Commentary: Includes: FEND FOR ONESELF
Examples:
The children are now old enough to fend for themselves.
He's used to fending for himself.
We had to fend for ourselves until we were rescued.
We have enough clothes to fend against the cold.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: fend.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
fend_for 1
Commentary: Includes: FEND OFF
Examples:
The town fended off an attack.
She spent the entire evening fending off unwanted admirers.
Somehow she managed to fend off the awkward questions.
Mappings:
VerbNet: NP
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: fend.02
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
fend_off 1