Definition: 1. A protective covering or structure. 2. Armor carried on the arm to intercept blows. 3. Protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm. 4. Hold back a thought or feeling about.
Use 'shield' in a sentence:
1. She hid her true feelings behind a shield of cold indifference.
2. The sites shield themselves from search engines, so they do not pop up in response to online searches for the brands they offer.
3. Airplanes drag along a very thin shield of motionless air known as a boundary layer.
4. The treaty banning mining here, shielding coveted reserves of iron ore, coal and chromium, comes up for review in 2048.
5. What's particularly interesting about these volcanoes is that most of the volcanoes here on Earth are not shield volcanoes.
6. Shield volcanoes have very gentle sloping sides.
7. They are called shield volcanoes, because viewed from above, they kind of resemble shields, like a warrior's shield.
8. His wife lied to shield him when she took the stand.
9. He was sensitive and highly-strung, and she had always tried to shield him from his father's sarcasm and violence.
10. He shielded his eyes against the dazzling declining sun.
11. Called the Air Umbrella, the concept removes the plastic top from the umbrella and replaces it with a wind shield.
12. All four show distinctive lava channels and other flow features similar to those found on shield volcanoes on Earth.
13. Instead, they are shield volcanoes — volcanoes with broad, sloping slides formed by molten rock.
14. It does no good to a child to have his faults shielded by his mother.
15. Washington insists its shield plan is not directed against Russia but threats from "rogue states" such as Iran.
16. The company does not bet its own money on equities, and so is shielded from market risk.
17. Evaluation and Analysis on effects of construction of adjacent shield tunnel.
18. Police believe that somebody is shielding the killer.
19. Satan's shield is as big as the moon—this is the most common form of simile, epic, or otherwise, and it can be schematized.
20. As lava flows and spreads to form a shield volcano, the volcano's eventual height depends on the new mountain's ability to support its own weight.
21. One of the most interesting features on the surface is, in fact, the shield volcanoes.
22. He clanged his sword three times on his shield.
23. Her job was to serve as a gatekeeper, a human shield for the technicians.
24. What happens if your spear hits against your shield?
25. Shield volcanoes formed when magma comes out of the ground in the same spot over and over again.
26. Venus has mostly shield volcanoes, and they are randomly scattered, that indicates that Venus does not have moving tectonic plates, and that's a big difference compared to Earth.
27. These trees will shield off arid winds and protect the fields.
28. My shield is the strongest. It can stop any spear in the world.
29. The hostages were used as a human shield.
30. Are the Martian shield volcanoes still active?
31. The gunman used the hostages as a human shield.
32. You can't shield her from the truth forever.
33. Dark glasses is an effective shield against the glare.
34. He squinted and shielded his eyes.
35. Instead, they are shield volcanoes—volcanoes with broad, sloping slides formed by molten rock.
36. She drew the curtains, shielding her eyes from the sun.
37. The volcanoes in the Hawaii islands, in the Pacific Ocean are shield volcanoes.
38. The rumor1 somehow went about that he used to shield smuggling2.
39. We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield.
40. Acting in collusion, the two of them shielded each other.
41. He stowed away on a ferry and landed in North Shields.
42. Did you say we have shield volcanoes on Earth?
43. The team is his shield, his radar.
44. His secretary shielded him from importunate visitors.
45. The police officer fended off the blows with his riot shield.
46. Riot police with shields were blocking the demonstrators' way.
47. He shielded his head from the sun with an old sack.
48. The gravitational shield of the giant outer planets, while highly efficient, must occasionally fail to protect Earth.
49. The attacks allowed the coalition to display its shield of antimissiles.
50. The ozone layer shields the earth from the sun's ultraviolet rays.
51. He used his left hand as a shield against the reflecting sunlight.
52. The interior was shielded from the curious gaze of passersby.
53. She intended to shield the child from the bad information.
54. Water is not an effective shield against the sun's more harmful rays.
