defend

Definizione monolingua

defend

defend (third-person singular simple present defends, present participle defending, simple past and past participle defended)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:

     The vertue is, that neither steele, nor stone / The stroke thereof from entrance may defend [...].

2. (transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
3. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VII:

     ""Brother,"" seyde Sir Launcelot, ""wyte you well I am full loth to departe oute of thys reallme, but the quene hath defended me so hyghly that mesemyth she woll never be my good lady as she hath bene.""

4. (transitive) To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard.
5. (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
6. (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, Guardian:

     Philip Miles, defending, said: ""This was a single instance, there was no allegation of continuing behaviour over a long period of time.""

7. (sports) To focus ones energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
8. (sports) 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.
9. (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.

Definizione dizionario defend

	difendere
	ward off attacks from
	To keep something or someone safe or prevent harm coming to someone or something.

appoggiare

arroccare

assumere la difesa

bloccare

controllare

difèndere

guardare

impedire

impugnare

ostacolare

patrocinare

perorare

prevenire

proibire

proteggere

ritardare

salvare

tenere

trattenere

tutelare

Altri significati:

(transitive) To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard.

defend (against)

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

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

(transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.

(sports) 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.

(transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).

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

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