shield

«shield» in Mova's school dictionary: a large flat piece of metal, wood or other material that… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a shield, shields); verb (shield, shields, shielded, shielding)

meaning for a pupil

1) A shield is a large flat piece of metal, wood or other material that a soldier or knight holds to protect themselves from attacks. tree →

2) A shield is anything that protects you, like a heat shield or a sun shield. tree →

3) To shield someone or something is to protect it from harm or danger. tree →

4) A shield is also a badge or a trophy shaped like a shield. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons knights and Roman soldiers carried shields. In science, the Earth's magnetic field shields us from harmful rays from the Sun; a heat shield protects a spacecraft. In safety, shield your eyes from the Sun and never look straight at it. Phrases: «shield your eyes», «heat shield», «a human shield», «windshield / windscreen».

examples

• The knight held up his shield. tree →
• Shield your eyes from the bright sun. tree →
• The mother bird shielded her chicks from the rain. tree →
• The spacecraft has a heat shield. tree →
• Our team won the shield at the sports day. tree →
• The Romans locked their shields together. tree →
• Suncream shields your skin from sunburn. tree →
• They snatched spears and shields from their foes. tree →

note

Spelling: «i before e» — s-h-i-e-l-d. Past: «shielded». «Windshield» (US) = «windscreen» (UK).

In the corpora

• A tan is a sign the sun has already harmed the skin, not a shield, so tanned skin still needs sunscreen.
• In the testudo, or tortoise formation, soldiers locked their shields above and around them to protect against arrows.
• A sheet of paper laid flat on top of a book falls with the book, because the book shields it from the air.
• They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
• And the Philistine came nearer and nearer unto David; and the man that bore the shield went before him.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shield» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.