Defend

What do we mean by defend?

To make or keep safe from danger, attack, or harm. intransitive verb

To engage in or be prepared to engage in battle to prevent (a population or area, for example) from being captured or occupied by an enemy. intransitive verb

To attempt to prevent the opposition from scoring while playing in or near (a goal or area of a field, for example). intransitive verb

To be responsible for guarding (an opposing player). intransitive verb

To compete against a challenger in an attempt to retain (a championship). intransitive verb

To support or maintain, as by argument or action; justify. intransitive verb

To represent (a defendant) in a civil or criminal action. intransitive verb

To attempt to disprove or invalidate (the claim made by a lawsuit or prosecution). intransitive verb

To make a defense. intransitive verb

To play defense. intransitive verb

To drive off or away; thrust back; fend or ward off; repel.

To forbid; prohibit; forefend.

To ward off attack from; guard against assault or injury; shield: as, to defend a fortress.

To vindicate; uphold; maintain by force, argument, or evidence: as, to defend one's rights and privileges; to defend a cause or claim at law.

Synonyms Protect, Shelter, etc. (see keep), guard, shield. Maintain, Vindicate, etc. See assert.

In law, to make opposition; enter or make defense: as, the party comes into court, defends, and says.

To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel. transitive verb

To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.

To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.

To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).

To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.

To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous edition of that competition.

To call a raise from the big blind.

To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).

To prevent, to keep (from doing something).

To prohibit, forbid.

Words that are spelled similarly to defend:
defend, depend, defund.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word defend:
predators, themselves, title, invasion, interests, nest, territories, heavyweight, attack, enemies, threats, herself, fortress, frontier, himself, threat, defending, attacking, enemy, territory, tag, siege, attacked, allies, itself.

Words that rhyme with defend:
end, bend, friend, lend, attend, amend, trend, recommend, contend, extend, spend, transcend, send, tend, blend, commend, portend, comprehend, intend, pretend, apprehend, append, suspend, descend, condescend, offend, mend, dividend, depend, expend, ascend, unbend, fend, weekend, wend, befriend, godsend, impend, misspend, overspend, outspend, penned, distend, girlfriend, abend, bookend, boyfriend, yearend, back end, scend, dead end, denned, yenned, rear end, shend, downtrend, overextend, pitchblende, mende, bitter end, hornblende, front end, tail end, blende, backend, uptrend, reoffend, ende, best friend, in the end, fag end, arend, tight end, hende, kenned, loose end, tag end, wende, west end, exboyfriend, without end, split end, no end, sheet bend, butt end, townshend, lady friend, hind end, wallsend, becket bend, riverbend, gable end, carrick bend, rende, extra dividend, next friend, equalizing dividend, stock dividend, landsend, goodfriend.

Adjectives that are often used to describe defend:
announce, decide, attack, wicked.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective defend:
freedom, democracy, thee, yourself, liberty, share, property, self, truth.

Consonant match to defend:
defined, defund, deafened, diffind, d find, d found, deaf and, dee found, dif and, diff and, duff and.

Words that sound like defend:
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