Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fend sb off
Participle: fended sb off
Gerund: fending sb off
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fend sb off |
| you | fend sb off |
| he;she;it | fends sb off |
| we | fend sb off |
| you | fend sb off |
| they | fend sb off |
Perfect
| I | have fended sb off |
| you | have fended sb off |
| he;she;it | has fended sb off |
| we | have fended sb off |
| you | have fended sb off |
| they | have fended sb off |
Past
| I | fended sb off |
| you | fended sb off |
| he;she;it | fended sb off |
| we | fended sb off |
| you | fended sb off |
| they | fended sb off |
Pluperfect
| I | had fended sb off |
| you | had fended sb off |
| he;she;it | had fended sb off |
| we | had fended sb off |
| you | had fended sb off |
| they | had fended sb off |
Future
| I | will fend sb off |
| you | will fend sb off |
| he;she;it | will fend sb off |
| we | will fend sb off |
| you | will fend sb off |
| they | will fend sb off |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fended sb off |
| you | will have fended sb off |
| he;she;it | will have fended sb off |
| we | will have fended sb off |
| you | will have fended sb off |
| they | will have fended sb off |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fend sb off |
| you | fend sb off |
| he;she;it | fend sb off |
| we | fend sb off |
| you | fend sb off |
| they | fend sb off |
Perfect
| I | have fended sb off |
| you | have fended sb off |
| he;she;it | have fended sb off |
| we | have fended sb off |
| you | have fended sb off |
| they | have fended sb off |
Imperfect
| I | fended sb off |
| you | fended sb off |
| he;she;it | fended sb off |
| we | fended sb off |
| you | fended sb off |
| they | fended sb off |
Pluperfect
| I | had fended sb off |
| you | had fended sb off |
| he;she;it | had fended sb off |
| we | had fended sb off |
| you | had fended sb off |
| they | had fended sb off |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fend sb off |
| you | would fend sb off |
| he;she;it | would fend sb off |
| we | would fend sb off |
| you | would fend sb off |
| they | would fend sb off |
Perfect
| I | would have fended sb off |
| you | would have fended sb off |
| he;she;it | would have fended sb off |
| we | would have fended sb off |
| you | would have fended sb off |
| they | would have fended sb off |
Imperative
| you | fend sb off |
| we | Let's fend sb off |
| you | fend sb off |
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)