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Definition of Fend

1. Verb. Try to manage without help. "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"

2. Verb. Withstand the force of something. "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow"

Definition of Fend

1. n. A fiend.

2. v. t. To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows.

3. v. i. To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.

Definition of Fend

1. Noun. (UK dialectal) An enemy; fiend; the Devil. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To take care of oneself, to take responsibility for oneself. ¹

3. Verb. (rare except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of ((non-gloss definition typically construed with (term for))); to block or push away ((non-gloss definition typically construed with off)). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Fend

1. to ward off [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fend

fences fencesitter fenchol synthetase fenchone fencible fencibles fencing fencing mask fencing material fencing stick

fencing sword fencings fenclofenac fenclonine fencooperite fend (current term) fend and prove fend away fend for fend for oneself

fend off fended fended off fender fender-bender fender-benders fender bender fender benders fender skirt fendered

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