fend vs halt

fend

verb
  • To defend, to take care of (typically construed with for); to block or push away (typically construed with off). 

  • To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being. 

noun
  • An enemy; fiend; the Devil. 

halt

verb
  • To bring to a stop. 

  • To be lame, faulty, or defective, as in connection with ideas, or in measure, or in versification. 

  • To limp; move with a limping gait. 

  • To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; hesitate; be uncertain; linger; delay; mammer. 

  • To falter. 

  • To stop marching. 

  • To stop either temporarily or permanently. 

  • To cause to discontinue. 

  • To waver. 

noun
  • A minor railway station (usually unstaffed) in the United Kingdom. 

  • A cessation, either temporary or permanent. 

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