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Definition of Defending
1. Adjective. Attempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring.
Definition of Defending
1. Verb. (present participle of defend) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Defending
1. defend [v] - See also: defend
Lexicographical Neighbors of Defending
Literary usage of Defending
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians by Charles Rollin (1869)
"Neither do we see that they had much regard to the defending of their right and
left with rivers, marshes, or mountains, and by that means to make the front ..."
2. The History of England from the Accession of James II by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay, Henry Hart Milman (1864)
"Tyreo.nne| These qualities had once enabled him to frighten away defending rivals
from the doors of his mistresses, and to play the ..."
3. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"He has more now, as he is defending Virginia.—Radicals of the North want McClellan
... But Lee now has Y0,000—and, besides, he will be defending Virginia. ..."
4. The History of England from the Accession of James the Second by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1879)
"But more was necessary to enable him to form an opinion as to the possibility of
defending Limerick. He would probably, had his temper been as hot as in the ..."
5. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"... most quickly he would have been able to learn where his presence was needed.
But the forces defending Sebastopol were not of such a kind as to warrant ..."
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