Past tense of fend
regular verb
The past tense of fend is fended. The past participle is also fended.
Forms of fend
| Base form (V1) | fend /ˈfɛnd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | fended |
| Past participle (V3) | fended |
| Present participle | fending |
| Third person singular | fends |
Fended in a sentence
- She fended away his eager hands.From the entry fend away
- Different from dozens of other palenques that were vanquished, this community has successfully fended off threats to its existence to this day.2007 October 18, Simon Romero, “A Language, Not Quite Spanish, With African Echoes”, in New York Times. From the entry palenque
- After the growling the two men stood apart and hurled their boomerangs at each other, but these were easily fended off with the nulla-nullas.1977, Dick Roughsey, Moon and Rainbow: the autobiography of an Aboriginal, Rigby, page 37. From the entry nulla-nulla
- On a station that rides high with the fortunes of the Giants, the Warriors and the Niners, the two have fended off such competitors as KGMZ.2015 December 30, Ben Fong-Torres, “KNBR’s Larry Krueger: You can go home again”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer, retrieved 08 Jan 2018. From the entry ride high
Meaning of fend
- verb To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
- verb To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off).
- noun Self-support; taking care of one's own well-being.
Questions about the past tense of fend
- What is the past tense of fend?
- The past tense of fend is fended.
- What is the past participle of fend?
- The past participle of fend is fended.
- Is fend a regular or irregular verb?
- Fend is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
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