defending

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dəˈfɛndɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛndɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: de‧fend‧ing

Verb

defending

  1. present participle and gerund of defend

Noun

defending (plural defendings)

  1. An act of defence.
    • 1857, London Quarterly Review, volume 7, page 498:
      […] his wondrous laudations and defendings of the unfriended Turner […]

Derived terms

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