Definitions for SHIELDʃild
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
shieldʃild(n.)
a device used as a defense against blows or hurled objects, esp. a broad piece of armor carried on the arm or in the hand.
Category: Heraldry, Common Vocabulary
a person or thing that guards or defends.
any of various devices or barriers for protection, as from injury.
an escutcheon typically having a broad top and pointed bottom and displaying armorial bearings.
Category: Heraldry
something shaped like a shield.
a police officer's, detective's, or sheriff's badge.
a bulletproof screen attached to a gun to protect its crew, mechanism, etc.
Category: Military
a protective plate or the like on the body of an animal, as a scute, enlarged scale, etc.
Category: Zoology
a pad worn or attached inside the underarm of a garment to protect it against perspiration stains.
Category: Clothing
a vast area of ancient crustal rocks which, together with a platform, constitutes a craton.
Category: Geology
a lead or concrete structure around a nuclear reactor serving as a barrier against escaping radiation.
Category: Energy
(v.t.)to protect with or as if with a shield.
to serve as a protection for.
to hide or conceal; protect by hiding.
Obs. to avert; forbid.
(v.i.)to act or serve as a shield.
Origin of shield:
bef. 900; OE sceld, c. OFris skeld, OHG skilt, ON skjǫldr, Go skildus
shield′less(adj.)
Princeton's WordNet
shield(noun)
a protective covering or structure
shield, buckler(noun)
armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
carapace, shell, cuticle, shield(verb)
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
shield, screen(verb)
protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
harbor, harbour, shield(verb)
hold back a thought or feeling about
"She is harboring a grudge against him"
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
shield(noun)ʃild
an object held in front of you to protect yourself from attack
police officers with helmets and shields
shieldʃild
sth that protects you
The legal system should be a shield against injustice.; Trees provided a shield against the hot sun.
shield(verb)ʃild
to protect
The president's aides shielded him from blame.; She was stabbed as she tried to shield her child.
Webster Dictionary
Shield(noun)
a broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler
Shield(noun)
anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection
Shield(noun)
figuratively, one who protects or defends
Shield(noun)
in lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci
Shield(noun)
the escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon
Shield(noun)
a framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses
Shield(noun)
a spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield
Shield(noun)
a coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield
Shield(noun)
to cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury
Shield(noun)
to ward off; to keep off or out
Shield(noun)
to avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
Translations for SHIELD
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
shield(noun)
a broad piece of metal, wood etc carried as a protection against weapons.
- skildAfrikaans
- ترْسArabic
- щитBulgarian
- escudoPortuguese (BR)
- štítCzech
- das SchildGerman
- skjoldDanish
- ασπίδαGreek
- escudoSpanish
- kilpEstonian
- پوششFarsi
- kilpiFinnish
- bouclierFrench
- מָגֵןHebrew
- ढालHindi
- štitCroatian
- pajzsHungarian
- perisaiIndonesian
- skjöldurIcelandic
- scudoItalian
- 盾Japanese
- 방패Korean
- skydasLithuanian
- vairogsLatvian
- perisaiMalay
- schildDutch
- skjoldNorwegian
- tarczaPolish
- پوششPersian
- ډال سپرPashto
- escudoPortuguese
- scutRomanian
- щитRussian
- štítSlovak
- ščitSlovenian
- oklopSerbian
- sköldSwedish
- เกราะThai
- kalkanTurkish
- 盾Chinese (Trad.)
- щит; захистUkrainian
- ڈھالUrdu
- cái mộc, cái khiênVietnamese
- 盾Chinese (Simp.)
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