'Fend' definitions:
Definition of 'fend'
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Definition of 'Fend'
From: GCIDE
- Fend \Fend\, n. A fiend. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fend'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Fend'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'fend'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anticipate,
- arm,
- armor,
- avert,
- bar,
- beat off,
- bless,
- block,
- bulwark,
- champion,
- check,
- cloak,
- compass about,
- copyright,
- counter,
- cover,
- cushion,
- debar,
- defend,
- deflect,
- deter,
- discourage,
- dishearten,
- divert,
- drive back,
- ensure,
- estop,
- exclude,
- fence,
- fend off,
- forbid,
- foreclose,
- forestall,
- get by,
- guarantee,
- guard,
- harbor,
- haven,
- help,
- hinder,
- hold at bay,
- hold off,
- insure,
- keep,
- keep at bay,
- keep from,
- keep from harm,
- keep off,
- make do,
- make out,
- make safe,
- nestle,
- obstruct,
- obviate,
- parry,
- patent,
- police,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- protect,
- push back,
- put back,
- rebuff,
- register,
- repel,
- repulse,
- resist,
- ride shotgun for,
- rule out,
- safeguard,
- save,
- screen,
- secure,
- shelter,
- shield,
- shroud,
- stave off,
- stop,
- turn aside,
- underwrite,
- ward off