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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61 Not one of the marchers even raised an arm to fend off the blows.
62 So Snow White must fend for herself when she is abandoned by the hunter in the forest.
63 Tommy's has had to fend off many bogus Tommy-wannabes over the years.
64 The concession served to fend off a ban that might have been imposed under a private member's Bill.
65 Dad always wanted me to be able to fend for myself from a very early age.
66 There they stay for about a fortnight until they have completed their first moult and can fend for themselves.
67 With everyone else gone Tonks had to fend for himself so he tried to find out the truth.
68 There was that black future to fend off: there was the endless black past to staunch and help.
69 The lion mauls the warrior, who is desperately trying to fend him off with his knees and shield.
70 Other people who get psoriasis only on knees and elbows may need to fend people off.
71 Nothing that we see in the park can quite fend off mythology.
72 And he did so by having to fend off none other than Tom Watson, who had won three times at Butler National.
73 Young birds are left to fend for themselves soon after they hatch.
74 Despite her wooden leg, she was able to fend him off easily.
75 But until first light, how would he fend off the terrors of the darkness?
76 Instead, the soaked, homeless and hungry victims are all but left to fend for themselves.
77 He tried to fend the animal off with his elbow while inserting the key in the office door.
78 The raven was determined to fend off any potential threat and maintain its fiefdom of Edge Wood.
79 Children are left to fend for themselves and often get in trouble in the process.
80 Here too the Party could fend off opposition by a policy of divide and rule.
81 The mother died before the cubs were old enough to fend for themselves.
82 But as long as he continued to undergo treatment, David believed he could fend off Pamela and the need to return to work.
83 Nick was usually so keen to see her she had to fend him off.
84 By this time they are more able to fend for themselves, and have a better chance of survival.
85 But Pompey have not had to fend off a serious inquiry about him for two years.
86 A A Gill, you can not help but suspect, probably wrote Starcrossed to fend off all other contenders.
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87 Are you sure you can fend off that assault?
88 She has three children to fend for.
89 In future he will have to fend for himself.
90 She has two children to fend for.