shield

Definition of Shield in English :

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Noun

1. shield

a protective covering or structure

2. buckler, shield

armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

buckler

3. carapace, cuticle, shell, shield

hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

Verb

4. screen, shield

protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

screen

5. harbor, harbour, shield

hold back a thought or feeling about

Example Sentences:
'She is harboring a grudge against him'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Shield

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noun

any protection used to intercept blows, missiles, etc, such as a tough piece of armour carried on the arm

any similar protective device

3. Also called: scutcheon, escutcheon heraldry

a pointed stylized shield used for displaying armorial bearings

anything that resembles a shield in shape, such as a prize in a sports competition

the protective outer covering of an animal, such as the shell of a turtle

6. physics

a structure of concrete, lead, etc, placed around a nuclear reactor or other source of radiation in order to prevent the escape of radiation

a broad stable plateau of ancient Precambrian rocks forming the rigid nucleus of a particular continent

Baltic Shield, Canadian Shield

8. short for dress shield

9. civil engineering

a hollow steel cylinder that protects workers driving a circular tunnel through loose, soft, or water-bearing ground

10. the shield

verb

11. (transitive)

to protect, hide, or conceal (something) from danger or harm

Shield

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noun

a flat, usually broad, piece of metal, wood, etc., carried in the hand or worn on the forearm to ward off blows or missiles

any person or thing that guards, protects, or defends

a heraldic escutcheon

anything shaped like a shield, as a plaque, trophy, badge, or emblem

a movable canopy protecting workers from cave-ins in mines, tunnels, etc.

a heavy metal screen attached to an artillery piece for the protection of the gunners

a guard or safety screen, as over the moving parts of machinery

an insulating covering on electric wires, etc.

any material or structure used for protection against radiation

dress shield

9. Zoology

a hard surface covering or shell; protective plate, as on a turtle

verb transitive

10.

to be or provide a shield for; defend; protect; guard

11.

to hide from view; screen

verb intransitive

12.

to serve as a shield, or protection

Shield

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1. A broad piece of armor made of rigid material and strapped to the arm or carried in the hand for protection against hurled or thrusted weapons.

2. A person or thing that provides protection.

3. A protective device or structure, as:

a. A steel sheet attached to an artillery piece to protect gunners from small-arms fire and shrapnel.

b. Physics A wall or housing of concrete or lead built around a nuclear reactor to prevent the escape of radiation.

c. Electronics A structure or arrangement of metal plates or mesh designed to protect a piece of electronic equipment from electrostatic or magnetic interference.

d. A pad worn, as at the armpits, to protect a garment from perspiration.

e. A sanitary napkin.

4. Zoology A protective plate or similar hard outer covering; a scute or scutellum.

5. Something that resembles a shield, as:

a. An escutcheon.

b. A decorative emblem that often serves to identify an organization or a government.

c. A police officer's badge.

6. Geology The ancient, stable, interior layer of continents composed of primarily Precambrian igneous or metamorphic rocks. Also called continental shield.

v. shield·ed, shield·ing, shields

v.tr.

1. To protect from being attacked, exposed to danger, or subjected to difficulty: "a policymaking elite whose families and purses are shielded from the sacrifices war entails" (Uwe E. Reinhardt). See Synonyms at defend.

2. To cover up; conceal: "Though many eyes were watching, none could pierce the halo of morning sunlight that surrounded and shielded the hawk" (Peter Dunne).

v.intr.

To act or serve as a shield or safeguard.

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