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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] To fend off a boat or To fend off a vessel (Naut.), to prevent its running against anything with too much violence. [1913 Webster] Fend \Fend\, v. i. To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off. [1913 Webster] The dexterous management of terms, and being able to fend . . . with them, passes for a great part of learning. --Locke. [1913 Webster]