ˈfendə
61fend someone/thing off — defend oneself from an attack or attacker. → fend …
62fend for oneself — the children were forced to fend for themselves Syn: take care of oneself, look after oneself, provide for oneself, manage (by oneself), cope alone, stand on one s own two feet …
63ˌfend sb ˈoff — phrasal verb to defend yourself against criticism or an attack He tried to fend off accusations of corruption.[/ex] …
64ˌfend sth ˈoff — phrasal verb to defend yourself against criticism or an attack He tried to fend off accusations of corruption.[/ex] …
65fend for oneself — TAKE CARE OF ONESELF, look after oneself, provide for oneself, shift for oneself, manage by oneself, cope alone, stand on one s own two feet. → fend …
66Fend — Fẹnd, Helmut, Erziehungswissenschaftler, * Hohenems (Vorarlberg) 20. 12. 1940; seit 1978 Professor in Konstanz, seit 1987 in Zürich; Arbeitsschwerpunkte: Sozialisationsforschung und Schulvergleichsuntersuchungen. Werke: Sozialisierung und… …
67Fend — Übername zu mhd. vende »Knabe, junger, unerfahrener Mann; Fußsoldat«. Der Vende erscheint bereits a. 1290 in Nürnberg …
68fend — I Cleveland Dialect List to be careful and industrious...; to manage or make shift II North Country (Newcastle) Words to endeavour, to make shift, to be industrious, to struggle with difficulties, to ward off …
69fend — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. defend, protect, take care of; ward, hold, or stave off; avert; shift [for oneself], be on one s own. See defense, repulsion. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. parry, repel, resist; see defend 1 , oppose 2 .… …
70FEND — abbr. Federal Employee s News Digest …
