shielded : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: shielded	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for shielded
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
shielded adj (used especially of machinery) protected by a shield to prevent injury
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.