What does defending mean?

Definitions for defending
de·fend·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. defending(adj)

    attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring

Webster Dictionary

  1. Defending

    of Defend

How to pronounce defending?

  1. Alex
    Alex
    US English
    Daniel
    Daniel
    British
    Karen
    Karen
    Australian
    Veena
    Veena
    Indian

How to say defending in sign language?

  1. defending

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of defending in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of defending in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of defending in a Sentence

  1. Jeffrey Sumpter:

    I was defending myself.

  2. Buddy Alexander:

    We're defending a dying sport.

  3. Ashton Carter:

    We need to support Ukraine in defending themselves.

  4. Editor Bill Sammon:

    I don’t want to be defending how some guy got shortchanged.

  5. Dave Chanda:

    It was just defending an area that it set up to spend the winter.

Images & Illustrations of defending

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