Cercar in english
Fence
pronunciation: fens part of speech: noun
pronunciation: fens part of speech: noun
In gestures
cercar1 = wall ; fence ; close off.
Example: It was not extensively inhabited until the later half of the 13th c., and not walled until the later 13th or early 14th c..Example: In order to reducing disease risk to livestock scrubs were fenced to prevent expansion of rabbit burrows into grazing pastures.Example: Subsequently, we found out that closing off that large area wasn't helping these two species and was unnecessarily affecting fishermen.cercar2 = surround ; come under + siege ; seal off ; hem + Nombre + in ; close in on ; lay + siege to ; set + siege to ; blockade ; bring + Nombre + to bay.
Example: The city loomed far in the distance, with the darkness of nothing surrounding it like a protective cloak.Example: The author describes the destruction and dispersal of the contents of the Hanlin library in Beijing during the uprising in 1900, when the Western government diplomatic offices came under siege by the Chinese government.Example: In the case of vast and rapidly growing copyright libraries where the stock is sealed off from the public, specific classification is not worth the effort.Example: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.Example: As he closed in on the killer, he discovered evidence that points to the unimaginable -- a revelation that could rock the entire world.Example: Syrian tanks laid siege to a defiant town in the centre of the country yesterday.Example: The most famous such battle was fought at Numancia, the Iberian city to which the Romans set siege for sixteen years.Example: Scores of high schools are blockaded across France as students join demonstrations against controversial labour reforms.Example: Before the introduction of guns they used to hunt these wild goats with spears, chasing them with their wolfdogs, and thus bringing them to bay among the rocks, where they were easily approached and killed.