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. [1913 Webster] Shouts of applause ran ringing through the field, To see the son the vanquished father shield. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] A woman's shape doth shield thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To ward off; to keep off or out. [1913 Webster] They brought with them their usual weeds, fit to shield the cold to which they had been inured. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To avert, as a misfortune; hence, as a supplicatory exclamation, forbid! [Obs.] [1913 Webster] God shield that it should so befall. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] God shield I should disturb devotion! --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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
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