[V] be on guard against, See also:defend, watch over, be in attendance, Example: เวลาที่เจ้านายเข้าบรรทม จะต้องมีนางกำนัลเฝ้าแหนภายนอกเสมอ, Thai definition: เฝ้าระวังเหตุการณ์
[V] speak up for, See also:defend someone, make excuses for, Syn.รับแทน, รับผิดแทน, Example: หัวหน้าพรรคออกมายืนยันความบริสุทธิ์ของลูกพรรค พร้อมทั้งออกรับแทนอย่างหน้าตาเฉย, Thai definition: รับเอาเสียเองเมื่อเขาว่าผู้อื่น
[adv.] (feūnjai) EN: reluctantly ; unwillingly FR: à contrecoeur ; à regret ; bon gré mal gré ; à son corps défendant ; contre sa volonté ; contre son gré ; malgré soi ; avec répugnance
[いっしょけんめい, isshokenmei] (adj-na,n-adv,n) (1) (See 一生懸命) very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; desperately; frantically; for dear life; all-out effort; sticking at living in and defending one place; (2) sticking at living in one place [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Defend \De*fend"\ (d[-e]*f[e^]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Defended}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Defending}.] [F. d['e]fendre, L.
defendere; de- + fendere (only in comp.) to strike; perh.
akin to Gr. qei`nein to strike, and E. dint. Cf. {Dint},
{Defense}, {Fend}.]
1. To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel. [A
Latinism & Obs.]
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Th' other strove for to defend
The force of Vulcan with his might and main.
--Spenser.
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2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Which God defend that I should wring from him.
--Shak.
3. 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.
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The lord mayor craves aid . . . to defend the city.
--Shak.
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God defend the right! --Shak.
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A village near it was defended by the river.
--Clarendon.
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4. (Law.) 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. --Burrill.
Syn: To {Defend}, {Protect}.
Usage: To defend is literally to ward off; to protect is to
cover so as to secure against approaching danger. We
defend those who are attacked; we protect those who
are liable to injury or invasion. A fortress is
defended by its guns, and protected by its wall.
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As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts
defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver
it. --Is. xxxi. 5.
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Leave not the faithful side
That gave thee being, still shades thee and
protects. --Milton.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
defend
v 1: argue or speak in defense of; "She supported the motion to
strike" [syn: {defend}, {support}, {fend for}]
2: be on the defensive; act against an attack [ant: {assail},
{attack}]
3: protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position
behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's
attacks" [syn: {defend}, {guard}, {hold}]
4: fight against or resist strongly; "The senator said he would
oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" [syn: {fight}, {oppose},
{fight back}, {fight down}, {defend}]
5: protect or fight for as a champion [syn: {champion},
{defend}]
6: be the defense counsel for someone in a trial; "Ms. Smith
will represent the defendant" [syn: {defend}, {represent}]
[ant: {prosecute}]
7: state or assert; "He maintained his innocence" [syn:
{maintain}, {defend}]
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