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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Fend (0.03509 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Fend.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fend
fend
v 1: try to manage without help;
“The youngsters had to fend for
themselves after their parents died”
2: 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” [syn:
resist,
stand]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fend
Fend
\Fend\, n.
A fiend. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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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.
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With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold. --Dryden.
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To fend off a boat or
To fend off a vessel (Naut.), to
prevent its running against anything with too much
violence.
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Fend
\Fend\, v. i.
To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to
parry; to shift off.
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The dexterous management of terms, and being able to
fend . . . with them, passes for a great part of
learning. --Locke.
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