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fences off

fences off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fence off.

Meaning of fence off

Verb

fence off (third-person singular simple present fences off, present participle fencing off, simple past and past participle fenced off)

  1. To enclose an area within a fence.
    • 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

Questions about fences off

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Fences off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of fence off.

Words near fences off in the dictionary

  1. fencerow
  2. fencerows
  3. fencers
  4. fences
  5. fences in
  6. fences off
  7. fences the tables
  8. fenceth
  9. fencewire
  10. fencewires
  11. fenchene

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