Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to fend off sb
Participle: fendd off sb
Gerund: fending off sb
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | fend off sb |
| you | fend off sb |
| he;she;it | fends off sb |
| we | fend off sb |
| you | fend off sb |
| they | fend off sb |
Perfect
| I | have fendd off sb |
| you | have fendd off sb |
| he;she;it | has fendd off sb |
| we | have fendd off sb |
| you | have fendd off sb |
| they | have fendd off sb |
Past
| I | fendd off sb |
| you | fendd off sb |
| he;she;it | fendd off sb |
| we | fendd off sb |
| you | fendd off sb |
| they | fendd off sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had fendd off sb |
| you | had fendd off sb |
| he;she;it | had fendd off sb |
| we | had fendd off sb |
| you | had fendd off sb |
| they | had fendd off sb |
Future
| I | will fend off sb |
| you | will fend off sb |
| he;she;it | will fend off sb |
| we | will fend off sb |
| you | will fend off sb |
| they | will fend off sb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have fendd off sb |
| you | will have fendd off sb |
| he;she;it | will have fendd off sb |
| we | will have fendd off sb |
| you | will have fendd off sb |
| they | will have fendd off sb |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | fend off sb |
| you | fend off sb |
| he;she;it | fend off sb |
| we | fend off sb |
| you | fend off sb |
| they | fend off sb |
Perfect
| I | have fendd off sb |
| you | have fendd off sb |
| he;she;it | have fendd off sb |
| we | have fendd off sb |
| you | have fendd off sb |
| they | have fendd off sb |
Imperfect
| I | fendd off sb |
| you | fendd off sb |
| he;she;it | fendd off sb |
| we | fendd off sb |
| you | fendd off sb |
| they | fendd off sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had fendd off sb |
| you | had fendd off sb |
| he;she;it | had fendd off sb |
| we | had fendd off sb |
| you | had fendd off sb |
| they | had fendd off sb |
Conditional
Present
| I | would fend off sb |
| you | would fend off sb |
| he;she;it | would fend off sb |
| we | would fend off sb |
| you | would fend off sb |
| they | would fend off sb |
Perfect
| I | would have fendd off sb |
| you | would have fendd off sb |
| he;she;it | would have fendd off sb |
| we | would have fendd off sb |
| you | would have fendd off sb |
| they | would have fendd off sb |
Imperative
| you | fend off sb |
| we | Let's fend off sb |
| you | fend off sb |
Verbs conjugated like 'fend'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, 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)