fence-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: Enclose (as if) with a fence.

Commentary: Includes: FENCE IN, FENCE OFF

Examples:
The government fenced off the land.
We fenced in our yard.
He fenced the hillside.

Mappings:
VerbNet: butter-9.9,contiguous_location-47.8
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: fence.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 4
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
fence_in 1, 2

Sense Number 2: Give or receive stolen goods.

Examples:
We fenced the stolen paintings.
He fences electronics.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Fight with swords.

Examples:
Children used to fence for sport.
I fence to get a sense of history.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3

Sense Number 4: Have an argument about something.

Examples:
The congressmen fenced over fiscal policy.
We fenced about whether to stay in the party.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5