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Shield   /ʃild/   Listen
Shield

noun
1.
A protective covering or structure.
2.
Armor carried on the arm to intercept blows.  Synonym: buckler.
3.
Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles.  Synonyms: carapace, cuticle, shell.
verb
(past & past part. shielded; pres. part. shielding)
1.
Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm.  Synonym: screen.
2.
Hold back a thought or feeling about.  Synonyms: harbor, harbour.



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"Shield" Quotes from Famous Books



... punish more severely than the case warrants," said he, "and then she can shield herself ...
— The Sable Cloud - A Southern Tale With Northern Comments (1861) • Nehemiah Adams
... go," said Captain Putnam, at length. "Your efforts to shield Ritter do you no credit." And Coulter and Paxton slunk out of the office silently and much worried over the thought of what punishment they might receive for trying to deceive the master ...
— The Mystery at Putnam Hall - The School Chums' Strange Discovery • Arthur M. Winfield
... and feeling that dwell in the heart, Where in manners enchanting no blemish we trace, But the soul keeps the promise we had from the face; Sure philosophy, reason, and coldness must prove Defences unequal to shield us from love.' ...
— The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims - Volume I (of II) • Andrew Steinmetz
... would come; till then he had to wait in patience, and during the long vigil he would keep his shield clean of rust. He would have to think, to weigh his decisions, to keep before his eyes the goal towards which his ...
— The Loom of Youth • Alec Waugh
... gentleness which makes such words and tears omnipotent over a loving-hearted man. Lydgate drew his chair near to hers and pressed her delicate head against his cheek with his powerful tender hand. He only caressed her; he did not say anything; for what was there to say? He could not promise to shield her from the dreaded wretchedness, for he could see no sure means of doing so. When he left her to go out again, he told himself that it was ten times harder for her than for him: he had a life away ...
— Middlemarch • George Eliot


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