Word: fend
Phonetic:
/fɛnd/
Listen:
Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being.
To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
(except as "fend for oneself") To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).
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