Fend

[fend]

Definition

(verb.) try to manage without help; 'The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died'.

Editor: Peter--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A fiend.

(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.

(v. i.) To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.

Checker: Shari

Definition

v.t. to ward off: to shut out: to defend.—v.i. to offer resistance: to make provision for.—n. self-support the shift one makes for one's self.—adj. Fend′y shifty.

Typed by Adele