defender

«defender» in Mova's school dictionary: A person who protects someone or something from attack or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a defender, defenders)

meaning for a pupil

1) A person who protects someone or something from attack or harm. tree →

2) In team sports, a player whose job is to stop the other team from scoring. tree →

3) A person who speaks up for an idea or for someone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In sports lessons, defenders stay back near their own goal in football, hockey and netball. In history and stories, defenders protect a castle or town from attackers. In feelings lessons, standing up for someone being bullied makes you a defender (an upstander). Phrases: «a strong defender», «defenders of the castle», «left/right defender».

examples

• Our best defender stopped the ball before it reached the goal. tree →
• The defenders of the castle pulled up the drawbridge. tree →
• In netball, the defender tries to block the shot. tree →
• She was a defender of animals and their rights. tree →
• The defender tackled the striker cleanly. tree →
• When someone is being teased, be a defender, not a bystander. tree →
• The city's defenders held out for a week. tree →
• Defenders must stay close to the players they mark. tree →
• He is her helper and defender. tree →

note

Countable: a defender, defenders. Verb «defend»; noun «defence» (British) or «defense» (American). Opposites: attacker, striker, forward.

In the corpora

• Stay level with the second-last defender, then time your run.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «defender» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.