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Definition: Shield |
ShieldNoun1. A protective covering or structure. 2. Armor carried on the arm to intercept blows. Verb1. Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm. 2. Hold a thought or feeling of. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "shield" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Aerospace | A body of material used to prevent or reduce the passage of particles or radiation.A shield may be designated according to what it is intended to absorb, as a gamma-ray shield or neutron shield, or according to the kind of protection it is intended to give, as a background, biological, or thermal shield. The shield of a nuclear reactor is a body of material designed to prevent the escape of neutrons and radiation into a protected area, which frequently is the entire space external to the reactor. It may be required for the safety of personnel or to reduce radiation sufficiently to allow use of counting instruments. (references) |
Bible | Shield used in defensive warfare, varying at different times and under different circumstances in size, form, and material (1 Sam. 17:7; 2 Sam. 1:21; 1 Kings 10:17; 1 Chr. 12:8, 24, 34; Isa. 22:6; Ezek. 39:9; Nahum 2:3). Used figuratively of God and of earthly princes as the defenders of their people (Gen. 15:1; Deut. 33:29; Ps. 33:20; 84:11). Faith is compared to a shield (Eph. 6:16). Shields were usually "anointed" (Isa. 21:5), in order to preserve them, and at the same time make the missiles of the enemy glide off them more easily. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Building & Civil Engineering | A mobile steel support under which the process of excavation and lining of a tunnel can be carried out in poor ground. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | A conducting layer placed around an insulated conductor or cable to limit the penetration, or escape, of electric or electromagnetic fields, thereby preventing electromagnetic interference. The shield may be formed of metallic braid, metal tape, metal-backed foil, metal tube, or conductive polymer. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A surrounding earthed conducting layer to confine the electric field within the cable and/or to protect the cable from external electrical influences. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A mechanical barrier or enclosure provided for protection. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A device used to reduce the penetration of a field into an assigned region. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Literature | Shield The Gold and Silver Shield. Two knights coming from different directions stopped in sight of a trophy shield, one side of which was gold and the other silver. Like the disputants about the colour of the chameleon, the knights disputed about the metal of the shield, and from words they proceeded to blows. Luckily a third knight came up at this juncture, to whom the point of dispute was referred, and the disputants were informed that the shield was silver on one side and gold on the other. This story is from Beaumont's Moralities. It was reprinted in a collection of Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, 1826. The other side of the shield. The other side of the question. The reference is to the "Gold and Silver Shield." (See above. That depends on which side of the shield you look at. That depends on the standpoint of the speaker. (See above.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mechanical Engineering | A plate, generally made of steel, used to prevent injury to the operator. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A framework or diaphragm of steel, iron, or wood, used in tunneling and mining in unconsolidated materials. It is moved forward at the end of the tunnel or adit in process of excavation, and is used to support the ground ahead of the lining and to aid in its construction b. A large area of exposed basement rocks in a craton, commonly with a very gently convex surface, surrounded by sediment-covered platforms; e.g., Canadian Shield, Baltic Shield. The rocks of virtually all shield areas are Precambrian. Syn:continental shield; cratogene; continental nucleus c. In longwall mining, the hydraulically powered roof supports thatprotect the face workers and advance as the panel is extracted. e.g., Canadian Shield, Baltic Shield. The rocks of virtually all shield areas are Precambrian. Syn:continental shield; cratogene; continental nucleus. (references) |
Nuclear Energy & Physics | A body of material intended to reduce the intensity of radiation entering a region. Source: European Union. (references) |
Physics | The surrounding electrons shield the nucleus. . Source: European Union. (references) |
Slang | Noun, verb. Source: From one of the Trekkies. Definition: The barrier that is made by using gravity. Context: Ship trying to get away. Social Source: Trekkies. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
Transportation | Protective structure or cover. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
"Indo-Persian Dhal Shield''
For the use of the term shield in tunnel construction, see tunnelling shield.
A shield is a protective device, meant to intercept attacks. The term often refers to a device that is held in the hand, as opposed to armour and a bullet proof vest. The oldest form of shield was a protection used to block attacks by hand weapons and arrows. Such shields varied greatly in construction over time and place, and most civilizations made use of them. In Europe, shields were used in war up until the 17th century, when gunpowder powered weapons made shields obsolete in the battlefield. Shields for protection from armed attack is still used by many police forces around the world. Shields are sometimes used on artillery, as well.
In telecommunication, the term shield has the following meanings:
1. A housing, screen, sheath, or cover that substantially reduces the coupling of electric, magnetic, or electromagnetic fields into or out of circuits or transmission lines.
2. A protective cover that prevents the accidental contact of objects or persons with parts or components operating at hazardous voltage levels.
Source: from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
In heraldry, the shield is the principal portion of a heraldic achievement or coat of arms. Figures and patterns are depicted emblazoned upon the shield in many different arrangements.
Other figures besides the shield are used; at one time ladies customarily bore their arms upon a lozenge, or diamond-shape, and clergymen bore theirs on a cartouche, or oval.
See also
Crest -- Mantling -- Supporters -- Compartment -- MottoSource: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Shield."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A shield volcano is a volcano that, because of its domical shape, resembles a warrior's shield. Shield volcanoes are formed by lava of low viscosity that flows easily; consequently, the volcanic dome is built up over time by flow after flow of fluid basaltic lava that issues from vents or fissures on the surface of the volcano. Because of the fluidity of the lava, major explosive eruptions do not occur. The most severe explosions occur if water enters a vent.Many of the largest volcanoes on earth are shield volcanoes. The largest in the world is Mauna Loa on the Big Island of Hawaii, but there are many other shield volcanoes, for example in Washington State, in Oregon, and in the Galapagos Islands.
Most volcanic activity is associated with tectonic activity (the movement of the earths plates), with the majority of the activity occurring underwater in the mid-oceanic subduction zones. The Hawaiian volcanoes, e.g. Mauna Loa, are an exception to that rule occurring as they do in a mid-plate location where there is a hot spot in the Earth's crust.
There are shield volcanoes on other planets. For example, the shield volcanoes on Mars are higher and more massive than their equivalents on earth. On Earth, as most volcanoes are moving away from the source of their magma, the volcanoes grow less massive than would otherwise be the case. A suitable example would be the Hawaiian volcanoes where the hot spot is still moving north east.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Shield volcano."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
SHIELD | English | Sylvania high intelligence electronic defense | N/A |
| Programm SHOP | English | Shield Optimization | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ShieldSynonyms: buckler (n), harbor (v), harbour (v), screen (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: armour-plated (nuclear energy & physics). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Covering | Noun: covering, cover; baldachin, baldachino, baldaquin; canopy, tilt, awning, tent, marquee, tente d'abri, umbrella, parasol, sunshade; veil (shade); shield; (defense). |
Curvature | Adjective: curved; Verb: curviform, curvilineal, curvilinear; devex, devious; recurved, recurvous; crump; bowed; Verb: vaulted, hooked; falciform, falcated; semicircular, crescentic; sinusoid, parabolic, paraboloid; luniform, lunular; semilunar, conchoidal; helical, double helical, spiral; kinky; cordiform, cordated; cardioid; heart shaped, bell shaped, boat shaped, crescent shaped, lens shaped, moon shaped, oar shaped, shield shaped, sickle shaped, tongue shaped, pear shaped, fig shaped; kidney-shaped, reniform; lentiform, lenticular; bow-legged; (distorted); oblique; circular. |
Defense | Verb: defend, forfend, fend; shield, screen, shroud; engarrison; fend round; (circumscribe); fence, entrench, intrench; guard; (keep safe); guard against; take care of; (vigilance); bear harmless; fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off, beat back; hinder. |
Bulletproof vest, armored vest, buffer, corner stone, fender, apron, mask, gauntlet, thimble, carapace, armor, shield, buckler, aegis, breastplate, backplate, cowcatcher, face guard, scutum, cuirass, habergeon, mail, coat of mail, brigandine, hauberk, lorication, helmet, helm, bassinet, salade, heaume, morion, murrion, armet, cabaset, vizor, casquetel, siege cap, headpiece, casque, pickelhaube, vambrace, shako; (dress). | |
Evidence | Plea; vindication; counter protest; "tu quoque" argument; other side of the shield, other side of the coin, reverse of the shield. |
Indication | Heraldry, crest; coat of arms, arms; armorial bearings, hatchment; escutcheon, scutcheon; shield, supporters; livery, uniform; epaulet, chevron; garland, love knot, favor. |
Misjudgment | Prejudge, forejudge; presuppose, presume, prejudicate; dogmatize; have a bias; Noun: have only one idea; jurare in verba magistri, run away with the notion; jump to a conclusion, rush to a conclusion, leap to a conclusion, judge hastily, shoot from the hip, jump to conclusions; look only at one side of the shield; view with jaundiced eye, view through distorting spectacles; not see beyond one's nose; dare pondus fumo; get the wrong sow by the ear; (blunder). |
Rear | Reverse; other side of the shield. |
Refuge | Covert, cover, shelter, screen, lee wall, wing, shield, umbrella; barrier; dashboard, dasher. |
Safety | Safe-conduct, escort, convoy; guard, shield; (defense); guardian angel; tutelary god, tutelary deity, tutelary saint; genius loci. |
Adjective: safe, secure, sure; in safety, in security; on the safe side; under the shield of, under the shade of, under the wing of, under the shadow of one's wing; under cover, under lock and key; out of danger, out of the woods, out of the meshes, out of harm's way; unharmed, unscathed; on sure ground, at anchor, high and dry, above water; unthreatened, unmolested; protected; Verb: cavendo tutus; panoplied; (defended). | |
Title | Decoration, laurel, palm, wreath, garland, bays, medal, ribbon, riband, blue ribbon, cordon, cross, crown, coronet, star, garter; feather, feather in one,s cap; epaulet, epaulette, colors, livery; order, arms, shield, scutcheon; reward. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | A shield maiden of Rohan (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) He strolled, like a man in a park without a care or a worry in the world, like he had on an invisible coat that would shield him from this place (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) My wings are like a shield of steel (Batfink: This Is Your Life; writing credit: Dennis Marks) Don't be afraid to use him as a human shield. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) Come at it from this angle and locate the automatic flip-flop override device here, which in turn will diffuse the antigyroscopic preinterface thruster chamber, and the pneaumatic centripetal antigravity shield deflectors, then you simply deactivate the axial gyro-presubinertia-photomegatronic oscillator that you see here (Hardware Wars; writing credit: Ernie Fosselius) | |
Lyrics | For a shield, from the storm (I Turn to You; performing artist: Christina Aguilera) I will shield your heart from the rain (For You I Will; performing artist: Monica) They have no shield (Our Lips Are Sealed; performing artist: The Go-Go's) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Precambrian Shield (1957) Shield for Murder (1954) The Black Shield of Falworth (1954) An Unsullied Shield (1913) The Shield (2002) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | DS-II Mars Microprobe Heat Shield Evaluation. Credit: NASA. |  | Skylab Solar Shield. Credit: NASA. |
 | Tower with observing tent to shield the instrument from the wind Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Peace Shield 2000 - C-17 streaks over the Atlantic. |
 | [Minerva with spear and shield and gorgon's-head breastplate]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Underway with rails manned, circa 1936. Note the heraldic shield mounted on her bow and the large flag flying from her foremast peak. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Ship's officers, photographed in 1897-98. Note empty gun shield in the right background, intended for one of her never-installed ten-inch main battery guns. Credit: NAVY. |  | Bronze shield. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | A shield for every law abiding citizen. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Shield with allegorical scenes of angels, battles, etc. hanging in the White House. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Zarautz shield" by Ibon San Martin Commentary: "Zarautz shield in a granite stone." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
| Author | Quotation |
Quentin Crisp | Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | He that shall oppose an assault only with a shield to receive the blows, or in any more respectful posture, without a sword in his hand, to abate the confidence and force of the assailant, will quickly be at an end of his resistance, and will find such a defence serve only to draw on himself the worse usage. (Second Treatise of Government) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support--to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective--to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak--and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | One frightened old woman had fixed a mattress before her window on two clothes poles, as a shield against the musketry |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | My counsel is my shield. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | IgG2 antibodies target the capsules that shield certain bacteria. (references) | |
It helps to shield the rest of the eye from germs, dust, and other harmful matter. (references) | ||
Sealants are painted on as a liquid and quickly harden to form a shield over the tooth. (references) | ||
Business | Domestic manufacturing is limited to steel towers, porcelain insulators for 220 kV lines, ACSR conductors, shield wire, control cables and switch gear transformers for secondary transmission lines. (references) | |
Excellent opportunities exist for the export of power transformers above 10,000 KVA, transformer lighting arrestors control panels, circuit breakers insulator hardware, power line carrier equipment, SCADA equipment, grounding materials ACSR drake and AAA Greeley conductors and conductor accessories and shield wire and shield wire accessories. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Costa Rica | The Inter-American Press Association and the World Press Freedom Committee assert that such laws have the effect of restricting reporting by the media, and that they wrongly provide public officials with a shield from public scrutiny by citizens and the press. (references) |
Economic History | Croatia | Effective January 1, 2001, the protective interest shield was abolished. (references) |
Kuwait | The United States assumed a leading role in the implementation of Operation Desert Shield. (references) | |
Human Rights | Pakistan | The authorities sometimes transferred, suspended, or arrested offending officers, but seldom prosecuted or punished them; investigating officers generally shield their colleagues. (references) |
Colombia | The unarmed townspeople organized themselves, marched toward the guerrillas, created a human shield to protect the policemen, and demanded that the guerrillas leave town, which they did. (references) | |
Minorities | Azerbaijan | Most shield their identity or try to leave Azerbaijan. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RUMOR, n. A favorite weapon of the assassins of character. Sharp, irresistible by mail or shield, By guard unparried as by flight unstayed, O serviceable Rumor, let me wield Against my enemy no other blade. His be the terror of a foe unseen, His the inutile hand upon the hilt, And mine the deadly tongue, long, slender, keen, Hinting a rumor of some ancient guilt. So shall I slay the wretch without a blow, Spare me to celebrate his overthrow, And nurse my valor for another foe. Joel Buxter |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Rush Limbaugh | So you see, those who hoped Saddam Hussein would allow them to shield schools and hospitals rather than oil refineries and power stations, clearly had not bothered to find out anything about Saddam Hussein. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression. |
Richard Nixon | 1969-1974 | We shall provide a shield if a nuclear power threatens the freedom of a nation allied with us or of a nation whose survival we consider vital to our security. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | But I do envision the day when we may use the private health insurance system to offer more middle-income families high quality health services at prices they can afford and shield them also from their catastrophic illnesses. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | A security shield can one day render nuclear weapons obsolete and free mankind from the prison of nuclear terror. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Shield" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 86.39% of the time. "Shield" is used about 1,042 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 86.39% | 900 | 7,945 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 10.93% | 114 | 30,294 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 2.21% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.48% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,042 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "shield" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Shield | Last name | 1,000 | 17,994 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "shield". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Habazinaiah | N/A | Biblical | A hiding of the shield of the Lord |
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Expressions using "shield": Blue Shield ♦ bud shield ♦ cab shield ♦ dress shield ♦ Faraday shield ♦ fire shield ♦ fragrant shield fern ♦ Goldie's shield fern ♦ gun shield ♦ heat shield ♦ lower shield ♦ nipple shield ♦ other side of the shield ♦ oval shield ♦ prickly shield fern ♦ protective shield ♦ reverse of the shield ♦ riot shield ♦ shield bearer ♦ shield budding ♦ shield fern ♦ shield forces ♦ shield grafting ♦ shield of David ♦ shield one's eyes ♦ shield oneself from ♦ soft shield fern ♦ spill shield ♦ termite shield ♦ water shield ♦ White Shield. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "shield": shield-back, Shield-bearer, shield-holders, shield-hoops, shield-hung, shield-like, shield-money, shield-shaped, shield-type, shield-wall. | |
Ending with "shield": c-shield, long-shield, short-shield, tax-shield, trolley-shield, water-shield, wind-shield. | |
Containing "shield": water-shield family. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "shield"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shqyt (escutcheon), ruaj (bear, conserve, cure, enshrine, guard, hold, hug, keep, lay up, maintain, police, preserve, protect, put by, reserve, retain, safeguard, save, secure, spare, spin out, tend, ware, watch, watch over), parapirtë, mburojë (Buckler, bulwark, cuirass, defence, mantelet, mantlet), mbroj (assert, champion, cover, cushion, defend, fend, fight, guard, hold, keep, maintain, plead, preserve, protect, save, stick up for, watch over), ekran mbrojtës. (various references) | |
Arabic | وقى العيون, وقى بترس, وقاء (cradle, fender, guard, hedge, housing, rampart, shelter), واق من الإشعاع, غطى (cap, coat, cover, encase, face, invest, line, litter, mantle, mask, mat, pall, paper, plaster, roof, sheathe, sheet, smolder, smoulder, tuck, wrap), حجاب واق, ترس (buckler), ركب درع واقي, درقة, درع (aegis, armature, armor, armor plate, armored, armour, armour plate, armoured, corset, cuirass, hauberk, mail). (various references) | |
Basque | ezkutu. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | закривам (abolish, adjourn, cap, case, close down, cover, hide, intercept, liquidate, obscure, obstruct, shroud, shut down, shut out), предпазвам (ensure, indemnify, mask, prevent, protect, safeguard), браня (defend, protect, vindicate), екран (riddle, screen), екранирам, закрила (aegis, cover, guardianship, keeping, palladium, protection, shadow), потник (dress shield, dress-preserver, numdah, numnah, singlet, vest), закрилям (cover, keep, preserve, protect), щит с герб, защита (advocacy, answer, apology, bulwark, championship, counsel for the defense, defence, defense, palladium, plea, pleading, protection, rampart, safeguard, security, tower, vindication), защитавам (champion, defend, guard, keep, maintain, protect, shelter, solicit, vindicate, ward), защитно ограждане, защитно устройство (monitor), значка на полицай, щит (aegis, plate, riddle, screen), закрилник (defender, paraclete). (various references) | |
Chinese | 盾 . (various references) | |
Czech | skrývat (conceal, Harbor, harbour, hide), ochrana (Buckler, condom, escort, guardianship, hedge, patronage, protection, umbrella, ward), kryt (bonnet, casing, covering, housing, top), erb (arms, blazon, coat of arms, crest, escutcheon), chránit (defend, guard, patronize, police, preserve, protect, screen, shade, shelter, ward), štít (gable). (various references) | |
Danish | sikkerhedsværn (adjustable shield, canopy, cover, flap, hoe shield, open shield, rear flap, safety shield), straalingsafskaermning for uheld (accident shiel, armour plate), strålingsafskærmning for uheld (shielding), strømpe (stocking), stålingsskærm (shielding), skjold den afskaarne fure (cut slice, furrow slice, hood, protective tunnel, skimmer slice, skimmer split, tent shield), skjold (continental shield, craton, escutcheon, fairing, guard plate, plate guard, plate type guard, protecting screen, protective shield, screen, scutellum, shield block), skaerm (buckle, fender, mudguard, umbel, video display unit, visual display unit, wing), skærm (screen), barkskjold (bud), beskyttelsesplade (guard plate, plate guard, plate type guard, protecting screen, protective shield, screen), beskyttelsesskærm (guard, machinery guarding), brudt fure (cut slice, furrow slice, hood, protective tunnel, skimmer slice, skimmer split, tent shield), dæksel (adjustable shield, butter churn lid, canopy, cap, cover, dome nut, flap, hoe shield, open shield, rear flap, safety shield), den renskaarne fure (cut slice, furrow slice, hood, protective tunnel, skimmer slice, skimmer split, tent shield), klap (adjustable shield, canopy, cover, door, flap, heart valve, hoe shield, leaf, lift-up drawer front, open shield, rear flap, safety shield), lejeskjold (buckle), afskærmning (cut-off, guard, prophylaxis, screen, screening, shielding), okulerskjold (bud), tunnelskjold, manchet (cuff). (various references) | |
Dutch | schild (aegis, carapace, protection, shell, sign-board), uithangbord (sign-board), bordje (saucer, sign-board, small plate), bord (board, plank, plate, sign-board). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ŝildo (sign-board). (various references) | |
Faeroese | skjøldur (armour, sign-board), skelti (sign-board). (various references) | |
Farsi | پوشش محافظ, پوشش (Armature, Camouflage, Capsule, Casing, Coating, Cover, Envelope, Gear, Mantle, Overlay, Robe, Roof, Shale, Shroud, Tunic), حفاظپیداکردن , حفاظ (Awning, Hangar, Safeguard, Scabbard, Shell, Umbrella), حامی (Actor, Advocate, Backer, Booster, Bulwark, Partisan, Patron, Protector, Sponsor), سپر (Aegis, Buffer, Fence, Parapet), بوسیله سپرحفظکردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | suojus (case, casing, cover, guard, jacket, protector, screen, shelter), kilpi (coat of arms, door-plate, escutcheon, sign plate). (various references) | |
French | enseigne, bouclier (accident shiel, continental shield, Earth's ozone shield, Earth's protective ozone shield, Earth's protective shield, ozone shield, protective ozone shield, shield block, shielding, shoring), écran (accident shiel, protective shield, shade, shielding). (various references) | |
Frisian | skyld (sign-board). (various references) | |
German | Schild (badge, board, carapace, escutcheon, label, license plate, marker, nameplate, notice, notice board, number plate, peak, placard, plaque, plate, shade, shell, shingle, sign, signboard, sign-board, signpost, ticket), schirm (cap, parasol, peak, protection, screen, shade, sunshade, umbrella, visor), panzerung (armor plate, armor plating, plating), Abschirmung (air umbrella, covering, isolation, protection, screening, shielding), abschirmen (cover, insulate, protect, screen, to shield). (various references) | |
Greek | ασπίδα (asp, buffer, scutum), περίβλημα (gasket, integument, jacket). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מגן (defence, protection, protective), להגן על (advocate, screen, stand up for, stick up for), לסוכך על (hide, protect, shade, shelter), סוחרה (coat of mail). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pajzs (escutcheon, scutum), védelmező (advocate, combatant, defender, protecting, vindicative, vindicator), védelem (aegis, cover, defence, defense, egis, evidence for the defence, protection, safeguard, save, shelter, shielding, vindication), védőlemez, védőlap (dash, mask), védőburok, pártfogó (acting guardian, friend, helper, patron, protector, well-wisher), árnyékolás (adumbration, screening, shading, shadow boxing, shielding). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tameng, perisai (escutcheon). (various references) | |
Italian | scudo (Buckler, escutcheon, label, notice, plate, sign, signpost, tag), schermo (display, screen), riparo (apron, breastwork, Cote, cover, fender, protection, refuge, screen, shelter). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 盾 (buckler, escutcheon, pretext). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たて (buckler, escutcheon, height, length, pretext, sword battle), シールド , とく (gain, hide, interest, profit, shelter, to advocate, to answer, to dissolve, to explain, to persuade, to preach, to solve, to untie). (various references) | |
Korean | 방패 (Shields). (various references) | |
Manx | scape (screen), scaap, coodaghey (blanket, coat, cover, envelop, overlay, roof, veil), bleayst (bang, body, crust, gill cover, hull, husk, shell). (various references) | |
Occitan | escut (bloquièr). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ieldshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | escudo (arm, breastplate, escudo, harness, shell), blindagem (armature, armor, armour, blindage, plating, screening, shroud). (various references) | |
Romanian | strajã (guard, patrol, sentinel, sentry, ward, watch), scut (aegis, Buckler, escutcheon, palladium, screen), pavãzã (Buckler, horn-plate, rampart), paravan (mask, paravane, partition, screen, veil), pãzi (await, award, be careful, defend, fend, guard, heep an eye on, herd, keep, restrain, tend, treasure, watch), oploşi (bed, house), ocroti (befriend, cradle, defend, Foster, patronize, safeguard, shelter), egidã (aegis), carapace (armature, Armor, armour, carapace, mail, shell, test), blindaj (Armor, armour, blindage, lining, shroud), apãrare (advocacy, apology, defence, defensive, fencing, guard, maintenance, muniment, protection, security, shelter, vindication), apãra (advocate, champion, cover, defend, fence, fend, guard, keep, maintain, protect, safeguard, save, shelter, ward), adãposti (accommodate, billet, cherish, cultivate, defilade, embower, guard, Harbor, harbour, have, hide, hold, house, Lodge, nestle, room, safeguard, screen, secure, shelter, store), adãpost (bunker, burrow, cot, cover, covert, coverture, flight, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, house, housing, kennel, lair, lodgment, nest, niche, penthouse, port, recourse, refuge, retreat, roofing, safeguard, sanctuary, sconce, screen, shadow, shelter, shroud, stall, support). (various references) | |
Russian | экран (screen, shieldwall), щит (dash, gate, guard, mantelet, pad, pavis, screen, windbreak), ширма (blind, folding screen, screen, stalking-horse), заслонять (hide), защищать (champion, defend, defended, defending, plead, preserve, protect, secures), защита (advocacies, advocacy, aegis, ammunition, assertion, bulwark, championship, defence, defense, keeping, pleading, protected tub, protected tubs, protection, protector, safer, vindication). (various references) | |
Scottish | sgiath (a shield, a wing, target, wing), targaid (a target, target). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ekran (screen), braniti (advocate, defend, guard, look out, protect), štititi (advocate, patronize, protect), štit (scute, scutum). (various references) | |
Spanish | escudo (achievement, arms, Buckler, coat of arms, escudo, escutcheon, scute, scutum, sheave), blindaje (Armor, armor plate, armor plating, armour, armour plate, armour plating, blindage, hootch, plating, protection, screening), escudete (bud, escutcheon, gusset, scutcheon). (various references) | |
Swedish | sköld (Buckler, scutellum, shell), skydda (cover, defend, ensure, guard, keep, nestle, protect, protect oneself, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shelter), skärm (peak, screen, shade). (various references) | |
Thai | โล่, ป้องกัน (fend off, hedge against, keep, keep back, obviate, save). (various references) | |
Turkish | siper (aegis, barricade, bulwark, casemate, dike, dyke, entrenchment, foxhole, outwork, parapet, rampart, screen, shelter, splasher, trench), zırh (armature, Armor, armour, breastplate, coat of mail, corselet, cuirass, edging, harness, mail, sheathing, sheeting), korumak (buffer, charm, cocoon, conserve, convoy, cover, defend, embosom, embower, encourage, escort, fence, guard, indemnify, keep, keep guard, maintain, patronize, preserve, protect, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shade, shelter, spare, sponsor, vindicate, ward), koruma (aegis, asylum, auspices, bodyguard, conservancy, conservation, convoy, covering, custody, defending, defense, escort, Favor, favour, guard, guarding, indemnity, keeping, lifeguard, maintenance, patronage, preservation, protection, protective, retention, safeguard, safekeeping, shade, shadow, tutelage, umbrella), kaplamak (back, bestrew, canopy, carpet, case, clothe, coat, cover, encrust, envelop, face, fair, film, film over, fleece, hang, incrust, infest, line, overgrow, overlap, overspread, overwhelm, plate, recap, revet, sheathe, sheet, smother in, smother with, suffuse, take, thread, upholster, veneer, wreathe), kalkan olmak, kalkan (aegis, Buckler, mantlet, outgoing, splasher, turbot), himaye (asylum, auspices, care, defence, keep, keeping, patronage, protection, safeguard, sponsorship), hami (maecenas, protector, sponsor, tutelar, tutelary), arma (arming, armorial bearings, arms, crest, device, emblem, escutcheon, rigging, scutcheon), örtmek (blanket, canopy, cap, carpet, case, cloak, close, clothe, cloud, coat, conceal, condone, cope, cover, cover up, encase, enshroud, envelop, hood, incase, lap, robe, screen, shade, sheet, shroud, shut, submerge, wrap). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | щит (mantelet, mantlet), вигороджувати, захист (advocacy, aegis, answer, apology, bulwark, championship, defence, defense, egis, maintenance, palladium, panoply, protection, ward), захищати (advocate, apologize, assert, bield, bonnet, champion, cover, defend, fight, overshade, overshadow, protect, shelter, stand by, stand up for, stick up for), екранувати, екран (back-cloth, reredos, screen, shade). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nách áo, cái mộc (buckler), cái khiên tấm chắn. (various references) | |
Welsh | tarian, astalch, aes. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | aspis. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | arma, armis, armo, armorum, armum, armumque, celabit, celabo, celabuntur, celandus, celare, celari, celat, celata, celatae, celatas, celatura, celaturae, celaturas, celaturis, celaverimus, celaverint, celaveris, celavi, celavit, celes, contego, scuta, scutarii, scuti, scuto, scutorum, scutum, tego, tego texi tectum, tego, texi, tectum, texi. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | bord, scield. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | PanteV logoi qeou pepurwmenoi uperaspizei de autoV twn eulaboumenwn auton |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Omnis sermo Dei ignitus clypeus est sperantibus in se |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Eche sermoun of God firid, a sheld it is to alle hoperis in itself. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Every word of God is pure: he is a shield to them that put their trust in him. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Every word of God is tested: he is a breastplate to those who put their faith in him. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 30, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Ang tagsatagsa ka pulong sa Dios inulay: Siya mao ang usa ka kalasag kanila nga modangup diha kaniya. |
| Chinese | 神 的 言 語 、 句 句 都 是 煉 淨 的 、 投 靠 他 的 、 他 便 作 他 們 的 盾 牌 。 |
| Croatian | Svaka je Božja rijeè prokušana, štit onima koji se u nj uzdaju. |
| Danish | Al Guds Tale er ren, han er Skjold for dem, der lider på ham. |
| Dutch | Alle rede Gods is doorlouterd; Hij is een Schild dengenen, die op Hem betrouwen. |
| Finnish | Jokainen Jumalan sana on taattu; hän on niiden kilpi, jotka häneen turvaavat. |
| French | Toute parole de Dieu est éprouvée. Il est un bouclier pour ceux qui cherchent en lui un refuge. |
| German | Alle Worte Gottes sind durchläutert; er ist ein Schild denen, die auf ihn trauen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Allah menepati setiap janji-Nya. Ia bagaikan perisai bagi semua yang datang berlindung pada-Nya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Segala firman Allah itu amat suci adanya, maka Ialah laksana perisai bagi segala orang yang berpaut kepada-Nya. |
| Italian | Ogni parola di Dio è appurata; egli è uno scudo per chi ricorre a lui. |
| Korean | 하 나 님 의 말 씀 은 다 순 전 하 며 하 나 님 은 그 를 의 지 하 는 자 의 방 패 시 니 라 |
| Maori | Ko nga kupu katoa a te Atua he mea whakamatau: he whakangungu rakau ia ki te hunga katoa e whakawhirinaki ana ki a ia. |
| Norwegian | Alt Guds ord er rent; han er et skjold for dem som tar sin tilflukt til ham. |
| Portuguese | Toda palavra de Deus é pura; ele é um escudo para os que nele confiam. |
| Rumanian | Orice cuvknt al lui Dumnezeu este kncercat. El este un scut pentru ceice se kncred kn El. |
| Spanish | Probada es toda palabra de Dios; él es escudo a los que en él se refugian. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "shield": shielded, shielder, shielders, shielding, shields. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "shield": windshield. (additional references) | |
Words containing "shield": unshielded, windshields. (additional references) | |
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"Shield" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: chield, Schfield, Schiel, schield, Schkelda, schmiled, Schweldt, shebeli, Sheezdi, sheil, sheild, shiela, Shiella, Shiells, shiels, shielv, shile, shpiel, Shuel, shyla, swield. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "shield" (pronounced shē"ld) |
| 3 | -ē" l d | afield, appealed, concealed, congealed, field, healed, heeled, peeled, reeled, repealed, resealed, revealed, sealed, unconcealed, unsealed, wheeled, wield, yield. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-h-i-l-s" | |
-1 letter: deils, delis, heils, hides, idles, isled, shied, shiel, sidle, slide. | |
-2 letters: deil, deli, dels, diel, dies, dish, edhs, elds, elhi, heil, held, hide, hied, hies, ides, idle, isle, leis, lids, lied, lies, shed, side, sild, sled, slid. | |
-3 letters: del, die, dis, edh, eds, eld, els, hes, hid, hie, his, ids, led, lei, lid. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-h-i-l-s" | |
+1 letter: chields, childes, dishelm, halides, hirsled, shields, shilled. | |
+2 letters: cheloids, chiseled, dealfish, delights, demolish, depolish, devilish, dhoolies, dishelms, dishevel, dishlike, headsail, helipads, hideless, hillside, hirseled, lavished, milkshed, polished, relished, shedlike, shielded, shielder, shingled, shrilled, sidehill, sleighed, slighted, sulphide, whistled. | |
+3 letters: abolished, billheads, blemished, chelipeds, childbeds, childless, chiselled, chlorides, devilfish, dihedrals, dimethyls, diphenyls, dishelmed, dishevels, dishtowel, disrelish, eldership, englished, flemished, giltheads, halidomes, hayfields, headlines, headsails, helicoids, hideously, hillsides, hirselled, holytides, milksheds, mishandle, nailheads, planished, plenished, published, railheads, shadflies, shielders, shielding, shriveled, sidehills, sidelight, slithered, stepchild, sulphides. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Historic 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Frequency | 17. Names: Derived from 18. Expressions 19. Expressions: Internet 20. Translations: Modern | 21. Translations: Ancient 22. Bible Trace 23. Abbreviations 24. Acronyms | 25. Derivations 26. Rhymes 27. Anagrams 28. Bibliography |
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