Fend : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Fend	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Fend
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fend v try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died" 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" Synonym(s): resist, stand, fend
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fend \Fend\, n. A fiend. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fend \Fend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fending}.] [Abbrev. fr. defend.] 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. --Dryden. {To fend off a} {boat [or] vessel} (Naut.), to prevent its running against anything with too much violence.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fend \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. --Locke.