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Synonyms for shield

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : sheeld
Phonetic Transcription : ʃild

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Définition of shield

Origin :
  • Old English scield, scild "shield; protector, defense," literally "board," from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (cf. Old Norse skjöldr, Old Saxon skild, Middle Dutch scilt, Dutch schild, German Schild, Gothic skildus), from *skel- "divide, split, separate," from PIE root *(s)kel- (1) "to cut" (see scale (n.1)). Perhaps the notion is of a flat piece of wood made by splitting a log. Shield volcano (1911) translates German Schildvulkan (1910). Plate tectonics sense is from 1906, translating Suess (1888).
  • noun protection
  • verb protect
Example sentences :
  • Could he be asked to shield and protect her, or what would become of her?
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • They shield him, too; nobody who wants to reach their hearts must blame him.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • I believe it is often the best wisdom to be blind and let God be our eyes as well as our shield.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • Still there was that in them which respected the mother's grief; they tried to shield her.
  • Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
  • You acted like a hero in trying to shield Alan Porter, and I like men of that stamp.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Every one of you who dares to shield her shall share her punishment.
  • Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
  • After that a judge set up a shield in the middle of the course.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • Then, as if armed with spear and shield, he advanced to meet Giant Blubb.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • Good, wide hat-brims have more uses than to shield one's face from the sun.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • He spoke rapidly, in the grip of his first impulse to shield her from what she had done.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

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