Shielded

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field,
              To see the son the vanquished father shield.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              A woman's shape doth shield thee.     --Shak.
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     2. To ward off; to keep off or out.
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              They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to
              shield the cold to which they had been inured.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     3. To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory
        exclamation, forbid! [Obs.]
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              God shield that it should so befall.  --Chaucer.
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              God shield I should disturb devotion! --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shielded
       adj : used especially of machinery; shielded to prevent injury

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "shielded":
     armed, armored, cased, ceiled, cloaked, clouded, coated, coped,
     copyrighted, covered, covert, cowled, curtained, defended,
     eclipsed, encapsulated, encapsuled, encased, enveloped, enwrapped,
     filmed, floored, guarded, hooded, housed, invulnerable, loricate,
     loricated, mantled, masked, muffled, obscured, occulted, packaged,
     patented, paved, policed, protected, roofed-in, safe, safeguarded,
     screened, scummed, sheathed, shelled, sheltered, shrouded, swathed,
     tented, under cover, veiled, walled, walled-in, wrapped