fend : Idioms & Phrases

Index

fend for

  • verb argue or speak in defense of
    defend; support.
    • She supported the motion to strike
WordNet

fend off

  • verb prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening
    stave off; avert; debar; avoid; deflect; obviate; head off; forefend; ward off; forfend.
    • Let's avoid a confrontation
    • head off a confrontation
    • avert a strike
WordNet

To fend off a boat ∨ vessel

  • (Naut.), to prevent its running against anything with too much violence.
Webster 1913

weather-fend

Weath"er-fend` transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To defend from the weather; to shelter. Shak.
    [We] barked the white spruce to weather-fend the roof. Emerson.
Webster 1913