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Fend
| fend for
| fend off
| fender
| fender-bender
| fendliche
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Fend
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb Fend has 2 senses
- fend(v = verb.social) Array - try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died" is one way to contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage
- fend(v = verb.competition) resist, stand - withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow" is one way to defend, fight, fight back, fight down, oppose
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
Derived forms noun fender4, noun fender1, noun fender3, noun fender2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
Fend, n.
A fiend. Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Fend, v. t. [Abbrev. fr. defend.].
To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows. [1913 Webster]
"With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold."
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Fend, v. i.
To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off. [1913 Webster]
"The dexterous management of terms, and being able to fend . . . with them, passes for a great part of learning."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
Fend, v.
1 intr. (foll. by for) look after (esp. oneself).
2 tr. (usu. foll. by off) keep away; ward off (an attack etc.).
1 intr. (foll. by for) look after (esp. oneself).
2 tr. (usu. foll. by off) keep away; ward off (an attack etc.).
Etymology
ME f. DEFEND
THESAURUS
Fend
anticipate, arm, armor, avert, bar, beat off, bless, block, bulwark, champion, check, cloak, compass about, copyright, counter, cover, cushion, debar, defend, deflect, deter, discourage, dishearten, divert, drive back, ensure, estop, exclude, fence, fend off, forbid, foreclose, forestall, get by, guarantee, guard, harbor, haven, help, hinder, hold at bay, hold off, insure, keep, keep at bay, keep from, keep from harm, keep off, make do, make out, make safe, nestle, obstruct, obviate, parry, patent, police, preclude, prevent, prohibit, protect, push back, put back, rebuff, register, repel, repulse, resist, ride shotgun for, rule out, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter, shield, shroud, stave off, stop, turn aside, underwrite, ward offROGET THESAURUS
Fend
Defense
VB defend, forfend, fend, shield, screen, shroud, engarrison, fend round, fence, entrench, intrench, guard, guard against, take care of, bear harmless, fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off, beat back, hinder, parry, repel, propugn, put to flight, give a warm reception to, hold at bay, keep at bay, keep arm's length, stand on the defensive, act on the defensive, show fight, maintain one's ground, stand one's ground, stand by, hold one's own, bear the brunt, stand the brunt, fall back upon, hold, stand in the gap.
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