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Fend   /fɛnd/   Listen
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Fend  v. t.  (past & past part. fended; pres. part. fending)  To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; often with off; as, to fend off blows. "With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold."
To fend off a boat or To fend off a vessel (Naut.), to prevent its running against anything with too much violence.



Fend  v. i.  To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off. "The dexterous management of terms, and being able to fend... with them, passes for a great part of learning."



noun
Fend  n.  A fiend. (Obs.)






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"Fend" Quotes from Famous Books



... Gottlieb, low in his throat; 'the arms of Werner! Where got he money to mount his men? Why, this is daring all Cologne in our very teeth! 'Fend that he visit me now! Ruin smokes in that ruffian's track. I 've felt hot and cold by ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... fend this off, in such a pause, that she said:—"You are both just eighty this year, Granny, ...
— When Ghost Meets Ghost • William Frend De Morgan

... you shall accept from me a decent pension—enough, at any rate, to fend off want. We will not quarrel over the amount, up or down. Or, if you prefer, I will get the lawyers to look into this claim of your daughter-in-law's, and maybe make you an offer ...
— Lady Good-for-Nothing • A. T. Quiller-Couch

... Orton Beg have just come in; I will go and join them." She naturally expected Dan to escort her, and he probably would have done so had he waited to hear what she was saying; but his marital manners were such that he had taken himself off while she was speaking, and left her to fend for herself. She was too glad, however, to see her charming new acquaintances, who had been so kindly, to care much, and she crossed the room to them, smiling confidently. As she approached, she saw that they recognised her and said something to each other. When she came close, they ...
— The Beth Book - Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius • Sarah Grand

... was a very miserable one; for she had to fend for the aged father and bedridden mother of Edward Hall, and there were no beasts left but only a few geese and ducks that the rebels could not lay their hands on. And the only home that they had was the farmhouse that was ...
— The Fifth Queen Crowned • Ford Madox Ford


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