shield

Etymology 1
From, , from , from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, from,.

Noun



 * 1) Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
 * 2) A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
 * 3)  One who protects or defends.
 * 4)  In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
 * 5)  A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
 * 6)  A field of energy that protects or defends.
 * 7) A shape like that of a shield; usually, an inverted triangle with sides that curve inward to form a pointed bottom, commonly used for police identifications and company logos.
 * 8)  The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
 * 9)  A toilet seat.
 * 10) A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
 * 11)  A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
 * 12)  A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
 * 13)  A police badge.
 * 14)  A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
 * 15)  A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
 * 16)  A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
 * 17)  Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
 * 1) A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
 * 2)  A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.
 * 3)  A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
 * 4)  A police badge.
 * 5)  A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
 * 6)  A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
 * 7)  A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
 * 8)  Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
 * 1)  A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
 * 2)  Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:bathroom

Etymology 2
From, from.

Verb

 * 1)  To protect, to defend.
 * 2)  To shelter; to protect oneself.
 * 3)  To protect from the influence of.
 * 1)  To shelter; to protect oneself.
 * 2)  To protect from the influence of.
 * 1)  To protect from the influence of.