shield
1. a protective covering or structure (Freq. 3)
• Hypernyms:
protective covering, protective cover, protection
• Hyponyms:
nipple shield, plate, scale, shell, shielding
2. armor carried on the arm to intercept blows (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
buckler
• Hypernyms:
armor, armour
• Hyponyms:
escutcheon, scutcheon, pavis, pavise
3. hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
• Syn:
carapace, shell, cuticle
• Derivationally related forms:
cuticular (for: cuticle)
• Hypernyms:
scute
• Hyponyms:
cuticula
• Part Holonyms:
mollusk, mollusc, shellfish, arthropod, turtle
• Substance Meronyms:
shell
1. protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
screen
• Derivationally related forms:
screen (for: screen), screening (for: screen), shielder, shielding
• Hypernyms:
protect
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. hold back a thought or feeling about
- She is harboring a grudge against him
• Syn:
harbor, harbour
• Hypernyms:
hide, conceal
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
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