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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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 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) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  shielding
       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: shield consisting of an arrangement of metal mesh or plates
          designed to protect electronic equipment from ambient
          electromagnetic interference

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shielding
     n.
     1 (lb en physics chemistry) The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in
  which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring
  nuclei
     2 (lb en soccer) action done by the person with the ball to protect
  the ball from the defender; the person concerned keeps his body between
  the ball and the defender.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shield nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  shielding
     n.
     1 (lb en physics chemistry) The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in
  which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring
  nuclei
     2 (lb en soccer) action done by the person with the ball to protect
  the ball from the defender; the person concerned keeps his body between
  the ball and the defender.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shield nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  shielding
     n.
     1 (lb en physics chemistry) The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in
  which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring
  nuclei
     2 (lb en soccer) action done by the person with the ball to protect
  the ball from the defender; the person concerned keeps his body between
  the ball and the defender.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shield nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  shielding
     n.
     1 (lb en physics chemistry) The situation, in NMR spectroscopy, in
  which a local magnetic field is weakened by the presence of neighbouring
  nuclei
     2 (lb en soccer) action done by the person with the ball to protect
  the ball from the defender; the person concerned keeps his body between
  the ball and the defender.
     vb.
     (present participle of en shield nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shielding
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s hield ing)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  shielding
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en shield ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb shield)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Shielding /ʃˈiːldɪŋ/
  الحماية