shield

CEFRB2

/ˈʃiːld/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Something that protects against harm or attack.

  2. 02

    verb

    To protect someone or something from harm.

Examples

  • Look on both sides of the shield.

  • Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈʃiːʊd/
  • /ˈʃild/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

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

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

More examples

In context

  • Sunscreen shields against the harmful effects of solar rays.

  • Meronyms: field, charge, emblem

  • Knock go and come; God's vassals drop and die; And sword and shield, In bloody field, Doth win immortal fame.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English scheld, shelde, from Old English scield (“shield”), from Proto-West Germanic *skeldu, from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kelH- (“cut, split”). Cognates Cognate with West Frisian skyld (“shield”), Bavarian Schuid (“shield”), Dutch schild (“shield”), German and Low German Schild (“shield”), Luxembourgish Schëld (“shield”), Yiddish שילד (shild, “shield”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk skjold (“shield”), Elfdalian stjöld (“shield”), Faroese skjøldur (“shield”), Gutnish skiåld (“shield”), Icelandic skjöldur (“shield”), Swedish sköld (“shield”), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍃 (skildus, “shield”). Compare Breton skoed (“shield”), Iris...