(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.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fend

simple past tense and past participle of fend

present participle of fend

To defend against; to repel with force or effort / (nautical) To prevent (a vessel) from running against anything with too much violence.

To take care of oneself without help.

present participle of fend off

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fend off