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shielding |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Shield \Shield\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shielded}; p. pr & vb n. {Shielding}.] [AS. scidan scyldan See {Shield}, n.] 1. To cover with or as with a shield; to cover from danger; to defend; to protect from assault or injury. Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field, To see the son the vanquished father shield. --Dryden. A woman's shape doth shield thee. --Shak. 2. To ward off to keep off or out They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to shield the cold to which they had been inured. --Spenser. 3. To avert, as a misfortune; hence as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid! [Obs.] God shield that it should so befall. --Chaucer. God shield I should disturb devotion! --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: shielding adj : actively protective; "provided covering fire for the platoon that was moving up" [syn: {covering}] n 1: the act of shielding from harm 2: a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay 3: an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference
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