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IELTS BNC: 11131 COCA: 9011

fend

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
fend /ˈfɛnd/ verb
fends; fended; fending
fend
/ˈfɛnd/
verb
fends; fended; fending
Learner's definition of FEND

fend for yourself

: to do things without help : to do basic activities by yourself自力更生;照料自己

fend off

[phrasal verb]
fend off (someone or something) or fend (someone or something) off
: to defend yourself against (someone or something)挡开;避开
IELTS BNC: 11131 COCA: 9011

fend

1 of 2

verb

fended; fending; fends

transitive verb

1
: defend
2
: to keep or ward off : repel
often used with off
fend off an invader
3
dialectal British : to provide for : support

intransitive verb

1
dialectal British : to make an effort : struggle
2
a
: to try to get along without help : shift
had to fend for themselves
b
: to provide a livelihood

fend

2 of 2

noun

chiefly Scotland
: an effort or attempt especially for oneself

Example Sentences

Verb learned to use humor to fend herself from criticism
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
While income limits may help fend off some criticism, there are still plenty of attack vectors. Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 3 May 2022 In 2020, Amazon’s top legal executive suggested the company’s senior leaders fend off workplace safety criticism by trying to turn the focus on Smalls. Washington Post, 1 Apr. 2022 French automaker Renault moved to pause production at its Moscow plant in an apparent move to fend off mounting criticism, breaking ranks with other major French companies that have defied pressure to keep operating in Russia. Thomas Adamson, ajc, 24 Mar. 2022 To fend off criticism that the DUP, supporters of Brexit, is responsible for Northern Ireland’s current predicament, its leaders have demanded that the protocol be scrapped entirely. Ian Bremmer, Time, 15 Apr. 2021 That strategy has sometimes taken on strange twists, as when his entourage this week seemed to try to fend off criticism that Mr. Macron had ignored the advice of epidemiologists. New York Times, 31 Mar. 2021 The robotic Sox baseball ops department had no boots on the ground in Houston, so Vázquez was left to fend for himself. Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2022 Small business owners like Ms. De Los Ángeles are frustrated that they are left to fend for themselves while Monterrey’s big industries are largely able to operate normally. New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022 But while corporations were being saved by central bank policies and federal government bailouts, workers were left to fend for themselves. Will Daniel, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2022
Noun
But in 2022 World Cup Qualifying, the two rivals have helped each other fend off other nations from stealing their automatic bids to the World Cup in Qatar. Drake Hills, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2022 Whether Gigi will be accepted back into the world of the whale or fend for herself in a hostile ocean after a year in the tame tanks of Sea World is a matter of conjecture. San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2022 Carr, who had over a dozen supporters speak at the meeting, said board members were lacking urgency in exploring major changes to better support students and fend of a plan by Republican lawmakers to dissolve the district. Rory Linnane, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2022 Experts say frictions are fueled by a U.S. fend-for-yourself model around caring for kids. Alia E. Dastagir, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2022 Rodriguez can be an incredibly inventive director of action, but the choreography of the scene where Boba, Fennec, and the two Gamorrean fend off the shield-bearing assassins is just okay. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2021 The duo fend off acne-causing bacteria, but do so in a way that doesn’t dehydrate your skin or lead to further irritation. Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021 The running back rushed for a pair of touchdowns to help Lone Peak fend off American Fork, 27-21, on Friday night. The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Sep. 2021 Helping her fend off all the Sophies of the Wagner office. Rachel Epstein, Marie Claire, 1 June 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English fenden, short for defenden "to defend"

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Noun

1721, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of fend was in the 14th century
IELTS BNC: 11131 COCA: 9011
fend

verb

fend for yourselfVERB + FEND FORbe able to能夠照顧自己be left to, have to讓⋯自謀生計;不得不獨立生活The children were left to fend for themselves.那些孩子當時須自立。learn to學會自己照顧自己Clara learned to fend for herself.克拉拉學會了自己照顧自己。let sb讓某人自己照顧自己We can let our guests fend for themselves.我們可以讓客人自己照顧自己。

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