fence off en · VERB
Meanings
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To enclose an area within a fence.
Fenced off from the rest of the island, the Foreign Colony is little more than an American suburb with exotic foliage.
1983 December 3, Michael Wilson, “The Same Story Embellished”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 20, page 11:The cutting is fenced off from the main line at the Clifton end, and is, therefore, not observed from main line trains.
1950 May, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “A Forgotten Junction in Westmorland”, in Railway Magazine, page 330:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| fences off | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| fenced off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| fenced off | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| fencing off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Translations (15)
uk відгороди́ти (enclose an area within a fence) · id memagari (enclose an area within a fence) · tr çitlemek (enclose an area within a fence) · uk відгоро́джувати (enclose an area within a fence) · hu elkerít (enclose an area within a fence) · it recintare (enclose an area within a fence) · be адгарадзі́ць (enclose an area within a fence) · fr clôturer (enclose an area within a fence) · gl chantar (enclose an area within a fence) · be адгаро́джваць (enclose an area within a fence) · de abzäunen (enclose an area within a fence) · pl odgradzać (enclose an area within a fence) · ru отгороди́ть (enclose an area within a fence) · ru отгора́живать (enclose an area within a fence) · pl odgrodzić (enclose an area within a fence)