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- Dictionaryfend/fɛnd/
verb
- 1. look after and provide for oneself, without any help from others: "she left her 14-year-old daughter to fend for herself"
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FEND definition: to take care of and provide for yourself without depending on anyone else: . Learn more.
verb. ˈfend. fended; fending; fends. Synonyms of fend. transitive verb. 1. : defend. 2. : to keep or ward off : repel often used with off. fend off an invader. 3. dialectal British : to provide for : support. intransitive verb. 1. dialectal British : to make an effort : struggle. 2. a. : to try to get along without help : shift.
Definitions of fend. verb. try to manage without help. see more. verb. withstand the force of something. “The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow” synonyms: resist, stand. remain firm, stand. hold one's ground; maintain a position; be steadfast or upright. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. Copy citation.
FEND meaning: to take care of and provide for yourself without depending on anyone else: . Learn more.
Fend means to force back or repel someone or something. In this sense, fend is almost always followed by the word off. This sense of fend can be used literally or figuratively. Usually, you would try to fend off something unpleasant or harmful.
fend in British English. (fɛnd) verb. 1.(intransitive; foll byfor) to give support (to someone, esp oneself); provide (for) 2.(transitive; usually foll byoff) to ward off or turn aside ( blows, questions, attackers, etc) 3.(transitive) archaic. to defend or resist.
1. To make an effort to resist: fend against the cold. 2. To attempt to manage without assistance: had to fend for ourselves until we were rescued. [Middle English fenden, short for defenden, to defend; see defend .] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
6 days ago · fend (third-person singular simple present fends, present participle fending, simple past and past participle fended) ( intransitive ) To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English fend /fend/ verb → fend for yourself → fend somebody/something off → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus fend • When your skin was young, it could fend for itself. • The raven was determined to fend off any potential threat and maintain its fiefdom of Edge Wood.
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