Thesaurus: fend

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1. n. A fiend.
2. v. t. To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows.
3. v. i. To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.
4. v. try to manage without help
5. v. withstand the force of something
6. A fiend. [Obs.] Chaucer. To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows. With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold. Dryden. To fend off a boat or vessel (Naut.), to prevent its running against anything with too much violence. To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off. The dexterous management of terms, and being able to fend . . . with them, passes for a great part of learning. Locke.
7. A fiend. [Obs.] Chaucer.
8. v:100 v. try to manage without help