(US) panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels / (US) a shield, usually of plastic or metal, on a bicycle that protects the rider from mud or water

(nautical) To use fenders to protect the side of a boat

(intransitive) To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.

(obsolete) Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being.

(UK dialectal) An enemy; fiend; the Devil.

(chiefly US) A minor accident involving at least one motor vehicle.

A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.

(transitive) To enclose, contain or separate by building fence. / (transitive) To defend or guard. / (transitive) To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.

A plant, Foeniculum vulgare, of the parsley family, which has a sweet, anise-like flavor. / (cooking) The bulb, leaves, or stalks of the plant, eaten as a vegetable.

undecided; wavering in one's opinion / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, fence.