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fend
Overview of verb fend
The verb fend has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. fend -- (try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died")
2. resist, stand, fend -- (withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow")
Grep of noun fend
fender
fender-bender
Antonyms of verb fend
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fend
2 senses of fend
Sense 1
fend
=> cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
=> act, move
Sense 2
resist, stand, fend
=> fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
=> contend, fight, struggle
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fend
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fend
2 senses of fend
Sense 1
fend
=> cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
Sense 2
resist, stand, fend
=> fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
'Cause To' of verb fend
Derived Forms of verb fend
1 of 2 senses of fend
Sense 2
resist, stand, fend
RELATED TO>(noun) fender#2
=> fender, buffer, cowcatcher, pilot
RELATED TO>(noun) fender#3
=> fender
RELATED TO>(noun) fender#1
=> fender, wing
RELATED TO>(noun) fender#4
=> buffer, fender
Domain of verb fend
Domain Terms of verb fend
Familiarity of verb fend
fend used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb fend
2 senses of fend
Sense 1
fend
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
resist, stand, fend
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb fend
2 senses of fend
Sense 1
fend
> cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
=> improvise, extemporize
=> fend
=> hack, cut
=> scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by, rub along
=> meet, match, cope with
Sense 2
resist, stand, fend
> fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
=> recalcitrate
=> resist, stand, fend
=> resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm
=> repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fend
Sense 1
fend
=> cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
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Sense 2
resist, stand, fend
=> fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
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Grep of verb fend
defend
fend
fend for
fend off
offend
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