vverb.socialtry to manage without helpExamples:- The youngsters had to fend for themselves after their parents died
Hypernyms:contend cope deal get by grapple make do make out manage
Inherited Hypernyms:fendcopeact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP
vverb.competitionwithstand the force of somethingSynset:resist stand
Examples:- The trees resisted her
- stand the test of time
- The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow
Derivationally Related Form:standresistantfender
Hypernyms:defend fight fight back fight down oppose
Inherited Hypernyms:resistfightcontend
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something