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FENDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cushion-like device that reduces shock due to an impact
Synonyms:
buffer; fender
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fender" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Holonyms ("fender" is a part of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Derivation:
fend (withstand the force of something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mud
Example:
in Britain they call a fender a wing
Synonyms:
fender; wing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fender" is a kind of...):
barrier (a structure or object that impedes free movement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "fender"):
mudguard; splash-guard; splash guard (a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels)
Holonyms ("fender" is a part of...):
auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)
Derivation:
fend (withstand the force of something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fender" is a kind of...):
guard; safety; safety device (a device designed to prevent injury or accidents)
Derivation:
fend (withstand the force of something)
Sense 4
Meaning:
An inclined metal frame at the front of a locomotive to clear the track
Synonyms:
buffer; cowcatcher; fender; pilot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fender" is a kind of...):
frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)
Holonyms ("fender" is a part of...):
engine; locomotive; locomotive engine; railway locomotive (a wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks)
Derivation:
fend (withstand the force of something)
Context examples:
Jumping over forms, and creeping under tables, I made my way to one of the fire-places; there, kneeling by the high wire fender, I found Burns, absorbed, silent, abstracted from all round her by the companionship of a book, which she read by the dim glare of the embers.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Miss Mowcher sat down on the fender again, and took out her handkerchief, and wiped her eyes.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
We know, also, that he ran across the lawn, entered the room, accompanied by a strange animal, and that he either struck the Colonel or, as is equally possible, that the Colonel fell down from sheer fright at the sight of him, and cut his head on the corner of the fender.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I see her yet in her raging passions, when we had driven her to extremities—spilt our tea, crumbled our bread and butter, tossed our books up to the ceiling, and played a charivari with the ruler and desk, the fender and fire-irons.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
There was an interval of silence, only broken by Miss Betsey's occasionally ejaculating “Ha!” as she sat with her feet upon the fender.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
“Come!” said she, accepting the offer of my hand to help her over the fender, and looking wistfully up into my face, “you know you wouldn't mistrust me, if I was a full-sized woman!”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
I stood amazed at the revelation of all this perfidy, looking at Miss Mowcher as she walked up and down the kitchen until she was out of breath: when she sat upon the fender again, and, drying her face with her handkerchief, shook her head for a long time, without otherwise moving, and without breaking silence.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
It would be better for them to buy the goods at once, without this ceremony of inspection; for, when we go to see a kitchen fender and meat-screen, Dora sees a Chinese house for Jip, with little bells on the top, and prefers that.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
In the name of blind ill-fortune, cried Miss Mowcher, wringing her hands impatiently, as she went to and fro again upon the fender, why did you praise her so, and blush, and look disturbed?
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
In a short pause which ensued, she had a fancy that she felt Miss Betsey touch her hair, and that with no ungentle hand; but, looking at her, in her timid hope, she found that lady sitting with the skirt of her dress tucked up, her hands folded on one knee, and her feet upon the fender, frowning at the fire.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
