shield

1. 1.

   protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm

   Synonymsscreen

   Broaderprotect
2. 2.

   hold back a thought or feeling about

   “She is harboring a grudge against him”

   Synonymsharborharbour

   Broaderhide

Other forms of shield

plural

shields·

past tense

shielded·

present participle

shielding·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about shield

What does shield mean?

shield means "a protective covering or structure". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in shield?

shield has 1 syllable: shield. In IPA it is /ˈʃild/.

What is another word for shield?

Close synonyms include buckler, carapace, shell, cuticle, screen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shield a common word?

shield is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with shield?

1 word rhymes with shield. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.