Shield

noun shields

1. A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. Knock go and come; God's vassals drop and die; And sword and shield, In bloody field, Doth win immortal fame.
2. figuratively One who protects or defends. Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
3. A featherless, flat, fleshy protuberance on the head; a frontal shield.
4. A flattish patch of iridescent feathers.
5. A heavily hardened, protective plate on an insect's exoskeleton that covers part of its body.
6. In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
7. A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses. The earth was excavated from the sunken cylinder; the shield was inserted into it, and the tunnelling began, the target being Wapping, on the opposite bank. The shield was an iron honeycomb containing thirty-six cells within which men dug the wall of mud before them.
8. A field of energy that protects or defends. Kinetic barriers, colloquially called "shields", provide protection against most mass accelerator weapons. Whether on a starship or a soldier's suit of armor, the basic principle remains the same. Kinetic barriers are repulsive mass effect fields projected from tiny emitters. These shields safely de
9. The escutcheon on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Meronyms: field, charge, emblem
10. Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete A toilet seat.
11. A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield. Bespotted as with shields of red and black.
12. obsolete A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
13. A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
14. colloquial A police badge. The chief put something in his hand and Bosch looked down to see the gold detective's shield.
15. A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
16. A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
17. Scotland, euphemistic, figuratively, obsolete A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
18. British, English Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
19. A circuit board that can connect to an Arduino microcontroller and extend its capabilities. Arduino does many interesting things on its own, but it can't do everything. Fortunately, thanks to the open design of Arduino, building add-on boards to extend what Arduino can do is pretty easy. ¶ These boards are called "shields," because they usually fit over the top of Arduino like a protecting

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verb shields · shielding · shielded

1. ambitransitive To protect, to defend. Sunscreen shields against the harmful effects of solar rays.
2. UK, intransitive To shelter; to protect oneself. The government has updated its guidance for people who are shielding taking into account that COVID-19 disease levels have decreased over the last few weeks.
3. To protect from the influence of.

proper noun Shields · Shiel

1. A surname.