fechten — meaning in English

English meaning

• fence noun A barrier, usually made of wood, metal, or wire, marking a boundary or enclosing an area.
• fencing noun The sport of duelling with swords under formal rules.
• fight verb To engage in physical combat or violence with someone.
• swordplay noun Fighting, fencing, or dueling with swords.

Senses

fechten is used for these senses in English:

• fence (intransitive, sports) To engage in the sport of fencing.
• fencing The art or sport of duelling with swords, especially with the 17th- to 18th-century European dueling swords and the practice weapons descended from them (sport fencing).
• fight (intransitive) To contend in physical conflict, either singly or in war, battle etc.
• swordplay fighting with a sword

fence — full definition

1. noun A barrier, usually made of wood, metal, or wire, marking a boundary or enclosing an area.
2. noun A person who buys and resells stolen goods.
3. verb To enclose land with a fence.
4. verb To compete in the sport of fencing, fighting with swords.
5. verb To give evasive or deliberately vague answers to avoid a direct question.

fencing — full definition

1. noun The sport of duelling with swords under formal rules.
2. noun Material used to build fences, or fences collectively.
3. noun The criminal trade of buying and reselling stolen goods.

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