defending

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəˈfɛndɪŋ/

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• 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

• defending zone