Protective : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Protective	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Protective
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
protective adj intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs" Antonym(s): unprotective showing care; "a protective mother" (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful; "protective of his reputation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Protective \Protect"ive\, a. [Cf. F. protectif.] Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. [bd] The favor of a protective* Providence.[b8] --Feltham. {Protective coloring} (Zo[94]l.), coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. {Mimicry}. --Wallace. {Protective tariff} (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to secure protection (see {Protection}, 4.), as distinguished from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See {Tariff}, and {Protection}, 4.