DEFEND | • defend v. (Transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard. • defend v. (Transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of. • defend v. (Transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused). |
DEFENDS | • defends v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defend. • DEFEND v. to protect. |
DEFENDED | • defended v. Simple past tense and past participle of defend. • DEFEND v. to protect. |
DEFENDER | • defender n. Someone who defends people or property. • defender n. (Sports) One of the players whose primary task is to prevent the opposition from scoring. • defender n. A fighter who seeks to repel an attack. |
DEFENDANT | • defendant adj. Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive, defending. • defendant n. (Law) In civil proceedings, the party responding to the complaint; one who is sued and called upon to… • defendant n. (Law) In criminal proceedings, the accused. |
DEFENDERS | • defenders n. Plural of defender. • DEFENDER n. one who defends. |
DEFENDING | • defending v. Present participle and gerund of defend. • DEFEND v. to protect. |
DEFENDABLE | • defendable adj. Capable of being defended. • DEFENDABLE adj. capable of being defended; defensible. |
DEFENDANTS | • defendants n. Plural of defendant. • DEFENDANT n. a person accused or sued. |
UNDEFENDED | • undefended adj. Not defended. • UNDEFENDED adj. not defended. |
CODEFENDANT | • codefendant n. (Law) Any of several defendants answering the same charge. • co-defendant n. Alternative spelling of codefendant. • CODEFENDANT n. a joint defendant. |
CODEFENDANTS | • codefendants n. Plural of codefendant. • co-defendants n. Plural of co-defendant. • CODEFENDANT n. a joint defendant. |