'Shielded' definitions:
Definition of 'shielded'
From: WordNet
adjective
(used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury
Definition of 'Shielded'
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]
Synonyms of 'shielded'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- armed,
- armored,
- cased,
- ceiled,
- cloaked,
- clouded,
- coated,
- coped,
- copyrighted,
- covered,
- covert,
- cowled,
- curtained,
- defended,
- eclipsed,
- encapsulated,
- encapsuled,
- encased,
- enveloped,
- enwrapped,
- filmed,
- floored,
- guarded,
- hooded,
- housed,
- invulnerable,
- loricate,
- loricated,
- mantled,
- masked,
- muffled,
- obscured,
- occulted,
- packaged,
- patented,
- paved,
- policed,
- protected,
- roofed-in,
- safe,
- safeguarded,
- screened,
- scummed,
- sheathed,
- shelled,
- sheltered,
- shrouded,
- swathed,
- tented,
- under cover,
- veiled,
- walled,
- walled-in,
- wrapped