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Definition of 'fend'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) fend
to ward off (often fol. by off):
to fend off blows.

2. (v.i.) fend
to resist or make defense:
to fend against poverty.

3. fend
to provide; manage; shift:
to fend for oneself.

Etymology: (1250–1300; ME fenden)

Definition of 'fend'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) fend
try to manage without help
"The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"

2. (verb) resist, stand, fend
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"

Definition of 'fend'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) fend
fend for yourself
to deal with a difficult situation alone
I was left to fend for myself in the woods.

Definition of 'fend'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) fend
a fiend

2. (verb) fend
to keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows

3. (verb) fend
to act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off

Translation of 'fend'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to look after oneself He is old enough to fend for himself.
Afrikaans: sorg: vir jouself sorg	Arabic: يُعيل نَفْسَه، يَعْتَني ب	Bulgarian: грижа се
Brazilian: defender-se	Czech: starat se (o sebe)	German: sorgen für
Danish: klare sig selv	Greek: τα βγάζω πέρα μόνος μου	Spanish: defenderse
Estonian: enda eest hoolitsema	Farsi: محافظت کردن	Finnish: pitää huolta itsestään
French: se débrouiller	Hebrew: לִדאוֹג לְעַצמוֹ	Hindi: रोकना, दूर रखना
Croatian: brinuti se za, braniti se	Hungarian: gondoskodikönmagáról	Indonesian: menjaga diri
Icelandic: bjarga sér sjálfur	Italian: arrangiarsi, provvedere a	Japanese: 自活する
Korean: 부양하다	Lithuanian: pasirūpinti savimi	Latvian: gādāt/rūpēties par sevi
Malay: menjaga diri sendiri	Dutch: voor zichzelf zorgen	Norwegian: sørge for seg selv
Polish: dać sobie radę	Persian: محافظت کردن	Pashto: بچول، څنګ ته كول، چپول، س
Portuguese: defender-se	Romanian: a se descurca (singur)	Russian: полагаться на себя
Slovak: starať sa	Slovenian: skrbeti zase	Serbian: starati se o sebi
Swedish: sörja för (klara, reda) s	Thai: ป้องกัน	Turkish: başının çaresine bakmak
Taiwanese: 照料	Ukrainian: дбати про себе	Urdu: تحفظ کرنا
Vietnamese: tự nuôi mình	Chinese: 照料
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