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defend
Verb
  • To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker). transitive, obsolete
  • To prevent, to keep (from doing something). transitive, obsolete
  • To prohibit, forbid. transitive, intransitive, obsolete
  • To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard. transitive
  • To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of. transitive
  • To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused). transitive, law
  • To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring. 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. sports
  • To call a raise from the big blind. poker slang