Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
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Määritelmät
Verbi
- (intransitive) To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
- (rare, except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).
Substantiivi
- (obsolete) Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being.
- (UK dialectal) An enemy; fiend; the Devil.
Esimerkit
- Mr. <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Howley</span>. 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 <span style="font-variant:small-caps">Murphy</span>. Obviously, he can’t fend for any more than the money he has coming in.
- 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.
- With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold.
- He fends, he blocks, too skillful to be downed.
- “[...] My age is lot like yours. Lone women do not fare well. If I were not there to fend for you, you—”
- To fend against the cold.
- We had to fend for ourselves until we were rescued.
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