[
  {
    "word": "defend",
    "phonetic": "/d\u026a\u02c8f\u025bnd/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/d\u026a\u02c8f\u025bnd/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/di\u02c8f\u025bnd/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/defend-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1780023",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "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.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To call a raise from the big blind.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To ward off, repel (an attack or attacker).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To prevent, to keep (from doing something).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To prohibit, forbid.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "attack"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/defend"
    ]
  }
]