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fend
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f?nd/
- Rhymes: -?nd
Etymology 1
From Middle English fenden (“defend, fight, prevent”), shortening of defenden (“defend”), from Old French deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin d?fend? (“to ward off”), from d?- +? *fend? (“hit, thrust”), from Proto-Indo-European *g??en- (“strike, kill”).
Verb
fend (third-person singular simple present fends, present participle fending, simple past and past participle fended)
- (intransitive) To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
- 1990, Messrs Howley and Murphy, quoted in U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Oversight hearing on the Federal Service Contract Act,[2] U.S. Government Printing Office, page 40,
- Mr. Howley. 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 Murphy. Obviously, he can’t fend for any more than the money he has coming in.
- 2003, Scott Turow, Reversible Errors, page 376
- 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.
- 1990, Messrs Howley and Murphy, quoted in U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor Standards, Oversight hearing on the Federal Service Contract Act,[2] U.S. Government Printing Office, page 40,
- (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).
- With fern beneath to fend the bitter cold.
- 1999, Kuan-chung Lo, Guanzhong Luo, Luo Guanzhong, Moss Roberts, Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel, page 39
- He fends, he blocks, too skillful to be downed.
- 2002, Jude Deveraux, A Knight in Shining Armor, page 187
- “ […] My age is lot like yours. Lone women do not fare well. If I were not there to fend for you, you—”
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
fend (uncountable)
- (obsolete) Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being.
Etymology 2
From Middle English f?nd, feond, from Old English f?ond (“adversary, foe, enemy, fiend, devil, Satan”), from Proto-Germanic *fijandz, present participle of **fijan?, from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to hate”). More at fiend.
Noun
fend (plural fends)
- (Britain dialectal) An enemy; fiend; the Devil.
Anagrams
- Fed'n, def'n, defn
Albanian
Alternative forms
- (Gheg) fên(i)
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *spenda, from Proto-Indo-European *spand-, related to Ancient Greek ??????? (sphadáz?, “to shiver, tremble”), Sanskrit ??????? (spandate, “to quiver, shake”), Old Norse fisa (“to fart”), Norwegian fattr (“id”)).
Verb
fend (first-person singular past tense fenda, participle fendur)
- I break wind, fart (silently)
Synonyms
- pjerdh
Derived terms
- fendur (participle)
Related terms
- fendë f (fëndë f)
Further reading
- [3] active verb fend • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)
References
French
Verb
fend
- third-person singular present indicative of fendre
Hungarian
Etymology
fen +? -d
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?f?nd]
- Hyphenation: fend
Verb
fend
- second-person singular imperative present definite of fen
- Synonym: fenjed
Manx
Etymology
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Verb
fend (verbal noun fendeil, past participle fendit)
- to protect, defend
Mutation
Middle English
Noun
fend (plural fendes or fendis)
- Alternative form of feend
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offend
English
Etymology
From Middle French offendre, from Latin offend? (“strike, blunder, commit an offense”), from ob- (“against”) + *fend? (“strike”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f?nd/
- Hyphenation: of?fend
- Rhymes: -?nd
Verb
offend (third-person singular simple present offends, present participle offending, simple past and past participle offended)
- (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.
- 1995 September, The Playboy Interview: Cindy Crawford, Playboy
- One day my girlfriend, her boyfriend and I were sunbathing topless because that's Barbados - you can wear nothing if you want. And the Pepsi guy walks up and with my agent to meet us for lunch. I wondered if I should put on my top because I have a business relationship with him. I didn't want him to get offended because the rest of the beach had seen me with my top off.
- 1995 September, The Playboy Interview: Cindy Crawford, Playboy
- (intransitive) To feel or become offended; to take insult.
- (transitive) To physically harm, pain.
- (transitive) To annoy, cause discomfort or resent.
- (intransitive) To sin, transgress divine law or moral rules.
- (transitive) To transgress or violate a law or moral requirement.
- (obsolete, transitive, archaic, biblical) To cause to stumble; to cause to sin or to fall.
- 1896, Adolphus Frederick Schauffler, Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons, W. A. Wilde company, Page 161,
- "If any man offend not (stumbles not, is not tripped up) in word, the same is a perfect man."
- New Testament, Matthew 5:29 (Sermon on the Mount),
- "If thine eye offend thee, pluck it out."
- 1896, Adolphus Frederick Schauffler, Select Notes on the International Sunday School Lessons, W. A. Wilde company, Page 161,
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:offend.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:offend
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- offend in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- offend in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- end off
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