| corral | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. cattle pen, corral, cow pen | a pen for cattle. |
| ~ pen | an enclosure for confining livestock. |
| v. (contact) | 2. corral | enclose in a corral.; "corral the horses" |
| ~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclose | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| v. (contact) | 3. corral | arrange wagons so that they form a corral. |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| v. (contact) | 4. corral | collect or gather.; "corralling votes for an election" |
| ~ accumulate, collect, compile, amass, hoard, roll up, pile up | get or gather together.; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune" |
| fence | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. fence, fencing | a barrier that serves to enclose an area. |
| ~ backstop | (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field. |
| ~ barrier | a structure or object that impedes free movement. |
| ~ chainlink fence | a fence of steel wires woven into a diamond pattern. |
| ~ hedge, hedgerow | a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes. |
| ~ paling, picket fence | a fence made of upright pickets. |
| ~ rail fence | a fence (usually made of split logs laid across each other at an angle). |
| ~ stone wall | a fence built of rough stones; used to separate fields. |
| ~ wall | a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden).; "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited" |
| ~ weir | a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish. |
| ~ fence line | a boundary line created by a fence. |
| n. (person) | 2. fence | a dealer in stolen property. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ bargainer, dealer, monger, trader | someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold. |
| v. (contact) | 3. fence, fence in | enclose with a fence.; "we fenced in our yard" |
| ~ inclose, shut in, close in, enclose | surround completely.; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" |
| v. (possession) | 4. fence | receive stolen goods. |
| ~ receive, have | get something; come into possession of.; "receive payment"; "receive a gift"; "receive letters from the front" |
| v. (competition) | 5. fence | fight with fencing swords. |
| ~ fight, struggle, contend | be engaged in a fight; carry on a fight.; "the tribesmen fought each other"; "Siblings are always fighting"; "Militant groups are contending for control of the country" |
| ~ parry, deflect, block | impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball).; "block an attack" |
| v. (competition) | 6. fence, fence in, palisade, surround, wall | surround with a wall in order to fortify. |
| ~ protect | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage.; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" |
| ~ stockade | surround with a stockade in order to fortify. |
| ~ circumvallate | surround with or as if with a rampart or other fortification. |
| v. (communication) | 7. argue, contend, debate, fence | have an argument about something. |
| ~ stickle | dispute or argue stubbornly (especially minor points). |
| ~ spar | fight verbally.; "They were sparring all night" |
| ~ bicker, brabble, pettifog, squabble, niggle, quibble | argue over petty things.; "Let's not quibble over pennies" |
| ~ altercate, argufy, quarrel, dispute, scrap | have a disagreement over something.; "We quarreled over the question as to who discovered America"; "These two fellows are always scrapping over something" |
| ~ oppose | be against; express opposition to.; "We oppose the ban on abortion" |
| ~ disagree, take issue, differ, dissent | be of different opinions.; "I beg to differ!"; "She disagrees with her husband on many questions" |
| ~ converse, discourse | carry on a conversation. |
| palisade | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. palisade | fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground. |
| ~ fortification, munition | defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it. |
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