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fend Definition

fend (fend)

transitive verb

Archaic to defend

Etymology: ME fenden, aphetic for defenden, defend

intransitive verb

to resist; parry

fend Idioms

fend for oneself

to manage by oneself; get along without help

fend off

to ward off

fend Synonyms

fend

v.

fend Usage Examples

Object

  • off: Kicking from the hand is permitted, Tries converted No hand offs, fend offs, scrag tackles or barging.

Preposition: for

  • yourselves: Yes folks - once they've taken your money safely you can fend for yourselves!

Modifying Another Word

  • successfully: Seedhouse, meanwhile, was successfully fending off Robertson with Tim Jones struggling along behind, still short on traction.
  • just: Chadwick just fended off Hutchinson by two-tenths of a second at the flag.
  • only: But then he produces a real snorter, which Ponting can only fend to third slip, where Andrew Strauss takes a simple catch.
  • also: They have a history of battling not only aggressive neighbors, but also fending off the North Sea.
  • n't: Even his closest friends are beginning to doubt him, wondering why he wo n't fend off these accusations.
  • then: Ferguson then fended off John Loebell and Stuart Kestenbaum to the flag.

Particle object:

  • accusation: To me, the storyline is more than adequate to fend off accusations of being a total dead weight.
  • attack: How does the tree fend off a fungus attack?
  • competition: Seventeen-year-old Catriona Price has been awarded one of only 150 places in the orchestra, fending off competition from more than 500 applicants.
  • bid: He had already fended off a bid from Everton, who were prepared to pay £ 25,000.
  • challenge: Kyle had to fend off a spirited challenge from Mike Stewart of Keith & District to cross the line in pole position.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • off: Davey soared up the order; Walton manages to fend off Lowe.

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