SHIELD
\ʃˈiːld], \ʃˈiːld], \ʃ_ˈiː_l_d]\
Definitions of SHIELD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a protective covering or structure
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hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him"
By Princeton University
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Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
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Figuratively, one who protects or defends.
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In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
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The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.
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A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
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A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield.
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A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
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To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
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To ward off; to keep off or out.
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To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
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A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, - formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.
By Oddity Software
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Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
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Figuratively, one who protects or defends.
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In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
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The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.
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A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
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A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield.
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A coin, the old French crown, or ecu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
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To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury.
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To ward off; to keep off or out.
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To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!
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A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, - formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To protect; defend.
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A broad piece of defensive armor, eommonly carried on the left arm; a defense or defender; shelter.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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n. [Anglo Saxon, Icelandic] A broad piece of defensive armour carried on the arm; a buckler;-any thing which protects or defends; defence; shelter; protection;- figuratively, a person who protects or defends;-the escutcheon or field on which are placed the bealings in coats of arms.