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shield

UK/ˈʃiːld/ US/ˈʃɪj(ə)ld/ common british uk
verb (2) noun (2)

verb

1.

protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

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2.

hold back a thought or feeling about

  • “She is harboring a grudge against him”
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noun

1.
2.

armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

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Origin

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”), Irish sciath (“shield”), Scottish Gaelic sgiath (“shield”), Latin scūtum (“shield”), Latgalian škīda (“shield”), Lithuanian skydas (“shield”), Belarusian шчыт (ščyt, “shield”), Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian щит (ščyt, “shield”), Czech and Slovak štít (“shield”), Macedonian штит (štit, “shield”), Polish szczyt (“shield”), Serbo-Croatian штит, štit, ščit (“shield”), Slovene ščit (“shield”), from Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to dissect, split”).

Phrases

  • bitch shield some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)
  • brown-point shield skin longirostris some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)
  • chin shield some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)
  • dress shield some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)
  • face shield some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)
  • finger shield some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)
  • Golden Shield some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)
  • heat shield some may also be hyponyms (unsorted)

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