- ˌself-deˈfence
- noun [U]things that you do in order to protect yourself from being attackedMargaret claims she was acting in self-defence when she shot him.[/ex]
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self-de|fence — «SEHLF dih FEHNS», noun. Especially British. self defense … Useful english dictionary
self-defence — self de fence BrE self defense AmE n [U] 1.) something you do to protect yourself or your property in self defence ▪ He shot him in self defence. 2.) skills that you learn to protect yourself if you are attacked … Dictionary of contemporary English
Self-defence — Self de*fence , n. See {Self defense}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fence — (f[e^]ns), n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. [1913 Webster] Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable. Shak. [1913 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fence month — Fence Fence (f[e^]ns), n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. [1913 Webster] Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fence roof — Fence Fence (f[e^]ns), n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. [1913 Webster] Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fence time — Fence Fence (f[e^]ns), n. [Abbrev. from defence.] 1. That which fends off attack or danger; a defense; a protection; a cover; security; shield. [1913 Webster] Let us be backed with God and with the seas, Which he hath given for fence impregnable … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fence — Fence, v. i. 1. To make a defense; to guard one s self of anything, as against an attack; to give protection or security, as by a fence. [1913 Webster] Vice is the more stubborn as well as the more dangerous evil, and therefore, in the first… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fence — [fens] n. [ME fens, aphetic for defens, DEFENSE] 1. Obs. a protection; defense 2. a barrier, as of wooden or metal posts, rails, wire mesh, etc., used as a boundary or means of protection or confinement 3. the art of self defense with foil, saber … English World dictionary
fence — [14] Fence is short for defence, and indeed until the 16th century meant ‘defence’ (‘Yet, for [that is, despite] the fence that he could make, she struck it from his hand’, Felon Sowe Rokeby 1500). Of its present day meanings, ‘enclosing… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
