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Meaning shield meaning

What does shield mean?
Definitions in simple English

shield Noun

— A piece of metal that is used for defense. A soldier carried a sword and a shield to fight in the past.

shield

— verb protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm — noun a protective covering or structure — noun armor carried on the arm to intercept blows — verb (= harbor, harbour) hold back a thought or feeling about She is harboring a grudge against him — noun (= carapace) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

Synonyms shield synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as shield?

shield English » English

protect screen shelter cover safeguard guard shielding protection defend buckler escutcheon hide shade preserve armor shell defense armour aegis sign hood harbour conceal save harbor defence curtain carapace barrier ward off shield from secure scutum scutcheon screening protector patronage mask leather shield folding screen cuticle covering cloak cap board auspices asylum wing weapon watch over

Shield English » English

Scutum

Topics shield topics

What do people use shield to talk about?
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Save from trouble
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Protect
Social behavior Conflict Fight

Defend
Social behavior Conflict War

Weapon, shoot

Conjugation shield conjugation

How do you conjugate shield?

shield · verb

Examples shield examples

How do I use shield in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.
I used his beheaded body as a shield.
I need a shield.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness.
We need to destroy the shield generator.
We need to protect the shield generator.
He used the book as a shield.
He bought a shield and a sword.
Give me the shield.
I tried to shield you from this.
I tried to shield you from all this.

Movie subtitles

That honored Britannian. Using his own body as a shield.
Using Elsalill as a shield, Sir Archie ran for the door.
Whoever brings me Tronje's head will win a shield full of gold!
Our breast is his shield.
I suggest that you caused the death of the watchman. either directly or by using him as a shield in making your escape.
Can't you shield me so I won't have to answer their questions?
But a little more of your stupid behavior and even the respectability of my house won't shield you.
Remove the shield.
God's vassals drop and die, and sword and shield, in bloody field, both win immortal fame.
Could any of your volunteers be using this organization as a shield?
People don't hate your simplicity- they shield themselves from it.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings thou shalt trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
His valour will be your shield and we believe his ardent love will find an echo in your heart.
But he wore a dragon charge upon his shield.
Those markings on the shield mean they're the foremost warriors of the tribe.
If you read his shield, it shows that he's killed five lions.
What are you doing with that shield and spear, boy?
He has a gun. He's using Dr. Hill for a shield. They're hiding in the fog.
But the building of an isolated playground to shield my boys from crime.. isnotrootingout the crimeitself.
But a little more of your stupid behavior, and even the respectability of my house won't shield you.
There's no need to shield anyone.
Ideals so strong they've become a shield against his poverty, his bitter loneliness.
I had to smash that shield.
Good luck token to shield.her from harm.
He had some strange notion that since Brant is a member of your family now. he's trying to shield you.
And it is our wish that your shield shall bear a longbow as part of your arms.
I feel strong enough to shield you from anyone.
His love of justice exceeded his natural impulse to shield one of his own blood.
It's kind of you to shield the truth from me, but it's not necessary.
He who wears a copper shield, he has a thick skull.
He who wears a copper shield, he has a thick skull. Kiss my donkey under its tail!
He who wears a copper shield, he has a thick skull. kiss my donkey under its tail.
You and Oliver don't know where you'll be or what will happen. You couldn't shield me against what I fear most.
He was right to shield her. I realize that now more clearly than ever.
Look at him. He's still trying to shield you.
He's still trying to shield you.
But he wore a dragon charge upon his shield. I shall know him by that, if we ever meet again. - And why did he vanish, sire?
Choose your adversary by stroke of lance upon his shield.

News and current affairs

As an anti-status quo power, Iran is not pursuing nuclear capabilities in order to destroy Israel, but to gain prestige and influence in a hostile environment and as a shield for its challenge to the regional order.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is poised to visit Pyongyang in July in search of support for his objections to America's proposed anti-missile shield.
Given the importance of energy in our lives, it is understandable that many EU countries want to shield their companies from competition, and so oppose liberalizing the energy market.
This would shield their populations from the West's problems and, at the global level, provide a counter-impetus to the deteriorating global outlook.
That will reverse some of the dollar's recent gains and shield growth and inflation from downside risks.
Most now have flexible exchange rates, which leave them less vulnerable to a disruptive collapse of currency pegs, as well as ample reserves to shield them against a run on their currencies, government debt, and bank deposits.
In fact, the reinterpretation amounts to little more than a tweak: Japanese forces can now shield an American warship defending Japan, but they remain prohibited from initiating offensive attacks or participating in multilateral military operations.
Other armed Islamist formations, including Salafi groups, accepted integration into Libya's new state institutions, such as the Supreme Security Committee (interior ministry) and the Libyan Shield Force (defense ministry).
As EU members, the Baltic states would indirectly come under Nato's security shield, making explicit membership unnecessary perhaps.
The danger is that they might be tempted to use a nuclear weapon, act irresponsibly in the belief that such weapons shield them, or sell one to terrorists.
Many are seeking to shield themselves from Russia's capricious embargos - for example, by seeking alternative energy supplies.
In addition, it is essential to align the positions of Russia and the West on the anti-missile shield system now being developed by NATO, which will be a subject for discussion in Chicago.
But Russian leaders are skeptical about the true objectives of a shield, believing that it would undermine Russia's security by curtailing the retaliatory (and thus deterrent) capacity of its nuclear missiles.
The argument for America's putative invasion of Iraq is, of course, self-defense, that is, the need to shield itself and its allies against Saddam Hussein's possible use of weapons of mass destruction.
The harsh truth is that the US interprets the Vienna Convention restrictively at home but liberally overseas, in order to shield even the military and intelligence contractors that it sends abroad.
Russia could also insist on greater military cooperation, including the deployment of Russian missiles in Belarus in response to America's planned missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic.
Politicians often seek to shield consumers through price controls on staple foods and energy.
Since April 15 of this year, the Golden Shield's advanced science and technology has been monitoring every thought and action of those Chinese people who use the Internet.
For these countries, falling oil and commodity prices have triggered currency depreciations that are helping to shield growth and jobs from the effects of lower exports.
The one-sided nature of this alliance rankled little when Japan was just one among many protected by America's global shield.
Indeed, with sky-high prices of crude oil and base metals like copper, aluminum, and zinc, the rising euro has become a shield for Europe's ongoing economic recovery.
But the images themselves - even redacted to shield the identities of the victims - have not penetrated the US media stream.
As a result, megabanks' senior managers are not pressed to remove layers of opaqueness that shield their risk-taking from effective scrutiny.
Now, in a low-inflation environment, flexibility is properly regarded as an important tool to avoid misalignments and to shield economies from external shocks.
Should Bush, Bernanke or the new Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson cause investors to lose faith in US financial assets at some point in time, the rising euro will help shield European interest rates from the consequences.

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