Fend off, mate!
Sometimes people must fend for themselves.
At dinnertime, you'll have to fend for yourselves because Mom is working late.
the rock stars had to fend off the screaming and swarming girls as they exited the building
The move was a calculated gamble to fend off litigation.
he fends off the brightness of sun with shade.
I hope you get to go with us to the park. Prepare to fend us off!
Fend is no longer used very much, but here are two places you might see it (it generally means to ward off, to repel, to keep something away from oneself): Because he no longer has his big brother to protect him, I guess he will have to fend for himself. Although we tried to enjoy the picnic, we had to fend off a lot of hungry mosquitos.
The present tense of "fend" is "fends." For example, "He fends off criticism."
I/you/we/they fend. He/she/it fends.
Peter Fend was born in 1950.
Fritz Fend died in 2000.