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Definition of Fend off
1. Verb. Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening. "Avert a strike"
Generic synonyms: Forbid, Foreclose, Forestall, Preclude, Prevent
Derivative terms: Avertable, Avertible, Avoidable, Obviation
Definition of Fend off
1. Verb. To ward off; to drive (something) away; to turn away; to defend against; to repel with force or effort. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fend Off
Literary usage of Fend off
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Zulu-Kafir Dictionary: Etymologically Explained, with Copious by Jacob Ludwig Döhne (1857)
"To ward off, keep off, fend off anything mischievous that approaches, as : nanko
n za ... fend off ..."
2. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"... cause animals to copulate ; to parry or fend off a thrust or blow; a fosterer,
a nurse, a feeder. Hawaiian— hanai, to feed or nourish, as the young; (6. ..."
3. The Sunday Magazine by Thomas Guthrie, William Garden Blaikie, Benjamin Waugh (1873)
"Everybody calls him Old Fend-Off." "What is he?" was my next question. "Ah, that's
a bit of a puzzle!" answered the old waterman reflectively ; " he's a lot ..."
4. The Construction of Pump Details by Philip R. Björling (1892)
"... and fend-off beams are used for supporting long horizontal spears, or for
fending off the rods in mine shafts that are not perpendicular the whole of ..."
5. The Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden (1740)
"The iliaca e externae run over the ofla pubis into the thighs; and as they pafs
out of the abdomen they fend off branches, ..."
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