0 present participle of defend
1 to protect someone or something against attack or criticism; to speak in favour of someone or something:
2 to act as a lawyer for someone who has been accused of something in a court of law and try to prove that they are not guilty :
3 to compete in a sports competition that you won before and try to win it again:
All the police officers were equipped with shields to defend themselves against the rioters.
A female lion defends her young ferociously.
Instead of defending traditional values, the church frequently seems weak-kneed and irresolute.
In the past, the party would have closed ranks around its leader and defended him loyally.
The committee's motivation for ardently defending a hereditarian explanation of mental defect arose from politics and propaganda.
Recruitment of unemployed and often violent youth who were more interested in looting than in defending citizens only added to the country's troubles.
Exploitive agents endowed with the ability to interact selectively succeed in defending against invasion because they induce a highly non-interactive world.
