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Synonyms for fend
fɛndfend
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Princeton's WordNet
fendverb
try to manage without help
"The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"
resist, stand, fendverb
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"
Synonyms:
jib, put up, baulk, reject, stand, stand firm, resist, abide, support, hold out, withstand, stomach, digest, suffer, balk, brook, dissent, stick out, tolerate, remain firm, place upright, endure, stand up, bear, defy, refuse, protest
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Words popularity by usage frequency
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#148 | support | |
#1778 | stand | |
#2490 | bear | |
#4562 | digest | |
#6848 | suffer | |
#7148 | protest | |
#7367 | refuse | |
#7838 | stomach | |
#8574 | reject | |
#8863 | brook | |
#9957 | resist | |
#12106 | abide | |
#17195 | dissent | |
#17899 | endure | |
#17963 | tolerate | |
#19121 | withstand | |
#29907 | defy | |
#39509 | jib | |
#40564 | fend | |
#53908 | balk | |
#197935 | baulk |
How to use fend in a sentence?
Democrats are painting Republican Senate candidates in upcoming elections and midterms as cruel and out of touch, well, apparently Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is content to leave them out to dry and fend for themselves.
We should befeeding their stomachs, nottheir addictions, i guess they feel as though the rest of us can fend for ourselves, I thinkthe real concern here by the Department of Health is, to givethem a little bit of credit,they dont want to spread theCOVID disease... [But] some of these homeless people who are being housed in the hotels specific to this program --that are getting methadone,marijuana, alcohol, some of themare not even COVID positive, butwhat they are trying to do isforce them into self-isolationby feeding these addictions.
It's a two-edge sword, antibodies are crucial to fend off infection, but some COVID-19 patients also develop antibodies that damage their own cells and tissues.
He's pretty confident he's got enough water and resources over there to fend New South Wales off.
These high turnover issues increase the possibility that when U.S.-led forces leave Afghanistan for good, whenever that is, they will be leaving Afghan forces unable to fend off a still-ferocious insurgency.
Translations for fend
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- отклонявам, парирам, грижа сеBulgarian
- pitää huolta, pitää puolta, itse, pärjätä, torjua, selviytyäFinnish
- chống đỡVietnamese
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