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adj
Not fenced.
Not enclosed by a fence and thus free to roam over a wider area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: free-range
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unhampered, untrammeled
adj
Not fenced.
Not enclosed by a fence and thus more easily approachable, visitable, encroachable, attackable, and so on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable, usually
Topics: business, real-estate
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: fenceless
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Not fenced.
Without protection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: fenceless, undefended, defenceless, defenseless
Antonyms: none provided
verb
simple past and past participle of unfence
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
not enclosed by a fence
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fenced English unfenced From un- + fenced.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
