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Noun shield has 2 senses
  1. shield - a protective covering or structure
    --1 is a kind of     protective covering, protective cover, protection
    --1 has particulars:
     nipple shield; plate, scale, shell; shielding; shielding
    Derived form: verb shield1
  2. shield, buckler - armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
    --2 is a kind of armor, armour
    --2 has particulars: escutcheon, scutcheon; pavis, pavise
    Derived form: verb shield1
,Verb shield has 2 senses
  1. shield, screen - protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
    --1 is one way to protect
    Derived forms: noun shield2, noun shield1, noun shielder1, noun shielding1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
  2. harbor, harbour, shield - hold back a thought or feeling about; "She is harboring a grudge against him"
    --2 is one way to hide, conceal
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Something ----s somebody
    Something ----s something
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