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# fence

noun (fence, fences); verb (fence, fences, fenced, fencing)

«fence» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A fence is a wall of wood, metal or wire around a garden or field. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fence/#m1)
2. To fence something in is to put a fence around it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fence/#m2)
3. Fencing is a sport of fighting with long thin swords. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fence/#m3)
4. A fence can also be a strong defence or protection against harm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fence/#m4)

### In the lessons

a place where birds and storks sit, or a thing built and measured in feet or metres; the length of fence round a field is its perimeter; phrases: «on the fence», «garden fence», «fence posts», «sit on the fence» (not choose a side)

### Examples

- 3 birds were sitting on the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fence/#x1)
- He built a fence 40 feet long. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fence/#x2)
- The fence has 12 posts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fence/#x3)
- How many more birds than storks are on the fence? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fence/#x4)
- The cat jumped over the fence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fence/#x5)
- How much fence goes round a field 10 metres by 5 metres? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fence/#x6)
- Dad painted the fence green. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fence/#x7)
- Don't climb the fence; it is not safe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fence/#x8)
- "Ho, thou firm fence of mine, be thou divided! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fence/#x9)

### Note

A place, not usually counted. Trap: the things on the fence are counted, not the fence; a fence's length may be a measure in feet. Trap: a straight fence with N gaps needs N + 1 posts.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: A fence in the Torah is a wall beside a path, like the vineyard walls in Balaam's story. The psalms and Job use broken or built-up fences as a picture of God removing protection from a people, and of a person whose way is blocked by suffering. In the primary lessons: a place where birds and storks sit, or a thing built and measured in feet or metres; the length of fence round a field is its perimeter; phrases: «on the fence», «garden fence», «fence posts», «sit on the fence» (not choose a side)

### Examples

- Then the angel of the LORD stood in a hollow way between the vineyards, a fence being on this side, and a fence on that side. (Torah NUM.22.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fence/#x1)
- Thou hast broken down all his fences; Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin. (Writings PSA.89.41, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fence/#x2)
- He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and hath set darkness in my paths. (Writings JOB.19.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fence/#x3)
- Why hast Thou broken down her fences, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her? (Writings PSA.80.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fence/#x4)

### Note

A place, not usually counted. Trap: the things on the fence are counted, not the fence; a fence's length may be a measure in feet. Trap: a straight fence with N gaps needs N + 1 posts.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fence» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fence/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fence» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fence.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fence» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fence/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fence» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fence.html) on Mova free.