fend
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /fɛnd/
fend (fends, present participle fending; past and past participle fended)
- (intransitive) To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
- 1990, Messrs Howley and Murphy, quoted in U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Oversight hearing on the Federal Service Contract Act,[http://books.google.com/books?id=Bc8gAAAAMAAJ ] U.S. Government Printing Office, page 40,
- Mr. Howley. They are telling him how much they will increase the reimbursement for the total labor cost. The contractor is left to fend as he can.
- Chairman Murphy. Obviously, he can’t fend for any more than the money he has coming in.
- 2003, Scott Turow, Reversible Errors, [http://books.google.com/books?id=xgHjlsLhMUwC&pg=PA376&dq=fends+OR+fend+OR+fending+OR+fended+-as-best+-off+-for-herself+-for-himself+-for-themselves+-for-myself+-for-yourself+date:1900-2009+subject:fiction&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&ei=YP0oSOLmA4LIigGoj-y-DQ&sig=iE939PKUiRFg9HP61QylkBC9fus page 376]
- The planet was full of creatures in need, who could not really fend, and the law was at its best when it ensured that they were treated with dignity.
- 1990, Messrs Howley and Murphy, quoted in U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Oversight hearing on the Federal Service Contract Act,[http://books.google.com/books?id=Bc8gAAAAMAAJ ] U.S. Government Printing Office, page 40,
- (rare, except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).
- With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold.
- 1999, Kuan-chung Lo, Guanzhong Luo, Luo Guanzhong, Moss Roberts, Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel, page 39
- He fends, he blocks, too skillful to be downed.
- 2002, Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor, [http://books.google.com/books?id=IV2Gkol65s4C&pg=PA187&dq=fends+OR+fend+OR+fending+OR+fended+-as-best+-off+-for-herself+-for-himself+-for-themselves+-for-myself+-for-yourself+date:1900-2009+subject:fiction&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&ei=YP0oSOLmA4LIigGoj-y-DQ&sig=hsskkIqYYqNtevXnbH4d4Sy86eY page 187]
- “ […] My age is lot like yours. Lone women do not fare well. If I were not there to fend for you, you—”
- French: prendre soin de soi
- German: alleine auskommen, für sich selbst sorgen
- Spanish: valerse por sí mismo
fend (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being.
fend (plural fends)
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