protect
(verb) shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; “Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain”
protect
(verb) use tariffs to favor domestic industry
Source: WordNet® 3.1
protect (third-person singular simple present protects, present participle protecting, simple past and past participle protected)
(ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
(travel, aviation) To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.
• bergh (obsolete)
• beshield
• See also defend
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*tect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protected; p. pr. & vb. n. Protecting.] Etym: [L. protectus, p. p. of protegere, literally, to cover in front; pro before + tegere to cover. See Tegument.]
Definition: To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children. The gods of Greece protect you! Shak.
Syn.
– To guard; shield; preserve. See Defend.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 March 2025
(noun) a coupler shaped like the letter U with holes through each end so a bolt or pin can pass through the holes to complete the coupling; used to attach a drawbar to a plow or wagon or trailer etc.
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
