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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Englishscheld,shelde, fromOld Englishscield(“shield”), fromProto-West Germanic*skeldu, fromProto-Germanic*skelduz(“shield”), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)kelH-(“cut, split”). Cognate withWest Frisianskyld,Dutchschild(“shield”),GermanSchild(“shield”),Danishskjold(“shield”),Icelandicskjöldur(“shield”) andFaroeseskjøldur(“shield”).

CompareLatinscūtum(“shield”),Irishsciath(“shield”),Latgalianškīda(“shield”),Lithuanianskydas(“shield”),Russianщит(ščit,“shield”), fromProto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-(“to cover, protect”),*skey-(“to cut, split”).

Noun

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shield (pluralshields)

Shield, handheld defensive armour
  1. Anything thatprotects ordefends;defense;shelter;protection.
    2. A broad piece of defensivearmor, held inhand, formerly in general use inwar, for theprotection of thebody.
      • 1599,William Shakespeare,Henry V, act III, scene II, line 8:
        Knock go and come; God's vassals drop and die; And sword andshield, In bloody field, Doth win immortal fame.
      • 1786,Francis Grose,A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page22:
        Theshields used by our Norman ancestors were the triangular or heater shield, the target or buckler, the roundel or rondache, and the pavais, pavache, or tallevas.
      • 1897 December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC:
        My client welcomed the judge […] and they disappeared together into the Ethiopian card-room, which was filled with the assegais and exclamation pointshields Mr. Cooke had had made at the sawmill at Beaverton.
      • 1961,Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, inThe Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page44:
        Beowulf, behind hisshield, thrust forth only his right arm.
    3. (figurative) One who protects or defends.
      • 1611,The Holy Bible, King James Version edition,Genesis 15:1:
        Fear not, Abram: I amthyshield, and thyexceeding great reward.
      • 1592,William Shakespeare,Richard III, act 4, scene 3, line56:
        Go muster men. My counsel is myshield; We must be brief when traitors brave the field.
    4. (lichenology) Inlichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing thefructification, orasci.
    5. (mining, tunnelling) Aframework used to protect workmen in making anadit under ground, and capable of being pushed along asexcavation progresses.
      • 2012, Andrew Martin,Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books,→ISBN, page88:
        The earth was excavated from the sunken cylinder; theshield was inserted into it, and the tunnelling began, the target beingWapping, on the opposite bank. Theshield was an iron honeycomb containing thirty-six cells within which men dug the wall of mud before them.
    6. (science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.
      • 2008,BioWare,Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts,→ISBN,→OCLC, PC, scene: Kinetic Barriers ("Shields") Codex entry:
        Kinetic barriers, colloquially called "shields", provide protection against most mass accelerator weapons. Whether on a starship or a soldier's suit of armor, the basic principle remains the same.
        Kinetic barriers are repulsive mass effect fields projected from tiny emitters. Theseshields safely deflect small objects traveling at rapid velocities. This affords protection from bullets and other dangerous projectiles, but still allows the user to sit down without knocking away their chair.
  2. Ashape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used forpolice identifications and companylogos.
    2. (heraldry) Theescutcheon on which are placed thebearings incoats of arms.
      Meronyms:field,charge,emblem
      • 2012 October 8, Daniel W. Patterson,The True Image: Gravestone Art and the Culture of Scotch Irish Settlers in the Pennsylvania and Carolina Backcountry‎[1], UNC Press Books,→ISBN, page141:
        The second and third quarters of theshield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…]
    3. (Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) Atoilet seat.
    4. Aspot resembling, or having theform of a shield.
    5. (obsolete) Acoin, the old Frenchcrown, orécu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
    6. (transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
    7. (colloquial, law enforcement) Apolicebadge.
  3. (geology) A large expanse of exposed stablePrecambrian rock.
    1. (geology) A wide and relatively low-profiledvolcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
  4. (figuratively, Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) Aplace with atoilet seat: anouthouse; alavatory.
  5. (automotive, British English)Parts at thefront andback of avehicle which are meant toabsorb theimpact of acollision
Synonyms
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Hyponyms
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Anything that protects or defends
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some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)
Translations
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armor
anything that protects or defends
figuratively, one who protects or defends
heraldry
toilet seat—seetoilet seat
mining
a spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
obsolete: a coin, the old French crown, or écu
sci fi: a field of energy that protects or defends
colloquial: a police badge
transportation: a sign or symbol identifying a highway route.
outhouse—seeouthouse
lavatory—seetoilet

Etymology 2

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FromMiddle Englishshelden, fromOld Englishscildan.

Verb

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shield (third-person singular simple presentshields,present participleshielding,simple past and past participleshielded)

  1. (ambitransitive) To protect, to defend.
    Sunscreenshields against the harmful effects of solar rays.
    • 2004,Chris Wallace, “Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage”, in(Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Shots rang out and a 15-year-old boy,shielding a woman from the line of fire, was killed.
  2. (UK, intransitive) Toshelter; to protect oneself.
    • 2020 May 31, “Guidance on shielding and protecting people who are clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19”, inGOV.UK‎[2]:
      The government has updated its guidance for people who areshielding taking into account that COVID-19 disease levels have decreased over the last few weeks.
  3. (electricity) To protect from the influence of.(Can we add anexample for this sense? )
Derived terms
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Translations
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to protect, to defend
electricity: to protect from the influence of

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