fence
/fɛns/ verbo C2En español: cercar, esgrimir
- To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- To defend or guard.
- To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- To engage in the sport of fencing (against).
- To jump over a fence.
- To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
He/she/it fences · Pasado fenced · Participio pasado fenced · Forma en -ing fencing
Formas del verbo
- Forma base
- fence
- He/she/it
- fences
- Pasado
- fenced
- Participio pasado
- fenced
- Forma en -ing
- fencing
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
De la biblioteca
“Those Pye girls are cheats all round,” said Diana indignantly, as they climbed the fence of the main road.
Josie’s triumph being rather more pronounced than good taste permitted, Anne Shirley dared her to walk along the top of the board fence which bounded the garden to the east.
Josie walked the Barry fence with an airy unconcern which seemed to imply that a little thing like that wasn’t worth a “dare.” Reluctant admiration greeted her exploit, for most of the other girls could appreciate it, having suffered many things themselves in their efforts to walk fences.
“I don’t think it’s such a very wonderful thing to walk a little, low, board fence,” she said.
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