Definition of defend

"defend" in the verb sense

1. defend, support, fend for

argue or speak in defense of

"She supported the motion to strike"

2. defend

be on the defensive act against an attack

3. defend, guard, hold

protect against a challenge or attack

"Hold that position behind the trees!"

"Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"

4. fight, oppose, fight back, fight down, defend

fight against or resist strongly

"The senator said he would oppose the bill"

"Don't fight it!"

5. champion, defend

protect or fight for as a champion

6. defend, represent

be the defense counsel for someone in a trial

"Ms. Smith will represent the defendant"

7. maintain, defend

state or assert

"He maintained his innocence"

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Quotations for defend

God defend the right. [ William Shakespeare ]

God defend me from the man of one book. [ Proverb ]

It is easier to strike than defend well. [ Proverb ]

Angels and ministers of grace defend us! [ William Shakespeare ]

Defend me, common sense, say I,
From reveries so airy, from the toil
Of dropping buckets into empty wells,
And growing old with drawing nothing up. [ William Cowper ]

Even the lion has to defend itself against flies. [ German Proverb ]

Good men want the laws for nothing but to defend themselves. [ Proverb ]

Defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies. [ The French Ana ]

Every absurdity has a champion to defend it; for error is talkative. [ Goldsmith ]

God defend me from the still water, and I'll keep myself from the rough. [ Proverb ]

The cause of a friend, a destitute and an exemplary cause, we ought to defend. [ Thrasea ]

Be kind to my remains; and O defend Against your judgment, your departed friend. [ Dryden ]

It is easy to defend the innocent; but who is eloquent enough to defend the guilty? [ Publius Syrus ]

The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last. [ Fielding ]

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it. [ Daniel Webster ]

The castle which Conservatism is set to defend is the actual state of things, good and bad. [ Ralph Waldo Emerson ]

It is easier for a woman to defend her virtue against men, than her reputation against women. [ Rochebrune ]

The people's liberties strengthen the king's prerogative, and the king's prerogative is to defend the people's liberties. [ Charles I. of England ]

Laws are the very bulwarks of liberty. They define every man's rights, and stand between and defend the individual liberties of all men. [ Holland ]

You can have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government; while I shall have the most solemn one to preserve, protect, and defend it. [ Abraham Lincoln ]

No passions are without their use, none without their nobleness, when seen in balanced unity with the rest of the spirit which they are charged to defend. [ John Ruskin ]

When you leave the unimpaired hereditary freehold to your children, you do but half your duty. Both liberty and property are precarious, unless the possessors have sense and spirit enough to defend them. [ Junius ]

defend in Scrabble®

The word defend is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters defend:

DEFEND
(45)
FENDED
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word defend

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In defend

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defend in Words With Friends™

The word defend is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters defend:

DEFEND
(72)
FENDED
(72)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word defend

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In defend

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Words within the letters of defend

2 letter words in defend (2 words)

3 letter words in defend (6 words)

4 letter words in defend (5 words)

5 letter words in defend (1 word)

6 letter words in defend (Anagrams) (2 words)

defend + 1 blank (2 words)

Word Growth involving defend

Shorter words in defend

ef

en end fend

en fen fend

Longer words containing defend

defendable undefendable

defendant codefendant codefendants

defendant defendants codefendants

defendant nondefendant

defendant prodefendant

defended overdefended

defended redefended

defended undefended

defended underdefended

defender defenders

defending overdefending

defending redefending

defending underdefending

defends overdefends

defends redefends

defends underdefends

overdefend overdefended

overdefend overdefending

overdefend overdefends

redefend redefended

redefend redefending

redefend redefends

underdefend underdefended

underdefend underdefending

underdefend underdefends