fend [fend]

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vt. 谋生；保护；挡开；供养 vi. 照料；供养；力争

try to manage without help;

I've had to fend for myself since I was 14. 我从十四岁时起就不得不照料自己。
He raised his arm up to fend branches from his eyes. 他举手将树枝从他眼前挡开。