, fix, fortify, found, ground, hole up, implant, infix, ingrain, install, lodge, plant, protect, root, seat, set, settle, strengthen |
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