defend

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
2. fiil 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.”

3. fiil To 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."”

4. fiil To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
5. fiil Mostly 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.”

6. fiil To 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.
7. fiil To call a raise from the big blind.
8. fiil To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).

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

9. fiil To prevent, to keep (from doing something).
10. fiil To prohibit, forbid.

    “Broder said sir launcelot wete ye wel I am ful lothe to departe oute of this realme but the quene hath defended me soo hyhely that me semeth she wille neuer be my good lady as she hath ben”