Definition of "fends" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fend. (verb)

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• "As he and co-worker Julia await rescue on a lifeboat, Marin fends off suitors."
• ""Fends 'em off an 'fends 'em off, an' 'Don't ye come anigh me,' she sez."
• "But these days, as he fends off investment offers from around the world and grapples with the ever-present question of whether to do his own television show, he wonders if he got it wrong."