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sejpdw
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Location: Korea
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 Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject: defense as a verb? |
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I think 'defense' is a noun.
But in a korean-English dictionary, it says 'defense' can be used as a verb in sports. Right? If so, give me an example. |
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pinenut
Joined: 16 Feb 2006
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Location: Illinois, U.S.A.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: defense as a verb? |
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| sejpdw wrote: |
I think 'defense' is a noun.
But in a korean-English dictionary, it says 'defense' can be used as a verb in sports. Right? If so, give me an example. |
I've looked the word up in three different dictionaries, Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Collins Cobuild Lexicon, and Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary.
According to them, the word is not used as a verb.
Which one would you trust more? |
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Philo Kevetch
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| Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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Hello sejpdw -
To defense - to furnish with defenses (fortify) - seems to have become obsolete....
other than rather obscure references when talking about sports - ie:
a) to impede the progress of - "the player with the ball was thoroughly defensed" ;
b) to break up or defend against a particulr play - "defense the single wing running pass formation". :) Philo |
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Philo Kevetch
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| Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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OOPS - typo...put an "a" in that ""particulr" and presto - you've got
"particular". ;) Philo |
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