Definitions of defend

1. To enter defence.

2. To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel.

3. 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.

4. To guard or protect from harm or violence; as, the navy defends our seacoast; maintain or uphold, as one's legal rights, by force of argument or evidence; contest, as a suit.

5. To guard; protect; maintain against attack; resist in law.

6. argue or speak in defense of; " She supported the motion to strike"

7. fight against or resist strongly; " The senator said he would oppose the bill"; " Don't fight it!"

8. be on the defensive; act against an attack

9. 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.

10. To maintain or vindicate by force or argument; to secure against attack; to shelter; to cover; to guard; to resist or repel.

11. Defendable.