Antonyms for shield
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : sheeld |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʃild |
Definition of shield
Origin :- Old English scield, scild "shield; protector, defense," literally "board," from Proto-Germanic *skelduz (cf. Old Norse skjöldr, Old Saxon skild, Middle Dutch scilt, Dutch schild, German Schild, Gothic skildus), from *skel- "divide, split, separate," from PIE root *(s)kel- (1) "to cut" (see scale (n.1)). Perhaps the notion is of a flat piece of wood made by splitting a log. Shield volcano (1911) translates German Schildvulkan (1910). Plate tectonics sense is from 1906, translating Suess (1888).
- noun protection
- verb protect
- Could he be asked to shield and protect her, or what would become of her?
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- They shield him, too; nobody who wants to reach their hearts must blame him.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- I believe it is often the best wisdom to be blind and let God be our eyes as well as our shield.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Still there was that in them which respected the mother's grief; they tried to shield her.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- You acted like a hero in trying to shield Alan Porter, and I like men of that stamp.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Every one of you who dares to shield her shall share her punishment.
- Extract from : « Opera Stories from Wagner » by Florence Akin
- After that a judge set up a shield in the middle of the course.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
- Then, as if armed with spear and shield, he advanced to meet Giant Blubb.
- Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
- Good, wide hat-brims have more uses than to shield one's face from the sun.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- He spoke rapidly, in the grip of his first impulse to shield her from what she had done.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
Synonyms for shield
- absorber
- aegis
- armament
- armor
- buckler
- buffer
- bulwark
- bumper
- chamber
- conceal
- cover
- cover all bases
- cover up
- defend
- defense
- escutcheon
- fend
- give cover
- give shelter
- go to bat for
- guard
- harbor
- haven
- house
- rampart
- ride shotgun
- roof
- safeguard
- screen
- secure
- security
- shelter
- shotgun
- stonewall
- take under one's wing
- ward
- ward off
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