 Definitions of Shield [ʃild] 
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1. (n.) shield
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.
2. shield
a person or thing that guards or defends.
3. shield
any of various devices or barriers for protection, as from injury.
4. shield
an escutcheon typically having a broad top and pointed bottom and displaying armorial bearings.
5. shield
something shaped like a shield.
6. shield
a police officer's, detective's, or sheriff's badge.
7. shield
a bulletproof screen attached to a gun to protect its crew, mechanism, etc.
8. shield
a protective plate or the like on the body of an animal, as a scute, enlarged scale, etc.
9. shield
a pad worn or attached inside the underarm of a garment to protect it against perspiration stains.
10. shield
a vast area of ancient crustal rocks which, together with a platform, constitutes a craton.
11. shield
a lead or concrete structure around a nuclear reactor serving as a barrier against escaping radiation.
12. (v.t.) shield
to protect with or as if with a shield.
13. shield
to serve as a protection for.
14. shield
to hide or conceal; protect by hiding.
15. shield
Obs. to avert; forbid.
16. (v.i.) shield
to act or serve as a shield.
Etymology: (bef. 900; OE sceld, c. OFris skeld, OHG
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| Definition of 'Shield' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) shield
a protective covering or structure
2. (noun) shield, buckler
armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
3. (verb) carapace, shell, cuticle, shield
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
4. (verb) shield, screen
protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
5. (verb) harbor, harbour, shield
hold back a thought or feeling about
"She is harboring a grudge against him"
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1. (noun) shield
an object held in front of you to protect yourself from attack
police officers with helmets and shields
2. shield
sth that protects you
The legal system should be a shield against injustice.; Trees provided a shield against the hot sun.
3. (verb) shield
to protect
The president's aides shielded him from blame.; She was stabbed as she tried to shield her child.
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| Definition of 'Shield' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Shield
a broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler
2. (noun) Shield
anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection
3. (noun) Shield
figuratively, one who protects or defends
4. (noun) Shield
in lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci
5. (noun) Shield
the escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon
6. (noun) Shield
a framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses
7. (noun) Shield
a spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield
8. (noun) Shield
a coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield
9. (noun) Shield
to cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury
10. (noun) Shield
to ward off; to keep off or out
11. (noun) Shield
to avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
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Sense: a broad piece of metal, wood etc carried as a protection against weapons.
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 Afrikaans: skild |
 Arabic: ترْس |
 Bulgarian: щит |
 Brazilian: escudo |
 Czech: štít |
 German: das Schild |
 Danish: skjold |
 Greek: ασπίδα |
 Spanish: escudo |
 Estonian: kilp |
 Farsi: پوشش |
 Finnish: kilpi |
 French: bouclier |
 Hebrew: מָגֵן |
 Hindi: ढाल |
 Croatian: štit |
 Hungarian: pajzs |
 Indonesian: perisai |
 Icelandic: skjöldur |
 Italian: scudo |
 Japanese: 盾 |
 Korean: 방패 |
 Lithuanian: skydas |
 Latvian: vairogs |
 Malay: perisai |
 Dutch: schild |
 Norwegian: skjold |
 Polish: tarcza |
 Persian: پوشش |
 Pashto: ډال سپر |
 Portuguese: escudo |
 Romanian: scut |
 Russian: щит |
 Slovak: štít |
 Slovenian: ščit |
 Serbian: oklop |
 Swedish: sköld |
 Thai: เกราะ |
 Turkish: kalkan |
 Taiwanese: 盾 |
 Ukrainian: щит; захист |
 Urdu: ڈھال |
 Vietnamese: cái mộc, cái khiên |
 Chinese: 盾 |
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