defend

defend
1. III
defend smb., smth.
1) defend a child (a friend, widows and orphans, the weak, one's life, etc.) защищать ребенка и т. д.; the Soviet people rose to a man to defend the liberty and independence of their country весь советский народ как один человек встал на защиту свободы и независимости своей родины; we solemnly pledge to defend the cause of peace мы торжественно клянемся защищать дело мира; defend the village оборонять деревню; they defended themselves они оборонялись
2) defend one's rights (one's interests, one's honour, an opinion, a case, etc.) отстаивать свои права и т. д., he made a long speech defending his ideas он произнес длинную речь в защиту своих идей; the accused man had a lawyer to defend him обвиняемого защищал адвокат
2. IV
defend smb., smth. in some manner defend smb., smth. bravely (courageously, heroically, vigorously, at the risk /at the peril/ of one's life, badly, etc.) храбро и т. д. защищать /оборонять/ кого-л., что-л.
3. XXI1
1) defend smb., smth. against /from /smb., smth. defend the population from epidemics (the people from faining, the country against invasion, the land from devastation, him from danger, etc.) принимать меры, чтобы защитить население от эпидемии и т. д.; they defended the city against the enemy они отстоян город от врага; drastic measures were immediately taken to defend the people from cholera были немедленно приняты решительные меры, чтобы уберечь людей от холеры; defend smb., smth. with smth. defend smb., smth. with a sword (with a stone, etc.) защищать /оборонить/ кого-л., что-л. шпагой и т. д., when the dog attacked me I defended myself with a stick когда на мена) набросилась собака, я отогнал ее палкой
2) defend smb., smth. against /from /smb., smth. defend him against a charge (their rights against shameless encroachments, etc.) защипать его от [этого] обвинения и т. д.; he staunchly (vigorously, determinedly, etc.) defended her from /against/ their accusation он упорно и т. д. защищал ее от их обвинений; defend smb., smth. with smth. he defended her (the proposal, etc.) with an ardent speech он выступил в ее защиту и т. д. с пламенной речью
4. XXV
defend what. defend what is right защищать правое дело; how can you what you have no idea of? как вы можете отстаивать /ратовать за/ то, о чем вы не имеете ни малейшего представления?

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  • defend — de·fend vt 1: to drive danger or attack away from using a weapon to defend oneself 2: to act as attorney for (a defendant) appointed to defend the accused 3: to deny or oppose the rights of a plaintiff in regard to (a suit or claim) intend to… …   Law dictionary

  • defend — de‧fend [dɪˈfend] verb [transitive] LAW 1. if a lawyer defends someone charged with a crime, he or she represents that person and argues that they are not guilty of the charge 2. to do something in order to stop something being taken away or to… …   Financial and business terms

  • defend — 1 Defend, protect, shield, guard, safeguard mean to keep secure from danger or against attack. Defend implies the use of means to ward off something that actually threatens or to repel something that actually attacks {raise a large army to defend …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • defend — mid 13c., from O.Fr. defendre (12c.) defend, resist, and directly from L. defendere ward off, protect, guard, allege in defense, from de from, away (see DE (Cf. de )) + fendere to strike, push, from PIE root *gwhen to strike, kill (see BANE (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

  • defend — [v1] protect avert, battle, beat off, bulwark, care for, cherish, conserve, contend, cover, entrench, espouse, fend off, fight, fight for, fortify, foster, garrison, guard, guard against, hedge, hold, hold at bay, house, insure, keep safe, look… …   New thesaurus

  • defend — ► VERB 1) resist an attack on; protect from harm or danger. 2) conduct the case for (the party being accused or sued) in a lawsuit. 3) attempt to justify. 4) compete to retain (a title or seat) in a contest or election. 5) (in sport) protect one… …   English terms dictionary

  • defend — [dē fend′, difend′] vt. [ME defenden < OFr defendre < L defendere, to ward off, repel < de , away, from + fendere, to strike < IE base * gwhen , to strike > Gr theinein, to kill, strike, OE guth, combat] 1. a) to guard from attack; …   English World dictionary

  • defend */*/*/ — UK [dɪˈfend] / US verb Word forms defend : present tense I/you/we/they defend he/she/it defends present participle defending past tense defended past participle defended 1) [transitive] to protect someone or something from attack Thousands of… …   English dictionary

  • defend — de|fend W3S3 [dıˈfend] v [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: defendre, from Latin defendere, from fendere to hit ] 1.) [I and T] to do something in order to protect someone or something from being attacked ▪ a struggle to defend our homeland… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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