n. BE ; AE also: defense
1) to conduct, organize, put up a ~
2) to overwhelm smb.'s ~s
3) an adequate; airtight, impenetrable; heroic; inadequate, weak; strong; stubborn ~
4) civil; national ~; military ~s
5) (sports) a man-to-man; zone ~
6) a legal ~
7) a ~ against, for
8) in ~ of