Synonyms of the word

shield

• n. Anything that protects or defends; defense; shelter; protection.
• n. Something shaped like a shield, usually an inverted triangle with slightly curved lower sides.
• n. (geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
• n. (figuratively, Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.
• v. To protect, to defend.
• v. (electricity) to protect from the influence of.

armor

• n. (uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse…
• n. (uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
• n. (uncountable) Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
• n. (countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
• n. (military, uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting…
• n. (hydrology, uncountable) The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed…
• v. (transitive) To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening.
• v. (transitive) To provide something with an analogous form of protection.

armour

• n. (uncountable) A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse…
• n. (uncountable) A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body.
• n. (uncountable) Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft.
• n. (countable) A tank, or other heavy mobile assault vehicle.
• n. (military, uncountable) A military formation consisting primarily of tanks or other armoured fighting…
• n. (hydrology, uncountable) The naturally occurring surface of pebbles, rocks or boulders that line the bed…
• v. (transitive) To equip something with armour or a protective coating or hardening.
• v. (transitive) To provide something with an analogous form of protection.

buckler

• n. A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting…
• n. (obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually…
• n. (zoology) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
• n. (zoology) The anterior segment of the shell of a trilobites.
• n. (nautical) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port,…
• v. (obsolete) To shield; to defend.

carapace

• n. A hard protective covering of bone or chitin, especially one which covers the dorsal portion of an animal.
• n. in figurative use.

conceal

• v. (transitive) To hide something from view or from public knowledge, to try to keep something secret.

cuticle

• n. The outermost layer of the skin of vertebrates; the epidermis.
• n. The strip of hardened skin at the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
• n. Dead or cornified epidermis.
• n. (zoology, botany) A noncellular protective covering outside the epidermis of many invertebrates and plants.
• n. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.

harbor

• n. (obsolete, uncountable) Shelter, refuge.
• n. Any place of shelter.
• n. (obsolete) A house of the zodiac, or the mansion of a heavenly body.
• n. A sheltered expanse of water, adjacent to land, in which ships may dock or anchor, especially for loading…
• n. A mixing box for materials in glass-working.
• v. (transitive) To provide a harbor or safe place for.
• v. (intransitive) To take refuge or shelter in a protected expanse of water.
• v. (transitive) To hold or persistently entertain in one's thoughts or mind.

harbour

• n. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.
• v. Commonwealth of Nations standard spelling of harbor.

hide

• v. (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.
• v. (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.
• n. (countable) The skin of an animal.
• n. (obsolete or derogatory) The human skin.
• n. (uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
• n. (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals…
• v. To beat with a whip made from hide.
• n. (historical) An English unit of land and tax assessment intended to support one household and notionally…

protect

• v. To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

protection

• n. The process of keeping (something or someone) safe.
• n. The state of being safe.
• n. A means of keeping or remaining safe.
• n. A means, such as a condom, of preventing pregnancy or sexually transmitted disease.
• n. (insurance) Coverage.
• n. Immunity from harm obtained by illegal payments, as bribery or extortion.
• n. (economics) Restrictions on foreign competitors which limit their ability to compete with domestic producers…
• n. (computing) An instance of a security token associated with a resource (such as a file).

screen

• n. A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous.
• n. A material woven from fine wires intended to block animals or large particles from passing while allowing…
• n. The informational viewing area of electronic output devices; the result of the output.
• n. The viewing surface or area of a movie, or moving picture or slide presentation.
• n. One of the individual regions of a video game, etc. divided into separate screens.
• n. (basketball) An offensive tactic in which a player stands so as to block a defender from reaching a teammate.
• n. (baseball) The protective netting which protects the audience from flying objects.
• n. (cricket) An erection of white canvas or wood placed on the boundary opposite a batsman to make the ball…
• n. (mining, quarrying) A frame supporting a mesh of bars or wires used to classify fragments of stone by…
• n. (printing) A stencil upon a framed mesh through which paint is forced onto printed-on material; the frame…
• n. (nautical) A collection of less-valuable vessels that travel with a more valuable one for the latter's…
• n. (architecture) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection,…
• n. (genetics) A technique used to identify genes so as to study gene functions.
• v. To filter by passing through a screen.
• v. To remove information, or censor intellectual material from viewing.
• v. (film, television) To present publicly (on the screen).
• v. To fit with a screen.
• v. To examine patients or treat a sample in order to detect a chemical or a disease, or to assess susceptibility…
• v. To search chemical libraries by means of a computational technique in order to identify chemical compounds…

scute

• n. (zoology) A horny, chitinous, or bony external plate or scale, as on the shell of a turtle or the skin…
• n. (genetics) A proneural gene, often associated with achaete, that is required for the formation of many…
• n. (obsolete) A small shield.
• n. (historical) An old French gold coin.

shell

• n. A hard external covering of an animal.
• n. The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
• n. One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
• n. The hard external covering of various plant seed forms.
• n. The accreted mineral formed around a hollow geode.
• n. The casing of a self-contained single-unit artillery projectile.
• n. A hollow usually spherical or cylindrical projectile fired from a siege mortar or a smoothbore cannon…
• n. The cartridge of a breechloading firearm; a load; a bullet; a round.
• n. Any slight hollow structure; a framework, or exterior structure, regarded as not complete or filled in,…
• n. A garment, usually worn by women, such as a shirt, blouse, or top, with short sleeves or no sleeves, that…
• n. A coarse or flimsy coffin; a thin interior coffin enclosed within a more substantial one.
• n. (music) A string instrument, as a lyre, whose acoustical chamber is formed like a shell.
• n. (music) The body of a drum; the often wooden, often cylindrical acoustic chamber, with or without rims…
• n. An engraved copper roller used in print works.
• n. (nautical) The watertight outer covering of the hull of a vessel, often made with planking or metal plating.
• n. (nautical, rigging) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
• n. (nautical) A light boat whose frame is covered with thin wood, impermeable fabric, or water-proofed paper;…
• n. (computing) An operating system software user interface, whose primary purpose is to launch other programs…
• n. (chemistry) A set of atomic orbitals that have the same principal quantum number.
• n. An emaciated person.
• n. A psychological barrier to social interaction.
• n. (business) A legal entity that has no operations.
• n. A concave rough cast-iron tool in which a convex lens is ground to shape.
• n. (engineering) A gouge bit or shell bit.
• v. To remove the outer covering or shell of something. See sheller.
• v. To bombard, to fire projectiles at, especially with artillery.
• v. (informal) To disburse or give up money, to pay. (Often used with out).
• v. (intransitive) To fall off, as a shell, crust, etc.
• v. (intransitive) To cast the shell, or exterior covering; to fall out of the pod or husk.
• v. (computing, intransitive) To switch to a shell or command line.
• v. To form shallow, irregular cracks (in a coating).
• v. (topology) To form a shelling.