单词 | defending |
释义 | defendverb de·fend di-ˈfend defended; defending; defends transitive verb 1 a : to drive danger or attack away from defend the castle from invaders b(1) : to maintain or support in the face of argument or hostile criticism defend a theory couldn't defend their actions (2) : to prove (something, such as a doctoral thesis or dissertation) valid by answering questions in an oral exam preparing to defend her thesis c sports : to attempt to prevent an opponent from scoring at elects to defend the south goal 2 archaic : prevent, forbid which God defend that I should wring from him Shakespeare 3 : to act as attorney for hired a lawyer to defend their son 4 law : to deny or oppose the right of a plaintiff in regard to (a suit or a wrong charged) : contest 5 : to retain or seek to retain (something, such as a title or position) against a challenge in a contest they successfully defended their championship intransitive verb 1 : to take action against attack or challenge the defending champion 2 sports : to play or be on defense playing deep to defend against a pass 3 card games : to play against the high bidder defendable di-ˈfen-də-bəl adjective defending verb1 as in protecting to drive danger or attack away from a solemn oath to defend the mother country at any cost Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance
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2 as in justifying to continue to declare to be true or proper despite opposition or objections she will pigheadedly defend any claim regardless of all evidence to the contrary Synonyms & Similar Words
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