FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

v (transitive|obsolete) To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).

v (transitive|obsolete) To prevent, to keep (from doing something).

v (transitive|intransitive|obsolete) To prohibit, forbid.

v (transitive) To ward off attacks from; to fight to protect; to guard.

v (transitive) To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.

v (transitive|legal) To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).

v (sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.

v (sports) To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous edition of that competition.

v (poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.