shield
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a protective covering or structure
Types & categories
- protective covering hypernym
- nipple shield hyponym
- scale hyponym
- shielding hyponym
- shielding hyponym
Related & opposite
- shield derivation
Sense 2 verb
protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm
Types & categories
- protect hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
armor carried on the arm to intercept blows
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- shield derivation
Sense 4 verb
hold back a thought or feeling about
She is harboring a grudge against him
Types & categories
- hide hypernym
Sense 5 noun
hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
- dermal derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shield |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | protective covering |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nipple shield |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | scale |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shielding |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shielding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shielding |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | masking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | screen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | screen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | screen door |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | buckler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shield |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | defender |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | protect |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | shield |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | armor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | scutcheon |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | pavis |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | hide |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dermal |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | turtle |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | arthropod |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | mollusk |
| 5 | substance meronym | Parts & wholes | shell |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | scute |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cuticula |