"defend" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /dɪˈfɛnd/ [UK], /dɪˈfɛnd/ [US], /diˈfɛnd/ [US], /dəˈfɛnd/ [US] Audio: en-us-defend.ogg Forms: defends [present, singular, third-person], defending [participle, present], defended [participle, past], defended [past]
Rhymes: -ɛnd Etymology: From Middle English defenden, from Old French defendre, deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-. Displaced native Old English bewerian. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷʰen-}}, {{inh|en|enm|defenden}} Middle English defenden, {{der|en|fro|defendre}} Old French defendre, {{cog|fr|défendre}} French défendre, {{der|en|la|dēfendō|t=to ward off}} Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), {{der|en|itc-pro|*fendō}} Proto-Italic *fendō, {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʷʰen-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-, {{ncog|ang|bewerian}} Old English bewerian Head templates: {{en-verb}} defend (third-person singular simple present defends, present participle defending, simple past and past participle defended)
  1. (transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard. Tags: transitive Translations (ward off attacks against): mbroj (Albanian), دَافَعَ (dāfaʕa) (Arabic), حامى (ḥāma) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), պաշտպանել (paštpanel) (Armenian), apãr (Aromanian), qorumaq (Azerbaijani), müdafiə etmək (Azerbaijani), абараня́ць (abaranjácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), абарані́ць (abaranícʹ) [perfective] (Belarusian), রক্ষা করা (rokkha kora) (Bengali), защита́вам (zaštitávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), браня́ (branjá) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), ကာကွယ် (ka-kwai) (Burmese), defensar (Catalan), defendre (Catalan), ittafama (Chickasaw), 保衛 (Chinese Mandarin), 保卫 (bǎowèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 守衛 (Chinese Mandarin), 守卫 (shǒuwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 捍衛 (Chinese Mandarin), 捍卫 (hànwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), бранити (braniti) [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Church Slavic), bránit (Czech), defendar (Dalmatian), forsvare (Danish), verdedigen (Dutch), defendi (Esperanto), protekti (Esperanto), kaitsma (Estonian), puolustaa (Finnish), défendre (French), defender (Galician), დაცვა (dacva) (Georgian), მოგერიება (mogerieba) (Georgian), verteidigen (German), υπερασπίζομαι (yperaspízomai) (Greek), αμύνομαι (amýnomai) (Greek), υπεραμύνομαι (yperamýnomai) (Greek), defann (Haitian Creole), הֵגֵן (hegén) (Hebrew), रक्षा करना (rakṣā karnā) (Hindi), megvéd (Hungarian), véd (Hungarian), verja (Icelandic), cosain (Irish), difendere (Italian), proteggere (Italian), 守る (mamoru) (alt: まもる) (Japanese), 防ぐ (fusegu) (alt: ふせぐ) (Japanese), қорғау (qorğau) (Kazakh), ការពារ (kaa piə) (Khmer), 방어하다 (bang'eohada) (Korean), коргоо (korgoo) (Kyrgyz), ປ້ອງກັນ (pǭng kan) (Lao), dēfendō (Latin), teneō (Latin), tutor (Latin), tueor (Latin), supersum (Latin), defensō (Latin), aizstāvēt (Latvian), ginti (Lithuanian), брани (brani) [imperfective] (Macedonian), заштитува (zaštituva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), membela (Malay), wawao (Maori), whakangungu (Maori), whakawawao (Maori), хамгаалах (xamgaalax) (Mongolian), d'fendre (Norman), forsvare (Norwegian), verne (Norwegian), beskytte (Norwegian), defendre (Occitan), bewerian (Old English), verja (Old Norse), مدافعه کول (modāfe'akawᶕl) (Pashto), دفاع کردن (defâ' kardan) (Persian), bronić [imperfective] (Polish), defender (Portuguese), proteger (Portuguese), amachay (Quechua), apăra (Romanian), защища́ть (zaščiščátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), защити́ть (zaščitítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), обороня́ть (oboronjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), оборони́ть (oboronítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), оберега́ть (oberegátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), бере́чь (beréčʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), रक्षति (rakṣati) (Sanskrit), бранити [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), braniti [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), brániť [imperfective] (Slovak), braniti [imperfective] (Slovene), коры- (korï-) (Southern Altai), defender (Spanish), försvara (Swedish), värja (Swedish), муҳофизат кардан (muhofizat kardan) (Tajik), дифоъ кардан (difoʾ kardan) (Tajik), ป้องกัน (bpɔ̂ng-gan) (Thai), savunmak (Turkish), korumak (Turkish), goramak (Turkmen), penalamak (Turkmen), обороня́ти (oboronjáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), оборони́ти (oboronýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), захища́ти (zaxyščáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), захисти́ти (zaxystýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), دفاع کرنا (difā' karnā) (Urdu), مۇداپىئە قىلماق (mudapi'e qilmaq) (Uyghur), himoya qilmoq (Uzbek), mudofaa qilmoq (Uzbek), bảo vệ (Vietnamese), che chở (Vietnamese), chống giữ (Vietnamese), amddiffyn (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-defend-en-verb-YrpsJ57J Disambiguation of 'ward off attacks against': 54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1
  2. (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-defend-en-verb-PXf2~837 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 20 5 13 24 11 10 5 5
  3. (transitive, law) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused). Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-defend-en-verb-omkckehh Topics: law
  4. (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring. Categories (topical): Sports
    Sense id: en-defend-en-verb-Qy5CPBwA Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 20 5 13 24 11 10 5 5 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  5. (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous instance of that competition. Categories (topical): Sports
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  6. (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Poker
    Sense id: en-defend-en-verb-MggdqwKI Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 20 5 13 24 11 10 5 5 Topics: card-games, poker
  7. (transitive, obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker). Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-defend-en-verb-Pi~GAJlX
  8. (transitive, obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something). Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-defend-en-verb-Az2JKLpB
  9. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To prohibit, forbid. Tags: intransitive, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-defend-en-verb-ITYV3mwL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: defendable, defendant, defender, defending Related terms: defence, defense, defensive, fend, fender, fend off, forfend, indulge

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "attack"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "defendable"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "defendant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "defender"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "defending"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷʰen-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "defenden"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English defenden",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "defendre"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French defendre",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "défendre"
      },
      "expansion": "French défendre",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dēfendō",
        "t": "to ward off"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*fendō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *fendō",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gʷʰen-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "bewerian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English bewerian",
      "name": "ncog"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English defenden, from Old French defendre, deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-. Displaced native Old English bewerian.",
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    {
      "form": "defends",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "defending",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "defended",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "defended",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "word": "defence"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "defense"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "defensive"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fender"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "fend off"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "forfend"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:defend",
      "word": "indulge"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:",
          "text": "Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard."
      ],
      "id": "en-defend-en-verb-YrpsJ57J",
      "links": [
        [
          "ward off",
          "ward off"
        ],
        [
          "guard",
          "guard"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "mbroj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "dāfaʕa",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "دَافَعَ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "arz",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥāma",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "Egyptian-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "حامى"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "paštpanel",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "պաշտպանել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "rup",
          "lang": "Aromanian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "apãr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "qorumaq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "müdafiə etmək"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "abaranjácʹ",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "абараня́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "abaranícʹ",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "абарані́ць"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "rokkha kora",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "রক্ষা করা"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zaštitávam",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "защита́вам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "branjá",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "браня́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "ka-kwai",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "ကာကွယ်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "defensar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "defendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "cic",
          "lang": "Chickasaw",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "ittafama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "保衛"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bǎowèi",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "保卫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "守衛"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shǒuwèi",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "守卫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "捍衛"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hànwèi",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "捍卫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "bránit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "dlm",
          "lang": "Dalmatian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "defendar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "forsvare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "verdedigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "defendi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "protekti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "kaitsma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "puolustaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "défendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "defender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dacva",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "დაცვა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mogerieba",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "მოგერიება"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "verteidigen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "yperaspízomai",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "υπερασπίζομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "amýnomai",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "αμύνομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "yperamýnomai",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "υπεραμύνομαι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "defann"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hegén",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "הֵגֵן"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "rakṣā karnā",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "रक्षा करना"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "megvéd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "véd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "verja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "cosain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "difendere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "proteggere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "alt": "まもる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mamoru",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "守る"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "alt": "ふせぐ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fusegu",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "防ぐ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qorğau",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "қорғау"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kaa piə",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "ការពារ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bang'eohada",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "방어하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "korgoo",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "коргоо"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pǭng kan",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "ປ້ອງກັນ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "dēfendō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "teneō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "tutor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "tueor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "supersum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "defensō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "aizstāvēt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "ginti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "brani",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "брани"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "zaštituva",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "заштитува"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "membela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "wawao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "whakangungu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "whakawawao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "xamgaalax",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "хамгаалах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "d'fendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "forsvare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "verne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "beskytte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "defendre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "cu",
          "lang": "Church Slavic",
          "roman": "braniti",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "бранити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "bewerian"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "non",
          "lang": "Old Norse",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "verja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ps",
          "lang": "Pashto",
          "roman": "modāfe'akawᶕl",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "مدافعه کول"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "defâ' kardan",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "دفاع کردن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "bronić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "defender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "proteger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "amachay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "apăra"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaščiščátʹ",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "защища́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zaščitítʹ",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "защити́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oboronjátʹ",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обороня́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oboronítʹ",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "оборони́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "oberegátʹ",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "оберега́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "beréčʹ",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "бере́чь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "rakṣati",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "रक्षति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "бранити"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "braniti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "brániť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "braniti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "korï-",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "коры-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "defender"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "försvara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "värja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "muhofizat kardan",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "муҳофизат кардан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "difoʾ kardan",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "дифоъ кардан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bpɔ̂ng-gan",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "ป้องกัน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "savunmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "korumak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "goramak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "penalamak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "oboronjáty",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "обороня́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "oboronýty",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "оборони́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zaxyščáty",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "захища́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zaxystýty",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "захисти́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "difā' karnā",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "دفاع کرنا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "mudapi'e qilmaq",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "مۇداپىئە قىلماق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "himoya qilmoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "mudofaa qilmoq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "bảo vệ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "che chở"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "chống giữ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "54 1 1 1 2 1 38 1 1",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "ward off attacks against",
          "word": "amddiffyn"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 20 5 13 24 11 10 5 5",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of."
      ],
      "id": "en-defend-en-verb-PXf2~837",
      "links": [
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ],
        [
          "vindicate",
          "vindicate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
          "parents": [
            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
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          "ref": "2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:",
          "text": "Most Zionists hoped for a state of their own, but early in the 20th century, writers like Hillel Solotaroff and Chaim Zhitlowsky, both Yiddish-speaking immigrant intellectuals in New York, imagined another alternative: a federation of self-governing anarchist communes in Palestine that would defend Jewish life without relying on state power.",
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      "word": "defender"
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      "word": "დაცვა"
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "amýnomai",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "αμύνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "yperamýnomai",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "υπεραμύνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "defann"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hegén",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "הֵגֵן"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "rakṣā karnā",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "रक्षा करना"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "megvéd"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "véd"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "verja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "cosain"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "difendere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "proteggere"
    },
    {
      "alt": "まもる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "mamoru",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "守る"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふせぐ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fusegu",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "防ぐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qorğau",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "қорғау"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kaa piə",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "ការពារ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bang'eohada",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "방어하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "korgoo",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "коргоо"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "pǭng kan",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "ປ້ອງກັນ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "dēfendō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "teneō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "tutor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "tueor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "supersum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "defensō"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "aizstāvēt"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "ginti"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "brani",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "брани"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zaštituva",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "заштитува"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "membela"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "wawao"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "whakangungu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "whakawawao"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xamgaalax",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "хамгаалах"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "d'fendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "forsvare"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "verne"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "beskytte"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "defendre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Church Slavic",
      "roman": "braniti",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "бранити"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "bewerian"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "verja"
    },
    {
      "code": "ps",
      "lang": "Pashto",
      "roman": "modāfe'akawᶕl",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "مدافعه کول"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "defâ' kardan",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "دفاع کردن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "bronić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "defender"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "proteger"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "amachay"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "apăra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaščiščátʹ",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "защища́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zaščitítʹ",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "защити́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oboronjátʹ",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обороня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oboronítʹ",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оборони́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oberegátʹ",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "оберега́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "beréčʹ",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "бере́чь"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "rakṣati",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "रक्षति"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "бранити"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "braniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "brániť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "braniti"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "korï-",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "коры-"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "defender"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "försvara"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "värja"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "muhofizat kardan",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "муҳофизат кардан"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "difoʾ kardan",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "дифоъ кардан"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpɔ̂ng-gan",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "ป้องกัน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "savunmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "korumak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "goramak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "penalamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oboronjáty",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обороня́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "oboronýty",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "оборони́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaxyščáty",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "захища́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaxystýty",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "захисти́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "difā' karnā",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "دفاع کرنا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "mudapi'e qilmaq",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "مۇداپىئە قىلماق"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "himoya qilmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "mudofaa qilmoq"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "bảo vệ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "che chở"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "chống giữ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "ward off attacks against",
      "word": "amddiffyn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "defend"
}

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