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fend
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fend
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fɛnd
/
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verb (used with object)
1.
to ward off (often followed by
off
):
to fend off blows.
2.
to defend.
verb (used without object)
3.
to resist or make defense:
to fend against
poverty
.
4.
to parry; fence.
5.
to shift; provide:
to fend for oneself.
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Origin:
1250–1300;
Middle English
fenden,
aphetic variant of
defenden
to
defend
Related forms
un·fend·ed,
adjective
Synonyms
5.
manage, make out, get along.
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fend
(fɛnd)
—
vb
(foll by
for
) (usually foll by
off
)
1.
to give support (to someone, esp oneself); provide (for)
2.
to ward off or turn aside (blows, questions, attackers, etc)
3.
archaic
(
tr
) to defend or resist
4.
dialect
(
Scot
), (
Northern English
) (
intr
) to struggle; strive
—
n
5.
dialect
(
Scot
), (
Northern English
) a shift or effort
[C13
fenden
, shortened from
defenden
to
defend
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
fend
c.1300, shortening of
defend
. To fend for oneself (1620s) is to see to one's own defense. Related: Fended; fending.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Even where the government or aid agencies are present, the help is patchy at
best, with many left to
fend
for themselves.
In the summertime they leave them out on the range to
fend
for themselves and
graze.
In this deep recession only the government can prop up demand and
fend
off
economic disaster.
The matter is further obscured by the nature of the threats they aim to
fend
off.
Pups at this stage have been recently abandoned by their mothers and must
fend
for themselves.
There will always be more illogic and confusion than science can
fend
off.
The rest are cast on the slag heap, left to
fend
for themselves with no basic understanding of the sciences.
Her reasonable defence, that as a prisoner she was in no position to
fend
off uninvited visitors, was brushed aside by the court.
While in character, you acquire rad superpowers to
fend
off armed helicopters and brawl angry henchmen.
From that point on, the freedmen were generally expected to
fend
for themselves.
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