defendverb/dɪˈfɛnd/

• 1

  To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.

  • Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power.
• 2

  To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.

• 3

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

  • Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday defended the code of conduct the Supreme Court created last year, but conceded there needs to be a way to enforce the rules for it to be more effective.
• 4

  lawTo make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).

  • Philip Miles, defending, said: "This was a single instance, there was no allegation of continuing behaviour over a long period of time."
• 5

  hobbieslifestylesportsTo focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.

• 6

  ball-gamescricketgamesMostly in tests. The action of not putting force into hitting a shot, but to conserve energy and wear down bowlers so they can attack later.

  • The teams strategy was to defend but score runs as well for the first 20 overs.
• 7

  hobbieslifestylesportsTo attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous instance of that competition.

• 8

  slangcard-gamespokerTo call a raise from the big blind.