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fend
What does fend mean?
fend (verb): try to manage without help.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use fend in a sentence?
- I can fend for myself. (Tatoeba sentence #9399662 by CK, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce fend?
/fɛnd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does fend come from?
From Middle English fenden (“defend, fight, prevent”), shortening of defenden (“defend”), from Old French deffendre (Modern French défendre).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “fend” mean?
sit or recline comfortably
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try to manage without help
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be obliged to pay or repay
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to omit from consideration
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