Antonyms for fend

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fend

Phonetic Transcription : fɛnd

Definition of fend

Origin : late 13c., shortening of defend. To fend for oneself (1620s) is to see to one's own defense. Related: Fended; fending.

verb defend

Example sentences :

He has not put us into His Universe and left us to fend for ourselves.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

I must tell you this: If you do this mad thing, you fend for yourself.
Extract from : « The Eldest Son (Second Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

There were six of them, and after the death of her husband she had to fend for all.
Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

You know I am not particularly tender; I've had to strike and to fend off.
Extract from : « Heart of Darkness » by Joseph Conrad

"I don't know what you are talking about," I bluntly tried to fend off his implications.
Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various

Teddy's duties would for the most part be to fend off from threatening rocks.
Extract from : « Boy Scouts on Hudson Bay » by G. Harvey Ralphson

Old Trull and Bonney caught up the pike-poles to fend off with.
Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens

Insensibility was very near now, but with all the will that was hers she struggled to fend it off.
Extract from : « The Yellow Claw » by Sax Rohmer

There is always a score of men on board to steer and fend off the boat with poles.
Extract from : « From Pole to Pole » by Sven Anders Hedin

Am I responsible for those too shiftless to fend for themselves?
Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore

Synonyms for fend

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