'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
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
- achievement,
- advocate,
- aegis,
- alerion,
- animal charge,
- annulet,
- apply to,
- argent,
- arm,
- arm guard,
- armament,
- armature,
- armor,
- armor plate,
- armorial bearings,
- armory,
- arms,
- azure,
- backstop,
- bandeau,
- bar,
- bar sinister,
- baton,
- bearings,
- bend,
- bend sinister,
- billet,
- blanket,
- blazon,
- blazonry,
- bless,
- block,
- body armor,
- bordure,
- broad arrow,
- buckler,
- buffer,
- bulletproof vest,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- cadency mark,
- canopy,
- canton,
- chain armor,
- chain mail,
- chamber,
- champion,
- chaplet,
- charge,
- chevron,
- chief,
- chitin,
- cloak,
- clothe,
- cloud,
- coat,
- coat of arms,
- coat of mail,
- cockatrice,
- compass about,
- contraceptive,
- cope,
- copyright,
- coronet,
- cortex,
- cover,
- cover up,
- coverage,
- covering,
- covert,
- coverture,
- cowl,
- cowling,
- crash helmet,
- crescent,
- crest,
- cross,
- cross moline,
- crown,
- curtain,
- cushion,
- dashboard,
- defence,
- defend,
- device,
- difference,
- differencing,
- dodger,
- drape,
- drapery,
- eagle,
- eclipse,
- elytron,
- ensure,
- episperm,
- ermine,
- ermines,
- erminites,
- erminois,
- escutcheon,
- face mask,
- falcon,
- fence,
- fend,
- fender,
- fess,
- fess point,
- field,
- file,
- film,
- finger guard,
- flanch,
- flank,
- fleur-de-lis,
- foot guard,
- fret,
- fur,
- fuse,
- fusil,
- garland,
- goggles,
- governor,
- griffin,
- guarantee,
- guard,
- guard against,
- guardrail,
- guise,
- gules,
- gyron,
- habergeon,
- hand guard,
- handrail,
- hanging,
- harbor,
- hard hat,
- harness,
- hatchment,
- hauberk,
- haven,
- helmet,
- heraldic device,
- honor point,
- hood,
- house,
- housing,
- impalement,
- impaling,
- inescutcheon,
- insulation,
- insure,
- interlock,
- keep,
- keep from harm,
- knee guard,
- knuckle guard,
- label,
- laminated glass,
- lay on,
- lay over,
- life preserver,
- lifeline,
- lightning conductor,
- lightning rod,
- lion,
- lorica,
- lorication,
- lozenge,
- mail,
- make safe,
- mantle,
- mantling,
- marshaling,
- martlet,
- mascle,
- mask,
- metal,
- motto,
- mudguard,
- muffle,
- mullet,
- needles,
- nestle,
- nombril point,
- nose guard,
- obduce,
- obscure,
- occult,
- octofoil,
- or,
- ordinary,
- orle,
- overlay,
- overspread,
- pad,
- padding,
- pale,
- pall,
- palladium,
- paly,
- panoply,
- patent,
- pean,
- pericarp,
- pheon,
- pilot,
- plate,
- plate armor,
- police,
- preventive,
- prophylactic,
- protect,
- protection,
- protective clothing,
- protective covering,
- protective umbrella,
- purpure,
- put on,
- quarter,
- quartering,
- register,
- ride shotgun for,
- roof,
- rose,
- sable,
- safeguard,
- safety,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
- safety switch,
- safety valve,
- saltire,
- screen,
- scum,
- scutcheon,
- scute,
- scutum,
- seat belt,
- secure,
- security,
- shell,
- shelter,
- shin guard,
- shroud,
- spines,
- spread eagle,
- spread over,
- subordinary,
- suit of armor,
- sun helmet,
- superimpose,
- superpose,
- tenne,
- test,
- testa,
- thick skin,
- tincture,
- torse,
- tressure,
- umbrella,
- underwrite,
- unicorn,
- vair,
- veil,
- vert,
- vestment,
- ward,
- windscreen,
- windshield,
- wreath,
- yale
Words containing 'Shield'
- Shielded,
- Shielding,
- Shields,
- Shield fern,
- Shield of David,
- Shields, MI,
- Water shield,
- White Shield,
- canadian shield,
- heat shield,
- nipple shield,
- Shield-bearer,
- White Shield, ND,
- fragrant shield fern,
- goldie's shield fern,
- prickly shield fern,
- shield-shaped,
- soft shield fern,
- water-shield,
- water-shield family