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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   fend
       v 1: try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for
            themselves after their parents died"
       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, fend]