Protect vs. Shield

To keep from being damaged, attacked, stolen, or injured; guard.

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.

To keep from being subjected to difficulty or unpleasantness

A person or thing that provides protection.

To keep from being curtailed or exposed to risk

A steel sheet attached to an artillery piece to protect gunners from small-arms fire and shrapnel.

To help (domestic industry) with tariffs or quotas on imported goods.

(Physics) A wall or housing of concrete or lead built around a nuclear reactor to prevent the escape of radiation.

To assure payment of (drafts or notes, for example) by setting aside funds.

(Electronics) A structure or arrangement of metal plates or mesh designed to protect a piece of electronic equipment from electrostatic or magnetic interference.

(Sports) To attempt to hold (a lead) by playing careful defense and avoiding risky plays.

A pad worn, as at the armpits, to protect a garment from perspiration.

To swing at a pitch near (home plate) in order to avoid being called out on strikes.

A sanitary napkin.

To swing at a pitch so as to give (a base runner) a better chance of advancing.

(Zoology) A protective plate or similar hard outer covering; a scute or scutellum.

(ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

An escutcheon.

To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.

A decorative emblem that often serves to identify an organization or a government.

To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.

A police officer's badge.

Shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage;

(Geology) The ancient, stable, interior layer of continents composed of primarily Precambrian igneous or metamorphic rocks. Also called continental shield.

Use tariffs to favor domestic industry

To protect from being attacked, exposed to danger, or subjected to difficulty

To cover up; conceal

To act or serve as a shield or safeguard.

Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.

A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.

(figurative) One who protects or defends.

(lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.

A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.

(science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.

A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.

(heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.

A toilet seat.

A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.

(obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.

(transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.

A police badge.

(geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.

(geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.

A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.

Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision

To protect, to defend.

(electricity) to protect from the influence of

A broad piece of defensive armor, carried on the arm, - formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. See Buckler.

Anything which protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.

Figuratively, one who protects or defends.

In lichens, a Hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.

The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms. Cf. Lozenge. See Illust. of Escutcheon.

A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.

A spot resembling, or having the form of, a shield.

A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.

To cover with, or as with, a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury.

To ward off; to keep off or out.

To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid!

A protective covering or structure

Armor carried on the arm to intercept blows

Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

Hold back a thought or feeling about;