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Definition of shield verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shield

verb
 
/ʃiːld/
 
/ʃiːld/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they shield
 
/ʃiːld/
 
/ʃiːld/
he / she / it shields
 
/ʃiːldz/
 
/ʃiːldz/
past simple shielded
 
/ˈʃiːldɪd/
 
/ˈʃiːldɪd/
past participle shielded
 
/ˈʃiːldɪd/
 
/ˈʃiːldɪd/
-ing form shielding
 
/ˈʃiːldɪŋ/
 
/ˈʃiːldɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive] to protect somebody/something from danger, harm or something unpleasant
    • shield something against something I shielded my eyes against the glare.
    • shield somebody/something from somebody/something The ozone layer shields the earth from the sun's ultraviolet rays.
    • You can't shield her from the truth forever.
    • shield somebody/something Police believe that somebody is shielding the killer.
    Extra Examples
    • He shielded her with his body.
    • He carefully shielded the flame with his cupped hand.
    • She tried to shield the children from the full horrors of the war.
    • new laws to shield companies from foreign competition
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • partially
    • partly
    • carefully
    verb + shield
    • try to
    preposition
    • against
    • from
    • with
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  2. [transitive] shield something to put a shield around a machine, etc. in order to protect the person using it
  3. [intransitive] (British English) to keep yourself away from other people for a period of time because you are particularly at risk from a disease, in order to reduce the risk of catching it
    • Susan is part of the team who packs and organizes grocery deliveries for people who are shielding or self-isolating.
    compare self-isolateTopics Health problemsc2
  4. Word OriginOld English scild (noun), scildan (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schild and German Schild, from a base meaning ‘divide, separate’.
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