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fend

fend (third-person singular simple present fends, present participle fending, simple past and past participle fended)

1. (intransitive) To take care of or responsibility for oneself.
   • 1990, Messrs Howley and Murphy, quoted in U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Oversight hearing on the Federal Service Contract Act,^[1] 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, 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.

2. (archaic, except as ""fend for oneself"") To defend, to take care of; typically construed with for.
   • 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, page 187

     “ […] My age is lot like yours. Lone women do not fare well. If I were not there to fend for you, you—”

fend (plural fends)

1. (UK dialectal) An enemy; fiend; the Devil.

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