Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fend off sth
Participle: fended off sth
Gerund: fending off sth
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fend off sth |
| you | fend off sth |
| he;she;it | fends off sth |
| we | fend off sth |
| you | fend off sth |
| they | fend off sth |
Perfect
| I | have fended off sth |
| you | have fended off sth |
| he;she;it | has fended off sth |
| we | have fended off sth |
| you | have fended off sth |
| they | have fended off sth |
Past
| I | fended off sth |
| you | fended off sth |
| he;she;it | fended off sth |
| we | fended off sth |
| you | fended off sth |
| they | fended off sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had fended off sth |
| you | had fended off sth |
| he;she;it | had fended off sth |
| we | had fended off sth |
| you | had fended off sth |
| they | had fended off sth |
Future
| I | will fend off sth |
| you | will fend off sth |
| he;she;it | will fend off sth |
| we | will fend off sth |
| you | will fend off sth |
| they | will fend off sth |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fended off sth |
| you | will have fended off sth |
| he;she;it | will have fended off sth |
| we | will have fended off sth |
| you | will have fended off sth |
| they | will have fended off sth |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fend off sth |
| you | fend off sth |
| he;she;it | fend off sth |
| we | fend off sth |
| you | fend off sth |
| they | fend off sth |
Perfect
| I | have fended off sth |
| you | have fended off sth |
| he;she;it | have fended off sth |
| we | have fended off sth |
| you | have fended off sth |
| they | have fended off sth |
Imperfect
| I | fended off sth |
| you | fended off sth |
| he;she;it | fended off sth |
| we | fended off sth |
| you | fended off sth |
| they | fended off sth |
Pluperfect
| I | had fended off sth |
| you | had fended off sth |
| he;she;it | had fended off sth |
| we | had fended off sth |
| you | had fended off sth |
| they | had fended off sth |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fend off sth |
| you | would fend off sth |
| he;she;it | would fend off sth |
| we | would fend off sth |
| you | would fend off sth |
| they | would fend off sth |
Perfect
| I | would have fended off sth |
| you | would have fended off sth |
| he;she;it | would have fended off sth |
| we | would have fended off sth |
| you | would have fended off sth |
| they | would have fended off sth |
Imperative
| you | fend off sth |
| we | Let's fend off sth |
| you | fend off sth |
Verbs conjugated like 'fend'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'fend'
bend,
end,
fand,
feed,
feud,
fiend,
find,
fond,
fund,
hend,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make or keep a person or object safe from attack
- beshield, beward, brood, cape for, defend, guard, preserve, protect, safeguard, secure, shelter, shield, ward
Additional Information
Etymology
From Middle English fenden (“defend, fight, prevent”), shortening of defenden (“defend”), from Old French deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from dē- + *fendō (“hit, thrust”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“strike, kill”). See: Old French '
deffendre', Latin '
dēfendō'.
Verbs referencing "fend"
Manx
fend.
Sample Sentences
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[...] when they comes to your age, is wilful, sometimes—it is natur they should be. But real gentlemen, such as I hopes you'll be, never lets fall on words that isn't ’ spectful to thar parents. Ye an't ’ fended, Mas’r George ? ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)