Crossword-Solution: DEFEND
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Defend | v. t. | To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel. |
| Defend | v. t. | To prohibit; to forbid. |
| Defend | v. t. | To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies. |
| Defend | v. t. | To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
|---|---|---|
| DEFEND | anagram | FENDED |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with DEFEND (5)
But drive farr off the barbarous dissonance Of _Bacchus_ and his Revellers, the Race Of that wilde Rout that tore the _Thracian_ Bard In _Rhodope_, where Woods and Rocks had Eares To rapture, till the savage clamor dround Both Harp and Voice; nor could the Muse defend Her Son.
The Hawk, the Kite, and the Pigeons THE PIGEONS, terrified by the appearance of a Kite, called upon the Hawk to defend them.
Alone in the world, cast off by it, and with this sole treasure to keep her heart alive, she felt that she possessed indefeasible rights against the world, and was ready to defend them to the death.
Farmers were out to defend their cattle-sheds, granaries, and ripening root crops with arms in their hands.
Full forty days he passed—whether on hill Sometimes, anon in shady vale, each night Under the covert of some ancient oak Or cedar to defend him from the dew, Or harboured in one cave, is not revealed; Nor tasted human food, nor hunger felt, Till those days ended; hungered then at last Among wild beasts.
Quotes with DEFEND (3)
Faith doesn't move mountains, but people with faith - and shovels - will move mountains in order to defend their faith.
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.
Any formal attack on ignorance is bound to fail because the masses are always ready to defend their most precious possession - their ignorance.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 44 times in crossword archives (1972–2024).