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: a broad piece of defensive armor carried on the arm. 2. : something or someone that protects or defends : defense. A healthy lifestyle may act as a shield against preventable diseases. 3. a. : a device or part that serves as a protective cover or barrier.
something or someone used as protection or providing protection: The anti-personnel mines were laid as a protective shield around the town. Anger can function as a shield against (= a way of avoiding) even more painful emotions of loss and hurt.
A shield is a cover that protects whatever is behind or beneath it. If you carry a shield you might be a knight, or a traffic cop who likes to flash the badge.
noun. a broad piece of armor, varying widely in form and size, carried apart from the body, usually on the left arm, as a defense against swords, lances, arrows, etc. a similar device, often of lightweight plastic, used by riot police to protect themselves from rocks and other thrown objects.
Something or someone which is a shield against a particular danger or risk provides protection from it. He used his left hand as a shield against the reflecting sunlight. ...asbestos heat shields. 2.verb. If something or someone shields you from a danger or risk, they protect you from it. He shielded his head from the sun with an old sack.
shield. (shēld) n. 1. A broad piece of armor made of rigid material and strapped to the arm or carried in the hand for protection against hurled or thrusted weapons. 2. A person or thing that provides protection. 3. A protective device or structure, as: a.
Shield Definition. A flat, usually broad, piece of metal, wood, etc., carried in the hand or worn on the forearm to ward off blows or missiles. Any person or thing that guards, protects, or defends. A heraldic escutcheon.
shield (against something) a person or thing used to protect somebody/something, especially by forming a barrier. Water is not an effective shield against the sun's more harmful rays. She hid her true feelings behind a shield of cold indifference. see also human shield. Extra Examples. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
SHIELD definition: 1. a large, flat object that police officers and soldiers hold in front of their bodies to protect…. Learn more.
shield /ʃild/ n. [ countable] Heraldry, a device used as a defense against blows, esp. a broad piece of armor carried on the arm. a person or thing that defends, as from injury: the heat shield on the space capsule. something shaped like a shield, such as the badge of a police officer: The officer flashed his shield.
