'Shield' definitions:

Definition of 'shield'

From: WordNet
noun
A protective covering or structure
noun
Armor carried on the arm to intercept blows [syn: shield, buckler]
noun
Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles [syn: carapace, shell, cuticle, shield]
verb
Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm [syn: shield, screen]
verb
Hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him" [syn: harbor, harbour, shield]

Definition of 'Shield'

From: GCIDE
  • Shield \Shield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shielded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shielding.] [AS. scidan, scyldan. See Shield, n.]
  • 1. To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury. [1913 Webster]
  • Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field, To see the son the vanquished father shield. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • A woman's shape doth shield thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To ward off; to keep off or out. [1913 Webster]
  • They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to shield the cold to which they had been inured. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid! [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • God shield that it should so befall. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • God shield I should disturb devotion! --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shield'

From: GCIDE
  • Shield \Shield\, n. [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skj["o]ldr, Sw. sk["o]ld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Sheldrake.]
  • 1. A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler. [1913 Webster]
  • Now put your shields before your hearts and fight, With hearts more proof than shields. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. "My council is my shield." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Figuratively, one who protects or defends. [1913 Webster]
  • Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. --Gen. xv. 1. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Bot.) In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Her.) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Mining & Tunneling) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield. "Bespotted as with shields of red and black." --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. A coin, the old French crown, or ['e]cu, having on one side the figure of a shield. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Shield fern (Bot.), any fern of the genus Aspidium, in which the fructifications are covered with shield-shaped indusia; -- called also wood fern. See Illust. of Indusium. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Shield'

From: Easton
  • Shield used in defensive warfare, varying at different times and under different circumstances in size, form, and material (1 Sam. 17:7; 2 Sam. 1:21; 1 Kings 10:17; 1 Chr. 12:8, 24, 34; Isa. 22:6; Ezek. 39:9; Nahum 2:3).
  • Used figuratively of God and of earthly princes as the defenders of their people (Gen. 15:1; Deut. 33:29; Ps. 33:20; 84:11). Faith is compared to a shield (Eph. 6:16).
  • Shields were usually "anointed" (Isa. 21:5), in order to preserve them, and at the same time make the missiles of the enemy glide off them more easily.

Synonyms of 'shield'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Shield'