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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Shield \Shield\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Shielded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shielding}.] [AS. scidan, scyldan. See {Shield}, noun]
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) 2.0 [wn]:
shielding
noun
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: shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient electromagnetic interference
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "shielding": blanketing, cloaking, coating, covering, custodial, defending, defensive, enveloping, fostering, guardian, guarding, immunizing, parental, preventive, prophylactic, protecting, protective, safeguarding, screening, self-defensive, self-preservative, self-protective, sheathing, sheltering, shrouding, tutelary, veiling, vigilant, watchful, wrapping
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