Dictionary Entry
defend
defend is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.
- 2transitive verb
To prohibit; to forbid.
- 3transitive verb
To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies.
- 4transitive verb
To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit.
- 5verb
argue or speak in defense of
"She supported the motion to strike"
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- 6verb
state or assert
"He maintained his innocence"
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- 7verb
fight against or resist strongly
"The senator said he would oppose the bill"
"Don't fight it!"
- 8verb
be on the defensive; act against an attack
- 9verb
protect against a challenge or attack
"Hold that position behind the trees!"
"Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"
- 10verb
protect or fight for as a champion
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- 11verb
be the defense counsel for someone in a trial
"Ms. Smith will represent the defendant"
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