defending
Meaning
present participle and gerund of defend
Concepts
defending
protecting
guarding
supporting
keeping
preserving
maintaining
sustaining
striking back
justifying
vindicating
Frequency
Hyphenated as
de‧fend‧ing
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dəˈfɛndɪŋ/
New
defend
- 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 instance of that competition.
- (slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
- (obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
- (obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
- (obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.
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