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/ |
- [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
- …
- try to
- against
- from
- with
- …
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- [transitive] shield something to put a shield around a machine, etc. in order to protect the person using it
- [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.
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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