v. t. | 1. | To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. |
2. | To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate. | |
3. | To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow. | |
4. | To resist with success; | |
n. | 1. | An undoing or annulling; destruction. |
2. | Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; | |
3. | An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; - opposed to |
Noun | 1. | defeat - an unsuccessful ending Synonyms: licking |
2. | defeat - the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals Synonyms: frustration | |
Verb | 1. | defeat - win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" Synonyms: get the better of, overcome |
2. | defeat - thwart the passage of; "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal" |