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Definition: Meaning of, shield in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ʃiːld /

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shield shields
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  1. a large piece of metal or leather that soldiers used in the past to protect themselves when fighting
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  2. a piece of equipment made of strong plastic, used by the police to protect themselves against angry crowds [=  riot shield]
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  3. something in the shape of a shield, wide at the top and curving to a point at the bottom, that is given as a prize for winning a competition, especially a sports competition
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  4. a drawing or model of a shield, wide at the top and curving to a point at the bottom, that is used as a COAT OF ARMS
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  5. something that protects a person or thing from harm or damage
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  6. American English the small piece of metal that a police officer wears to show that they are a police officer [=  badge]
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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
shield shielded shielded
Present Participle Third Person Singular
shielding shields
[transitive]
  1. to protect someone or something from being harmed or damaged
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shield used in phrases

  • Canadian Shield (noun)
    1. a large plateau that occupies more than 40% of the land area of Canada; it extends from the Great Lakes northward to the Arctic Ocean
  • Goldie's shield fern (noun)
    1. north American fern with a blackish lustrous stipe
  • Shield of David (noun)
    1. a six-pointed star formed from two equilateral triangles; an emblem symbolizing Judaism
  • fragrant shield fern (noun)
    1. fern or northern Eurasia and North America having fragrant fronds
  • heat shield (noun)
    1. a protective covering that protects a spacecraft from overheating on reentry
  • human shield (noun)
    1. someone who is taken and kept as a prisoner by a criminal in order to protect the criminal from being killed, injured, or caught
  • nipple shield (noun)
    1. a rubber or plastic shield to protect the nipples of nursing women
  • prickly shield fern (noun)
    1. north American fern whose more or less evergreen leathery fronds are covered with pale brown chafflike scales
  • shield bug (noun)
    1. any of various shield-shaped true bugs of the superfamily Pentatomoidea that make a foul smell
  • shield fern (noun)
    1. any of various ferns of the genera Dryopteris, Polystichum or Lastreopsis having somewhat shield-shaped coverings on the sori
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