Verb: fend fend
- Try to manage without help
"The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"
- Withstand the force of something
"The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow";
- resist, stand
Derived forms: fending, fends, fended
Type of: defend, dispute, fight, fight back, fight down, get by, make do, manage, oppose
Encyclopedia: Fend, Peter