Synonym: resist, stand. Similar words: defend, fend off, offender, defender, defendant, fence, offense, defense. Meaning: [fend] v. 1. try to manage without help 2. withstand the force of something.
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31 Now that the children are old enough to fend for themselves, we can go away on holiday by ourselves.
32 She managed to fend off questions about new tax increases.
33 He could fend them off, the appalling moments.
34 Now it must fend for itself, without parental care.
35 Maria tries to fend off Glass's questions, then cracks.
36 He had left Janine to fend for herself.
37 Others were left to fend for themselves-or worse, persecuted.
38 Our concern restricts their ability to fend for themselves.
39 We were left to fend for ourselves.
40 When the men tried to fend off the animals, the officers kicked them in the head or stomach.
41 The captain radioed for assistance, but the convoy sped away, leaving the Vanzetti to fend for herself.
42 When your skin was young, it could fend for itself.
43 Since joining the company in March, Carpenter has developed a strategy to fend off Oakley.
44 The moment of warm contact waned, leaving Jess to fend for herself.
45 He must also fend off the advancing former Tennessee Gov.
46 The company has slashed prices to fend off competitors and pump up slackening demand.
47 The children were left to fend for themselves on the streets.
48 By demonstrating effective self-regulation the profession could fend off policing by others.
49 Young Basque men emigrated because no patrimony could by custom be divided(sentencedict.com), leaving younger sons to fend for themselves.
50 That is why he manoeuvred frantically, and brilliantly, to fend off the challenge to his party leadership last month.
51 Bush withdrew his troops and money from the state early in 1992, leaving legislative hopefuls to fend for themselves.
52 In one town, however, second wave fundholders had been told to fend for themselves by those in the first wave.
53 Thereafter they fend for themselves and she is quickly into preparation for her next litter.
54 When the eggs hatch, the young struggle slowly to the surface of the mound, emerging ready to fend for themselves.
55 Having done our bit to fend off a recession we head home, masters of our fates.
56 Many were cut loose and left to fend for themselves in the job-poor wilderness.
57 They were thus left to fend for themselves,[sentencedict.com/fend.html] aided only by the diplomatic intercession of the Protestant Cantons.
58 In the end, though, this bit of cinematography is barely enough to fend off yawns.
59 Half believing that his leg was broken, he stooped and tried to fend the object off with his hands.
60 Small amounts of food must be left for the birds until they learn to fend for themselves.