Defend

Definitions: Defend

Defend

Verb

1. Argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to strike".

2. Be on the defensive; act against an attack.

3. Protect against a challenge or attack: "Hold that position behind the trees!" "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks".

4. Fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!".

5. Protect or fight for as a champion.

6. Be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith will represent the defendant".

7. State or assert; "He maintained his innocence".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "defend" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Defend \De*fend"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Defended; present participle verb or noun Defending.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms: Defend

Defense

Verb: defend, forfend, fend; shield, screen, shroud; engarrison; fend round; (circumscribe); fence, entrench, intrench; guard; (keep safe); guard against; take care of; (vigilance); bear harmless; fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off, beat back; hinder.

Phrase: defense not defiance; Dieu defend le droit; fidei defensor.

Fear

Interjection: " angels and ministers of grace defend us!".

Vindication

Advocate, defend, plead one's cause; stand up for, stick up for, speak up for; contend for, speak for; bear out, keep in countenance, support; plead say in defense; plead ignorance; confess and avoid, propugn, put in a good word for.

Crosswords: Defend

A town that won't defend itself deserves no help. (High Noon; writing credit: Carl Foreman)

I ask only for the strength to defend my people. (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; writing credit: Frances Walsh)

Now show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

I presume he was trying to defend himself, when you've been in this part of the world as long as I you'll know carrying a knife doesn't mark one as a criminal! (The Guns of Navarone; writing credit: Alistair MacLean; Carl Foreman)

I remember when John said he was going to defend Kimble. (The Fugitive; writing credit: Allan Burns; Chris Hayward)

And I may be obliged to defend ("Graceland"; performing artist: Paul Simon)

Even the lion has to defend himself against flies. (references; author: German Proverb)

Defend Yourself (1925)

Blockade: Algonquins Defend the Forest (1990)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Defend the Valley: A Shenandoah Family in the Civil War (reference)

• How to Defend a Bridge Hand (reference)

• How to Defend in Chess: Learn from the World Champions (reference)

• How to Defend Yourself Against Alien Abduction (reference)

• Nutritionally Incorrect: Why the Modern Diet Is Dangerous and How to Defend Yourself (2nd Edition) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• How To Defend Yourself - Knife Attack (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Defend It (reference)

• Eat Sleep Mate Defend (reference)

• What We Defend (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Pearl Harbor Defend The Fleet (Jewel Case) (reference)

• Pearl Harbor: Defend the Fleet (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

When a t-cell encounters a foreign antigen, the resting t-cell becomes activated. Activated t-cells both secrete il-2 and express il-2 receptors. Il-2 promotes the growth of normal t-cells, which help defend the body against cancer.Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

Wolf Pack troops defend Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, against enemy attacks during Foal Eagle 2000. Foal Eagle 2000 is a combined Republic of Korea/U.S. Forces Korea joint field training exercise that occurred peninsula-wide from Oct. 25 to Nov. 3.

Senior Airman Jesus Ortega and Airman 1st Class Jonathan Fisher, 8th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters defend Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, against opposing forces at their defensive fighting positions during Foal Eagle 2000. Foal Eagle 2000 is a.

A young man leaving to defend his doctorate in medicine. / WHO p.Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Jean Mohr..

Leningrad inhabitants, including women of all ages, under the leadership of Petrov, a munition worker, using shovels and picks to help construct anti-tank ditches in answer to the call to defend their city to the last during the Siege of Leningrad.Credit: Library of Congress.

Harold S. Vanderbilt at wheel of the Enterprise, a yacht vying to defend the America's Cup, City Island, New York.Credit: Library of Congress.

Jersey troops breaking the ground for a fort to defend Washington, on Virginia soil near the long bridge.Credit: Library of Congress.

The freedom loving peoples of the Netherlands East Indies have long had their own armament program underway. They have been preparing to defend their islands ever since the Nipponese embarked upon their program to "unify" the Pacific area. This younger wo.Credit: Library of Congress.

America has had reason to be proud of these native Philippine troopers, who have fought so valiantly in the past month to defend their homeland against the Nipponese invader. The members of this native army are the flower of Philippine manhood. They have.Credit: Library of Congress.

Do your duty - join the U.S. Marines Help them defend America on land and sea.Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

They may repulse the present attempt, but must not revenge past violences: for it is natural for us to defend life and limb, but that an inferior should punish a superior, is against nature. (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 8: Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." Section. (reference)

If by chance they are revolutionary, they are so only in view of their impending transfer into the proletariat, they thus defend not their present, but their future interests, they desert their own standpoint to place themselves at that of the proletariat. (reference)

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There would have been either the ostentation of a coxcomb, or the evasions of a mind too weak to defend its own vanities.

I shall not defend the widow, and I shall not attack the orphan.

I will defend my church and my religion when it is insulted and spit on by renegade catholics.

Whom thou wast sworn to cherish and defend.

I must then hire another to defend my right, it being against all rules of law that any man should be allowed to speak for himself.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The patients are unable to defend themselves against the Candida fungus. (references)

The child may be given IVIG to prevent infections and drugs to defend against Pneumocystis pneumonia. (references)

The immune defense system is a body-wide network of organs, tissues, cells, and protein substances that work together to defend the body against attacks by "foreign" invaders. (references)

Business

German manufacturers also adjusted their pricing strategy to defend their market position. (references)

The types of defense equipment adopted by Italian businesses vary according to the dimensions and the needs of each individual firm. A small firm must defend itself from thefts, protecting daily income and merchandise. (references)

Children

Switzerland

The federal and cantonal governments, as well as about 80 NGO's that defend children's rights, have devoted considerable attention in the last few years to child abuse, especially sexual abuse. (references)

Argentina

The National Advisory Commission on the Integration of People with Disabilities--a governmental office--and numerous NGO's actively defend the rights of persons with disabilities and help them to find employment. (references)

Slovak Republic

Although new departments dealing specifically with children's issues have been established in the Ministries of Education and Social Affairs, the Government has not yet created an ombudsman's office to defend children's rights, as UNICEF recommended in 1999. In 2000 the Ministry of Social Affairs established a Commission on the Rights of the Child. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iran

He added that he would defend the civil rights of all citizens, regardless of their beliefs or religion. (references)

Burkina Faso

Journalists charged with libel may defend themselves in court by presenting evidence in support of their allegations. (references)

Tunisia

Khiari had planned to travel to France to defend a dissertation, but was prohibited from doing so. The Government claims that Khiari faces two unspecified criminal charges. (references)

Economic History

Nepal

There are no legal provisions to defend against hostile takeovers. (references)

Democratic Republic of Congo

In turn, these Tutsis formed a militia to defend themselves against attacks. (references)

Dominican Republic

Its principal mission is to defend the nation, but it serves more as an internal security force. (references)

Human Rights

Tanzania

Advocates defend clients in all courts, except in primary courts. (references)

Kazakhstan

Some lawyers are reluctant to defend clients unpopular with the Government. (references)

Guinea

The court immediately appointed other lawyers to defend Conde and his codefendants. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

A group of NGO's disputed the state government's characterization of the legislation and claimed that it would in fact further diminish the ability of indigenous people to defend their rights on land issues. (references)

Russia

People such as the Buryats in Siberia; the Tatar and Bashkiri in the Urals; the people of the North, including the Enver, Tafarli, and Chukchi; and others work actively to preserve and defend their cultures, as well as the economic resources of their regions. (references)

Political Economy

MEXICO

This is why unions jealously defend the legal ban on hiring and paying wages by the hour. (references)

Political Rights

Papua New Guinea

The procedure is fair, but is time consuming and expensive both to initiate and to defend. (references)

Yemen

Ministers frequently are called to Parliament to defend actions, policies, or proposed legislation, although they may and sometimes do refuse to appear. (references)

Trade

Australia

Official policy is not to defend any particular exchange rate level. (references)

Women

Djibouti

The few women who are educated increasingly turn to the regular courts to defend their interests. (references)

Pakistan

The Commission found that the main victims of the Hudood Ordinances are poor women who are unable to defend themselves against slanderous charges. (references)

Bahrain

During the year, a few articles appeared in the local press discussing violence against women and the need for laws to defend women who are abused. (references)

Worker Rights

Mexico

This is one reason why unions vigorously defend the legal ban on hourly wages. (references)

Italy

All trade unions are professional trade union organizations that defend trade union interests. (references)

Congo

Labor unions have not been able to defend effectively the rights of workers in the deteriorating economic environment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Let the idol of confusion defend itself

Expressions using "defend": defend from ♦ defend his country ♦ defend oneself ♦ defend the suit ♦ dieu defend le droit ♦ warrant to sue and defend. Additional references.

Beginning with "defend": defend-against-labour.

Afrikaan

verdedig. (various references)

Albanian

shfajësoj (absolve, acquit, exculpate, exonerate, justify, purge, vindicate, whitewash), mbroj në gjyq (litigate), mbroj (assert, champion, cover, cushion, fend, fight, guard, hold, keep, maintain, plead, preserve, protect, save, shield, stick up for, watch over), justifikoj (exculpate, excuse, extenuate, justify, not fail to, warrant). (various references)

Arabic 

‏حمى (advocate, anneal, broil, buckler, bulwark, conserve, cover, diet, fence, fever, feverish, guard, haven, heat, overheating, patronize, protect, safeguard, shelter, stove, superheat, vindicate, warm up), ‏صان (arm, conserve, cover, embalm, ensure, fence, fend, maintain, preserve, protect, repair, safeguard, screen, steady, tend, vindicate), ‏دافع (advocate, apologize, assert, buckler, champion, cushion, guard, guard against, hold off, impetus, impulse, impulsive, inducement, motive, object, payer, projectile, propellant, propeller, propulsive, repulsive, score, stand for, stick up for, urge, vindicate). (various references)

Bulgarian 

отстоявам (assert, champion, maintain, receive, stand up for, uphold, vindicate), отбранявам (protect), защитавам от, защитавам (champion, guard, keep, maintain, protect, shelter, shield, solicit, vindicate, ward), браня (protect, shield, vindicate), пледирам (plead, pled, solicit). (various references)

Chinese 

辯護 (argue in favor of, plead, speak in defense of), 辯解 (explain, justify, provide an explanation, try to defend oneself), 駐守 , 防守 (protect), 禦 (resist), 捍衛 (safeguard, uphold), 御 (imperial, to drive), 保衛 (safeguard), 保卫 (Defended, Defending). (various references)

Czech

zastupovat u soudu, ochraòovat (protect), obhajovat (advocate, argue), hájit (keep, maintain, plead, preserve, protect, stick up for), chránit (guard, patronize, police, preserve, protect, screen, shade, shelter, shield, ward), bránit (cumber, hinder, impede, keep, obstruct, stymie, trammel). (various references)

Danish

forsvare. (various references)

Dutch

verweren (fade, stain, weathering), verdedigen, opkomen voor (advocate, plead). (various references)

Esperanto

defendi. (various references)

Faeroese

verja (guard, keep, look after, protect, watch over). (various references)

Farsi 

حمایت کردن (Aid, Assert, Protect, Stead, Support), دفاع کردن از (Assert, Champion, Vindicate). (various references)

Finnish

puolustaa (be an excuse, safeguard, stand up for), puoltaa (recommend, speak in favour of, support). (various references)

French

défendre. (various references)

Frisian

ferwaarje, ferdigenje. (various references)

German

verteidigen (fence, justify, maintain, play as a defender, to advocate, vindicate). (various references)

Greek 

προστατεύω (conserve, cushion, guard, harbour, preserve, protect, protect against, safeguard, shelter, watch over), υπερασπίζω (defend against, defend from, fend for, plead, stand up for, vindicate). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"�'ן (cushion, guard, prattler, protect, safeguard, secure), ל�'ו� ן (guard, protect, shelter), לס� �'ר (advocate, plead). (various references)

Hungarian

véd (fence, fight back, protect, shelter, stand for, to armor, to armour, to cover, to fence, to justify, to save, to shelter, to shield, to ward), óv (caution). (various references)

Icelandic

varða (protect). (various references)

Indonesian

mengelon (expose the cause of, side with), mempertahankan, membela (look after, plead, protect). (various references)

Italian

difendere (advocate, champion, defend oneself, fend, maintain, protect, screen, secure, shield, stand up for, stick up for, support, uphold, vindicate). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

身�'護る (to defend oneself), 身�'守る (to defend oneself), 自衛手段 (measures to defend oneself), 護持 (defend and maintain, protection, support), 護憲運動 (movement to defend the Constitution), 防ぐ　 (to defend against, to prevent, to protect), 防ぐ (to defend, to prevent, to protect), 塁�'守る (to defend a fort). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふせぐ (to defend, to prevent, to protect), �"け�"う�"どう (movement to defend the Constitution), �"じ (defend and maintain, misprint, protection, support), るい�'まもる (to defend a fort), じえいしゅ� �" (measures to defend oneself), み�'まもる (to defend oneself). (various references)

Korean 

방어하십시�". (various references)

Manx

shassoo ass lieh, fendeil (protect), caddey (protect). (various references)

Maya

tok (to defend). (various references)

Norwegian

forsvare (justify). (various references)

Papiamen

defendé. (various references)

Pig Latin

efendday

Polish

bronić. (various references)

Portuguese

proteger (act as patron, arm, bank, befriend, come over, convoy, cover, Favor, favour, friend at court, guard, harbor master, harbour master, help screen, indemnify, nurse, patronymic, preserve, protect, safeguard, save, secure, sheathe, shelter, shield, unrein), defender (advocate, Buckler, carry out, champion, endorse a check, guard, hold, indorse a check, protect, safeguard, secure, shield, stand up for). (various references)

Romanian

susţine (advocate, affirm, allege, argue, assert, back, back up, bear, bear up, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, champion, claim, contend, countenance, encourage, endorse, entertain, Favor, favour, fortify, give countenance to smb., hold, hold up, maintain, pep, promote, prop, reinforce, sanction, second, speed, sponsor, submit, support, underlie, uphold, vindicate), proteja (aid, glaze, protect, sconce, screen, secure, shelter, support), pãzi (await, award, be careful, fend, guard, heep an eye on, herd, keep, restrain, shield, tend, treasure, watch), ocroti (befriend, cradle, Foster, patronize, safeguard, shelter, shield), oblãdui (administer, govern, reign, rule), apåra, apãra (advocate, champion, cover, fence, fend, guard, keep, maintain, protect, safeguard, save, shelter, shield, ward). (various references)

Russian 

защищать (champion, defended, defending, plead, preserve, protect, secures, shield). (various references)

Scottish

anacail. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zaštititi (harbor, harbour, protect), odbraniti (vindicate), braniti (advocate, guard, look out, protect, shield). (various references)

Spanish

defender (advocate, back, back up, champion, guard, hurt, protect, stand up for, stick up for, uphold). (various references)

Swedish

värna (protect, shield), försvara (justify, plead, vindicate), förfäkta (advocate, assert, vindicate). (various references)

Turkish

savunmak (advocate, argue, argue for smth., assert, champion, declare oneself, fence, fight, justify, line up with, plead, protect, stand up, stand up for, stick up for, vindicate), müdafaa etmek (advocate, champion, plead), korumak (buffer, charm, cocoon, conserve, convoy, cover, embosom, embower, encourage, escort, fence, guard, indemnify, keep, keep guard, maintain, patronize, preserve, protect, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shade, shelter, shield, spare, sponsor, vindicate, ward). (various references)

Turkmen 

penalamak (shelter), goramak (protect). (various references)

Ukranian 

відстоювати (advocate, assert, champion, defecate), охороняти (cordon, guard, have the custody of, overshade, overshadow, preserve, protect, safeguard, sentinel, wake, ward), обороняти (advocate), захищатися (on the defensive), захищати (advocate, apologize, assert, bield, bonnet, champion, cover, fight, overshade, overshadow, protect, shelter, shield, stand by, stand up for, stick up for). (various references)

Welsh

amwyn (contend, seize, support), amddiffyn (protect). (various references)

assero, contego, defendere, muniendam, muniendum, muniens, munierit, munierunt, munio, munita, munitae, munitam, munitas, munitis, munitum, munitus, muniunt, munivit, obsto, obumbrabit, obumbrans, obumbrantia, obumbrasti, obumbraverunt, obumbravit, patrocinor, praeside, praesidebant, praesidebat, praesidebit, praesidente, praesides, praesidi, tecta, tecti, tectis, tecto, tectorum, tectum, tectus, tegam, tegamur, tegant, tegebant, tegebantur, tegebat, tegebatur, tegens, tegent, tegentes, tegere, tegerent, tegeretur, teget, tegis, tegit, tegitur, teguntur, texerunt, texi, texit, tutant, tutavit, tuto, vallo. (various references)

beorgan, ealgian. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "defend": defendable, defendant, defendants, defended, defender, defenders, defending, defends. (additional references)

Words containing "defend": codefendant, codefendants, undefended. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Defend" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: dafen, debend, debendox, decend, defant, defe, defen, defendy, defens, defent, defeod, Deffand, defiand, defin, defind, defint, Degen, Dejene, Delenda, delfen, desend, detend, Devendra, devenu, dfen, dicendi, diffen, diffent, drfend, Ndoffene, nefanda, nefandi, refend. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: fended.

-1 letter: ended.

-2 letters: deed, dene, feed, fend, need.

-3 letters: dee, den, end, fed, fee, fen, nee.

-4 letters: de, ed, ef, en, ne.

+1 letter: defends, defined.

+2 letters: deafened, defanged, defended, defender, defensed, defunded, enfolded, fendered, friended, offended, refunded, underfed.

+3 letters: defendant, defenders, defending, densified, enfiladed, forfended, foundered, redefined, refounded, undefiled, undefined, underfeed, unfledged.

+4 letters: bedeafened, befriended, defendable, defendants, definienda, definitude, denazified, diffidence, fecundated, floundered, forefended, forehanded, freehanded, identified, misdefined, overfunded, predefined, undefeated, undefended, undeformed, underfeeds, unfriended.

+5 letters: codefendant, defeminized, definiendum, definitized, definitudes, denitrified, differenced, diffidences, disinfected, disinfested, indemnified, interfolded, underfunded.

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