Dictionary - Definition of FENDING


Part of Speech	Definition
Verb	1. To defend, protect or vindicate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To forbid, inhibit, prohibit or prevent. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To uphold or sustain. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To support, patronize, bolster, encourage or help. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To avoid, eschew, shun or avert. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To evade, obviate or sidestep. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To keep, conserve, hide or maintain. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To cover or safeguard. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To ensure or assure.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Present participle conjugation of the verb fend.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base (fend)	1. Try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died".[Wordnet]. 2. Withstand the force of something; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow".[Wordnet]. 3. To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows.[Websters]. 4. To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: fending, fended, fends, fender, fenders, fendingly and fendedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
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"Fending" is a common misspelling or typo for: tending, fencing, vending, rending.

Date "Fending" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1801. (references)

Specialty Definition: FENDING

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Verb] Keeping or warding off.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary	[Verb] Present participle of fend. (references)
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Part of Speech	Definition
Verb	1. To defend, protect or vindicate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To forbid, inhibit, prohibit or prevent. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To uphold or sustain. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To support, patronize, bolster, encourage or help. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To avoid, eschew, shun or avert. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To evade, obviate or sidestep. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To keep, conserve, hide or maintain. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To cover or safeguard. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. To ensure or assure.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Present participle conjugation of the verb fend.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base (fend)	1. Try to manage without help; "The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died".[Wordnet]. 2. Withstand the force of something; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow".[Wordnet]. 3. To keep off; to prevent from entering or hitting; to ward off; to shut out; -- often with off; as, to fend off blows.[Websters]. 4. To act on the defensive, or in opposition; to resist; to parry; to shift off.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: fending, fended, fends, fender, fenders, fendingly and fendedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
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"FENDING" is a common misspelling or typo for: tending, fencing, vending, rending.

Date "FENDING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1801. (references)

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Verb] Keeping or warding off.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary	[Verb] Present participle of fend. (references)
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Expressions	Definition
Fend Flitzer	In 1948, Fritz Fend (1920-2000), a former aircraft designer, introduced in Roseheim, Germany a small single-seater 3-wheeler named the Fend Flitzer. Initially it was intended to be an invalid car for those disabled as a result of World War II. Small motorcycle engines were used (38cc or 98cc). Small bicycle wheels were later replaced by scooter wheels. The project was taken over by Willy Messerschmitt so the Fend Kabinenroller FK175 model became the Messerschmitt 175. (references)
Fend for	Argue or speak in defense of. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
Fend off	Prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
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Topics by Level of Interest: fend
Topics sorted by level of Interest	Level (1=low, 600=high)	Topics sorted Alphabetically	Level (1=low, 600=high)
Stiff-arm fend	5	Fend Flitzer	3
Fend Flitzer	3	Fritz Fend	2
Fritz Fend	2	Stiff-arm fend	5
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).