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shielding

 [sheeld]   Origin

shield

   [sheeld]
noun
1.
a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc.
2.
a similar device, often of lightweight plastic, used by riot police to protect themselves from rocks and other thrown objects.
3.
something shaped like a shield, variously round, octagonal, triangular, or somewhat heart-shaped.
4.
a person or thing that protects.
5.
a police officer's, detective's, or sheriff's badge.
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6.
Ordnance. a steel screen attached to a gun to protect its crew, mechanism, etc.
7.
Mining. a movable framework for protecting a miner from cave-ins, etc.
8.
Electricity. a covering, usually made of metal, placed around an electric device or circuit in order to reduce the effects of external electric and magnetic fields.
9.
Zoology. a protective plate or the like on the body of an animal, as a scute, enlarged scale, etc.
10.
dress shield.
11.
Heraldry. an escutcheon, especially one broad at the top and pointed at the bottom, for displaying armorial bearings.
12.
(initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Scutum.
13.
Also called continental shield. Geology. a vast area of ancient crustal rocks which, together with a platform, constitutes a craton.
14.
a protective barrier against nuclear radiation, especially a lead or concrete structure around a reactor.
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verb (used with object)
15.
to protect (someone or something) with or as if with a shield.
16.
to serve as a protection for.
17.
to hide or conceal; protect by hiding.
18.
Obsolete. to avert; forbid.

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verb (used without object)
19.
to act or serve as a shield.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English shelde, Old English sceld; cognate with Dutch, German Schild, Gothic skildus; (v.) Middle English shelden, Old English sceldan, scildan, derivative of the noun

Related forms
shield·er, noun
shield·less, adjective
shield·less·ly, adverb
shield·less·ness, noun
shield·like, adjective
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un·der·shield, noun
un·shield·ed, adjective
un·shield·ing, adjective
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Word Origin & History

shield
O.E. scield, scild, related to sciell (see shell), from P.Gmc. *skeldus (cf. O.N. skjöldr, O.S. skild, M.Du. scilt, Du. schild, Ger. Schild, Goth. skildus), from base *skel- "divide, split, separate," from PIE base *(s)kel- "to cut." Perhaps the notion is of a flat piece
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of wood made by splitting a log. The verb is from O.E. gescildan. Shield volcano (1911) translates Ger. Schildvulkan (1910).
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

shield (shēld)
n.
A protective device or structure, such as a lead sheet to protect an individual from x-rays.

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Science Dictionary
shield   (shēld)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A wall or housing of an absorbing material, such as concrete or lead, built around a nuclear reactor to prevent the escape of radiation.

  2. A structure or arrangement of metal plates or mesh designed to protect a piece of electronic equipment from electrostatic or magnetic interference.

  3. A large geographic area where rocks of a continent's craton (the ancient, relatively undisturbed portion of a continental plate) are visible at the surface. A shield is often surrounded by platforms covered with sediment.


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Slang Dictionary

shield definition


  1. n.
    a police officer's badge. : The fuzz flashed his shield, and I knew the game was over.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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