Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of defend
noundefending (plural defendings)
plural defendings
- An act of defence.
[…] his wondrous laudations and defendings of the unfriended Turner […]
1857, London Quarterly Review, volume 7, page 498
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveattempting to or designed to prevent an opponent from winning or scoring
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with defending
endingsendingspendingpendingattendingdescendingascendingblendingoffendingimpendingintendingcondescendingunbendinguncomprehendingantispendingdetrendingnonendingunpretending
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APA
defending. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defending
MLA
“defending.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defending. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “defending,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defending.
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