Meaning of "shield" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHIELD

Old English scield; related to Old Norse skjöldr, Gothic skildus, Old High German scilt shield, Old English sciellshell.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SHIELD

shield  [ʃiːld]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHIELD

Shield is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb shield in English.

WHAT DOES SHIELD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shield

A shield is a type of personal armor, meant to intercept attacks, either by stopping projectiles such as arrows or redirecting a hit from a sword, mace, battle axe or similar weapon to the side of the shield-bearer. Shields vary greatly in size, ranging from large panels that protect the user's entire body to small models that were intended for hand-to-hand-combat use. Shields also vary a great deal in thickness; whereas some shields were made of relatively deep, absorbent, wooden planking to protect soldiers from the impact of spears and crossbow bolts, others were thinner and lighter and designed mainly for deflecting blade strikes. In prehistory and during the era of the earliest civilizations, shields were made of wood, animal hide, woven reeds or wicker. In classical antiquity, the Migration Period and the Middle Ages, they were normally constructed of poplar, lime or another split-resistant timber, covered in some instances with a material such as leather or rawhide and often reinforced with a metal boss, rim or banding. They were carried by foot soldiers, knights and cavalry.

Definition of shield in the English dictionary

The first definition of shield in the dictionary is any protection used to intercept blows, missiles, etc, such as a tough piece of armour carried on the arm. Other definition of shield is any similar protective device. Shield is also Also called: scutcheon, escutcheon a pointed stylized shield used for displaying armorial bearings.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHIELD

PRESENT

Present

I shield

you shield

he/she/it shields

we shield

you shield

they shield

Present continuous

I am shielding

you are shielding

he/she/it is shielding

we are shielding

you are shielding

they are shielding

Present perfect

I have shielded

you have shielded

he/she/it has shielded

we have shielded

you have shielded

they have shielded

Present perfect continuous

I have been shielding

you have been shielding

he/she/it has been shielding

we have been shielding

you have been shielding

they have been shielding

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I shielded

you shielded

he/she/it shielded

we shielded

you shielded

they shielded

Past continuous

I was shielding

you were shielding

he/she/it was shielding

we were shielding

you were shielding

they were shielding

Past perfect

I had shielded

you had shielded

he/she/it had shielded

we had shielded

you had shielded

they had shielded

Past perfect continuous

I had been shielding

you had been shielding

he/she/it had been shielding

we had been shielding

you had been shielding

they had been shielding

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will shield

you will shield

he/she/it will shield

we will shield

you will shield

they will shield

Future continuous

I will be shielding

you will be shielding

he/she/it will be shielding

we will be shielding

you will be shielding

they will be shielding

Future perfect

I will have shielded

you will have shielded

he/she/it will have shielded

we will have shielded

you will have shielded

they will have shielded

Future perfect continuous

I will have been shielding

you will have been shielding

he/she/it will have been shielding

we will have been shielding

you will have been shielding

they will have been shielding

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would shield

you would shield

he/she/it would shield

we would shield

you would shield

they would shield

Conditional continuous

I would be shielding

you would be shielding

he/she/it would be shielding

we would be shielding

you would be shielding

they would be shielding

Conditional perfect

I would have shield

you would have shield

he/she/it would have shield

we would have shield

you would have shield

they would have shield

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been shielding

you would have been shielding

he/she/it would have been shielding

we would have been shielding

you would have been shielding

they would have been shielding

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you shield
we let´s shield
you shield

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to shield

Past participle

shielded

Present Participle

shielding

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «SHIELD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shield» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of shield

aegis · buckler · bulwark · cover · defence · defend · escutcheon · guard · protect · protection · rampart · safeguard · screen · shelter · targe · ward

TRANSLATION OF SHIELD

Find out the translation of shield to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of shield from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shield» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 盾
• Translator English - Spanish: escudo
• English: shield
• Translator English - Hindi: ढाल
• Translator English - Arabic: تُرْس
• Translator English - Russian: щит
• Translator English - Portuguese: escudo
• Translator English - Bengali: ঢাল
• Translator English - French: bouclier
• Translator English - Malay: Perisai
• Translator English - German: Schild
• Translator English - Japanese: 盾
• Translator English - Korean: 방패
• Translator English - Javanese: Tameng
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cái khiên
• Translator English - Tamil: கவசம்
• Translator English - Marathi: ढाल
• Translator English - Turkish: kalkan
• Translator English - Italian: scudo
• Translator English - Polish: tarcza
• Translator English - Ukrainian: щит
• Translator English - Romanian: scut
• Translator English - Greek: ασπίδα
• Translator English - Afrikaans: beskerm
• Translator English - Swedish: sköld
• Translator English - Norwegian: skjold

10 QUOTES WITH «SHIELD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shield.

1

Lloyd Alexander

King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur.

2

Archilochus

Let who will boast their courage in the field, I find but little safety from my shield, Nature's, not honour's law we must obey: This made me cast my useless shield away.

3

Kelly Brook

I am a light person. I think of myself with a shield, a protective shield around me. And I think of bad things bouncing off it. Boom, boom, boom, ba-boom, ba- boom!

4

Bat for Lashes

I've hidden behind my hair more than clothes. Sometimes having long hair with a fringe is very useful when you don't want to look at people. I used to have very short hair, but long hair is my thing - a black nocturnal shield.

5

Paul Dano

I'd always been fascinated by people who allow themselves to be so rude and irritated and foul-mouthed and hostile, but usually you can sense there's something vulnerable beneath them - a shield they use to protect that vulnerable side. Finally, when they expose that soft spot, it's kind of touching.

6

David Davis

The constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances.

7

James E. Faust

The priesthood of God is a shield. It is a shield against the evils of the world. That shield needs to be kept clean; otherwise, our vision of our purpose and the dangers around us will be limited.

8

Jamie Foxx

I'd like to say I'm R&B's savior. Whether that's the truth or not, I'm definitely going out there with my mic and my shield to declare, 'I am here to save R&B.' I will have the people saying, 'Sir, there is a man at the musical gates saying he is here to save R&B.'

9

Mark Gatiss

Fear is an underrated emotion. And that's why I think it's very dangerous to try and cosset children from it. A healthy scare is as good as as a healthy laugh. In fact, they're two sides of the same coin. There is a desire to shield from the knocks and bumps of reality.

10

Jane Howard

Parents, however old they and we may grow to be, serve among other things to shield us from a sense of our doom. As long as they are around, we can avoid the fact of our mortality; we can still be innocent children.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHIELD»

Discover the use of shield in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shield and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Pretty-shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows

Through her eyes we come to understand courtship, marriage, childbirth and the care of babies, medicine-dreams, the care of the sick, and other facets of Crow womanhood. Alma Snell and Becky Matthews provide a new preface to this edition.

Frank Bird Linderman, 1932

Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days, Shield

Introducing his celebrated translations of these two poems and of the Shield, Apostolos Athanassakis positions Hesiod simultaneously as a philosopher-poet, a bard with deep roots in the culture of his native Boeotia, and the heir to a long ...

Hesiod, Apostolos N. Athanassakis, 2004

The Shield of Achilles and the Poetics of Ekphrasis

In The Shield of Achilles and the Poetics of Ekphrasis, Becker explores how Homeric poetry shapes its own reception: how Homer's reaction to a visual image creates his audience's response to a literary description.

Andrew Sprague Becker, 1995

The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the ...

A fascinating description of a treasure trove of secret documents found by the FBI offers facts about every country in the world, as well as information that contributes to the history of the last century. Reprint. 60,000 first printing.

Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin, 2000

Behind the Shield: Anti-Riot Operations Guide

All of the available training and study material, individual case studies, and real scenarios, combined with professional experience, serve as the foundation for this specialist's manual.

A. Hunsicker, 2011

Prayer Shield: How To Intercede for Pastors, Christian ...

Right now, someone you know is in desperate need of your prayers.

C. Peter Wagner, 1994

The Islamic Shield: Arab Resistance to Democratic and ...

Constant preaching by Islam's religious leaders, instructing Muslims to blindly obey their leaders, has created an attitude of political quietism in regard to the tyranny of Arab rulers and ambivalence towards democracy, Elhadj says in his ...

Elie Elhadj, 2006

Uncertain Shield: The U.S. Intelligence System in the Throes ...

Citing reform efforts within the intelligence community since the 2004 publication of the 9/11 Commission Report, the author of Preventing Surprise Attacks argues that its new emerging structure has been heavily influenced by intelligence ...

Richard A. Posner, 2006

King's Shield: Book Three of Inda

In the third book of the Inda quartet, Inda, on the verge of adulthood, is at last coming home.

Sherwood Smith, 2009

The Lance and the Shield: The Life and Times of Sitting Bull

A portrait of one of the most misunderstood figures in American history shows Sitting Bull as a courageous warrior, a spiritual leader, and stubborn defender of traditional ways A FEATURED ALTERNATE SELECTION OF THE QUALITY PAPERBACK BOOK

Robert Marshall Utley, 1994

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHIELD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shield is used in the context of the following news items.

Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD: “Aftershocks”

Trip is dead, Skye is in quarantine, and everyone is tossing around the blame, making “Aftershocks” quite the dour installment of Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. It's an ... «A.V. Club Milwaukee, Mar 15»

Shield: NVIDIA's $200 gaming-focused Android TV set-top box

Another year, another new Shield device from NVIDIA. What's Shield? It's the hardware line from NVIDIA that spans a bizarre handheld game console, ... «Engadget, Mar 15»

Massive data breach at Anthem/Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Ga. could …

Are you concerned about the Massive data breach at Anthem/Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Georgia? Bizspace Spotlight. Property Spotlight: East West Shops ... «Atlanta Business Chronicle, Feb 15»

Welcome. Lucy Lawless Talks Returning to Her Roots on Marvel's …

By Matt FowlerMarvel's Agents of SHIELD returns for its second season this Tuesday, September 23rd, with the action-packed episode, "Shadows" - which ... «IGN, Sep 14»

Arsenal celebrate Community Shield win

FA Cup winners Arsenal hit three without reply against Manchester City to lift The FA Community Shield in an impressive display at Wembley Stadium. «The FA, Aug 14»

'The Shield' actor Michael Jace pleads not guilty to killing wife

Actor Michael Jace -- known for long portraying a Los Angeles police detective on "The Shield" -- pleaded not guilty Wednesday to shooting his wife to death in ... «Los Angeles Times, Jun 14»

The Shield actor Michael Jace charged with wife's murder

Prosecutors charged actor Michael Jace, who played a police officer in the hit TV series The Shield, with murder on Thursday in the shooting death of his wife in ... «The Guardian, May 14»

'The Shield' Actor Michael Jace Arrested Over Wife's Murder

Police arrested actor Michael Jace early Tuesday morning on suspicion of murder in connection with the shooting death of his wife in their Los Angeles home. «NBCNews.com, May 14»

'Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD' Season Finale: Five Things That Worked

Given that I took "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." to the woodshed last fall, I figured it was only fair to revisit the show this spring to see where things stood as the ... «Huffington Post, May 14»

ABC renews 'SHIELD' plus orders 'Captain America' spin-off

First, Agents of SHIELD is returning for a second season. That move was pretty widely expected, despite the show's somewhat modest ratings performance. Plus ... «Entertainment Weekly, May 14»