Dictionary Entry
fend
fend is a 4-letter English word with 5 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A fiend. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A fiend.
- 2transitive verb
To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows.
- 3intransitive verb
To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.
- 4verb
withstand the force of something
"The trees resisted her"
"stand the test of time"
- 5verb
try to manage without help
"The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died"
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