fend

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verb

1. try to manage without help
- The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died
• Hypernyms:
cope, get by, make out, make do, contend,
grapple, deal, manage
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
2. 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
• Syn:
resist, stand
• Derivationally related forms:
fender, stand (for: stand), resistant (for: resist)
• Hypernyms:
fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend
• Verb Group:
stand, remain firm
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  resist, stand