Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fend.(verb)
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Use "fends" in a sentence
"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."