Definition of fends Fends
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What does fends mean?
Part of speech
🔤- fends, verb, present, 3rd person singular of fend (infinitive).
WordNet
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| fend - try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died" | ||
| cope, make do, grapple, get by, contend, manage, make out, deal come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day" | ||
| 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" | ||
| resist, stand | ||
| fight down, fight back, fight, oppose, defend defend oneself | ||
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Wiktionary 
- fend (Noun)
An enemy; fiend; the Devil. - fend (Verb)
To take care of oneself, to take responsibility for oneself.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- fend (n.)
A fiend. - fend (v. t.)
To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows. - fend (v. i.)
To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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fend
fend, v.t. to ward off: to shut out: to defend.—v.i. to offer resistance: to make provision for.—n. self-support, the shift one makes for one's self.—adj. Fend′y, shifty. [Abbrev. of defend.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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fend
An aphæresis from defend; to ward off.
Part of speech
🔤- fend, verb, present, 1st person singular of fend (infinitive).
- fend, verb (infinitive).
