SHIELD

carapace, shell, cuticle, shield

(noun) hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

shield, buckler

(noun) armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

shield

(noun) a protective covering or structure

shield, screen

(verb) protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

harbor, harbour, shield

(verb) hold back a thought or feeling about; “She is harboring a grudge against him”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Shield (plural Shields)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Shield is the 21583^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1209 individuals. Shield is most common among White (73.2%) and Black/African American (17.2%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Diehls, delish, hidels, hidles, hields, ledish, sheild

Etymology 1

Noun

shield (plural shields)

Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.

A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.

(figurative) One who protects or defends.

(lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.

(mining, tunnelling) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.

(science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.

A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.

(heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.

(Scotland, euphemism, obsolete) A toilet seat.

A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.

(obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.

(transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.

(colloquial, law enforcement) A police badge.

(geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.

(geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.

(figuratively, Scotland, euphemism, obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.

(automotive, British English) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision

Synonyms

• (place with a toilet seat): See bathroom

Hyponyms

• buckler

• heatshield

• pavache

• pavais

• rondache

• roundel

• sunshield

• tallevas

• targe

• target

Etymology 2

Verb

shield (third-person singular simple present shields, present participle shielding, simple past and past participle shielded)

To protect, to defend.

(UK, intransitive)

(electricity) to protect from the influence of

Anagrams

• Diehls, delish, hidels, hidles, hields, ledish, sheild

Source: Wiktionary

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Shield, n. Etym: [OE. sheld, scheld, AS. scield, scild, sceld, scyld; akin to OS. scild, OFries. skeld, D. & G. schild, OHG. scilt, Icel. skjöldr, Sw. sköld, Dan. skiold, Goth. skildus; of uncertain origin. Cf. Sheldrake.]

1. A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, -- formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler. Now put your shields before your hearts and fight, With hearts more proof than shields. Shak.

2. Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection. "My council is my shield." Shak.

3. Figuratively, one who protects or defends. Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. Gen. xv. 1.

4. (Bot.)

Definition: In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.

5. (Her.)

Definition: The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.

6. (Mining & Tunneling)

Definition: A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.

7. A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield. "Bespotted as with shields of red and black." Spenser.

8. A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield. [Obs.] Chaucer. Shield fern (Bot.), any fern of the genus Aspidium, in which the fructifications are covered with shield-shaped indusia; -- called also wood fern. See Illust. of Indusium.

Shield, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shielded; p. pr. & vb. n. Shielding.] Etym: [AS. scidan, scyldan. See Shield, n.]

1. To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury. Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field, To see the son the vanquished father shield. Dryden. A woman's shape doth shield thee. Shak.

2. To ward off; to keep off or out. They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to shield the cold to which they had been inured. Spenser.

3. To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid! [Obs.] God shield that it should so befall. Chaucer. God shield I should disturb devotion! Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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