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Definitions for Shield

[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.
[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.
[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.
[19] to act or serve as a shield.
[20] any protection used to intercept blows, missiles, etc, such as a tough piece of armour carried on the arm
[21] any similar protective device
[22] Also called: scutcheon , escutcheon heraldry a pointed stylized shield used for displaying armorial bearings
[23] anything that resembles a shield in shape, such as a prize in a sports competition
[24] the protective outer covering of an animal, such as the shell of a turtle
[25] physics a structure of concrete, lead, etc, placed around a nuclear reactor or other source of radiation in order to prevent the escape of radiation
[26] a broad stable plateau of ancient Precambrian rocks forming the rigid nucleus of a particular continent See Baltic Shield, Canadian Shield
[27] short for dress shield
[28] civil engineering a hollow steel cylinder that protects men driving a circular tunnel through loose, soft, or water-bearing ground
[29] the shield informal Australian short for the Sheffield Shield NZ short for the Ranfurly Shield
[30] (tr) to protect, hide, or conceal (something) from danger or harm

Words related to Shield

armor, buffer, safeguard, shelter, bulwark, defend, cover, conceal, screen, armament, guard, defense, aegis, escutcheon, rampart, mail, ward, security, absorber, bumper

Words nearby Shield

shicker, shickered, shidduch, shied, shiel, shield, shield back, shield bearer, shield bug, shield cricket, shield fern

Origin of Shield

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

Other words from Shield

shield·er , noun
shield·less , adjective
shield·less·ly , adverb
shield·less·ness , noun
shield·like , adjective
un·der·shield , noun
un·shield·ed , adjective
un·shield·ing , adjective

Word origin for Shield

Old English scield; related to Old Norse skjöldr, Gothic skildus, Old High German scilt shield, Old English sciell shell

Synonyms for Shield

armor, buffer, bulwark, safeguard, shelter, absorber, aegis, armament, buckler, bumper, cover, defense, escutcheon, guard, mail, rampart, screen, security, ward