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1. defend
verb. ['dɪˈfɛnd'] argue or speak in defense of.
Synonyms
Etymology
- defenden (Middle English (1100-1500))
- deffendre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
Rhymes with Defend
- overextend
- comprehend
- condescend
- transcend
- recommend
- landsend
- apprehend
- suspend
- reoffend
- pretend
- portend
- misspend
- extend
- expend
- echemende
- distend
- contend
- befriend
- yearend
- unbend
- relend
- intend
- impend
- descend
- depend
- commend
- backend
- trend
- spend
- offend
How do you pronounce defend?
Pronounce defend as dɪˈfɛnd.
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Sentences with defend
1. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
Other species defend their winter retreats with the same ferocity as they do their summer retreats.
2. Verb, base form
The debtor has the right to either attend a hearing and defend himself or ignore the summons.
Quotes about defend
1. Reader's Bill of Rights1. The right to not read 2. The right to skip pages 3. The right to not finish 4. The right to reread 5. The right to read anything 6. The right to escapism 7. The right to read anywhere 8. The right to browse 9. The right to read out loud 10. The right to not defend your tastes
- Daniel Pennac
2. War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.
- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
3. Anyone whose goal is 'something higher' must expect someday to suffer vertigo. What is vertigo? Fear of falling? No, Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It is the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it is the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves.
- Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
2. defend
verb. ['dɪˈfɛnd'] be on the defensive; act against an attack.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- defenden (Middle English (1100-1500))
- deffendre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
3. defend
verb. ['dɪˈfɛnd'] protect against a challenge or attack.
Etymology
- defenden (Middle English (1100-1500))
- deffendre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
4. defend
verb. ['dɪˈfɛnd'] fight against or resist strongly.
Synonyms
Etymology
- defenden (Middle English (1100-1500))
- deffendre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
5. defend
verb. ['dɪˈfɛnd'] protect or fight for as a champion.
Etymology
- defenden (Middle English (1100-1500))
- deffendre (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
