fend

fend englannista suomeksi

1. suoriutua, selviytyä

2. torjua

1. huolehtia itsestään">huolehtia itsestään, pitää huolta / pitää huolta itsestään, selviytyä, pärjätä

2. torjua, pitää puolta

2. Verbi

2. Substantiivi

fend englanniksi

1. To care of oneself; to responsibility for one's own well-being.

2. 1990, Messrs Howley and Murphy, quoted in U.S. House Subcommittee on Labor Standards, ''Oversight hearing on the Federal Service Contract Act'',http://books.google.com/books?id=Bc8gAAAAMAAJ 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.

3. {{quote-book|en|year=2003|author=Scott Turow|title=Reversible Errors|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=xgHjlsLhMUwC&pg=PA376&dq=fends+OR+fend+OR+fending+OR+fended+-as-best+-off+-for-herself+-for-himself+-for-themselves+-for-myself+-for-yourself+date:1900-2009+subject:fiction&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&ei=YP0oSOLmA4LIigGoj-y-DQ&sig=iE939PKUiRFg9HP61QylkBC9fus|page=376

4. To defend, to care of ((non-gloss definition)); to block or push away ((non-gloss definition)).

5. (RQ:Dryden Georgics)

6. {{quote-text|en|year=1999|author=Kuan-chung Lo; Guanzhong Luo; Luo Guanzhong; Moss Roberts|title=Three Kingdoms: A Historical Novel|page=39

7. {{quote-book|en|year=2002|author=Jude Deveraux|title=A Knight in Shining Armor|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=IV2Gkol65s4C&pg=PA187&dq=fends+OR+fend+OR+fending+OR+fended+-as-best+-off+-for-herself+-for-himself+-for-themselves+-for-myself+-for-yourself+date:1900-2009+subject:fiction&lr=lang_en&as_brr=3&ei=YP0oSOLmA4LIigGoj-y-DQ&sig=hsskkIqYYqNtevXnbH4d4Sy86eY|page=187

8. Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being.

9. An enemy; fiend; the Devil.

10. to break wind, fart (silently)

11. (inflection of)

(syn)

12. to protect, defend

13. (alt form)

14. (RQ:Wycliffe NT Lichfield)