fend
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Verb
fended, past tense; fended, past participle; fends, 3rd person singular present; fending, present participle;
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fended, past tense; fended, past participle; fends, 3rd person singular present; fending, present participle;
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Look after and provide for oneself, without any help from others
- - you're old enough to fend for yourself
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Defend oneself from a blow, attack, or attacker
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Evade someone or something in order to protect oneself
- - he fended off the awkward questions
Web Definitions:
- try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"
- resist: 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"
- The Fend Flitzer was a three-wheeled invalid carriage designed and built by Fritz Fend. The Flitzer established many of the basic concepts on which Fend's later Messerschmitt Kabinenroller microcars were developed.
- To take care of or responsibility for oneself; To defend, to take care of; typically construed with for
- defender; to fend for oneself valerse por uno mismo; arreglárselas
- To make a shift, to contrive to live.
- Using a free arm whilst in possession to push away a defender