Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to shield
Participle: shielded
Gerund: shielding
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | shield |
| you | shield |
| he;she;it | shields |
| we | shield |
| you | shield |
| they | shield |
Perfect
| I | have shielded |
| you | have shielded |
| he;she;it | has shielded |
| we | have shielded |
| you | have shielded |
| they | have shielded |
Past
| I | shielded |
| you | shielded |
| he;she;it | shielded |
| we | shielded |
| you | shielded |
| they | shielded |
Pluperfect
| I | had shielded |
| you | had shielded |
| he;she;it | had shielded |
| we | had shielded |
| you | had shielded |
| they | had shielded |
Future
| I | will shield |
| you | will shield |
| he;she;it | will shield |
| we | will shield |
| you | will shield |
| they | will shield |
Future Perfect
| I | will have shielded |
| you | will have shielded |
| he;she;it | will have shielded |
| we | will have shielded |
| you | will have shielded |
| they | will have shielded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | shield |
| you | shield |
| he;she;it | shield |
| we | shield |
| you | shield |
| they | shield |
Perfect
| I | have shielded |
| you | have shielded |
| he;she;it | have shielded |
| we | have shielded |
| you | have shielded |
| they | have shielded |
Imperfect
| I | shielded |
| you | shielded |
| he;she;it | shielded |
| we | shielded |
| you | shielded |
| they | shielded |
Pluperfect
| I | had shielded |
| you | had shielded |
| he;she;it | had shielded |
| we | had shielded |
| you | had shielded |
| they | had shielded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would shield |
| you | would shield |
| he;she;it | would shield |
| we | would shield |
| you | would shield |
| they | would shield |
Perfect
| I | would have shielded |
| you | would have shielded |
| he;she;it | would have shielded |
| we | would have shielded |
| you | would have shielded |
| they | would have shielded |
Imperative
| you | shield |
| we | Let's shield |
| you | shield |
Verbs conjugated like 'shield'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'shield'
hield,
beshield,
bield,
child,
enshield,
field,
heeld,
shed,
shell,
shend,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make or keep a person or object safe from attack
- beshield, beward, brood, cape for, defend, fend, guard, preserve, protect, safeguard, secure, shelter, ward
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
An alteration of Middle English schilden after Etymology 1, from Old English sċildan, from Proto-West Germanic *skildijan, form Proto-Germanic *skildijaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*skildijaną'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] of one of them was actually shot in the body, though not dangerously wounded. But one man was killed on the same occasion; and from the very window whence he received his death, the very flag which shielded his murderer (not only in the commission of his crime, but from its consequences ), was displayed again on the occasion of the public ceremony performed by the Governor General, to which I have just [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] mercies of their masters. Public opinion has made the laws, and denied the slaves legislative protection. Public opinion has knotted the lash, heated the branding-iron, loaded the rifle, and shielded the murderer. Public opinion threatens the abolitionist with death, if he venture to the South; and drags him with a rope about his middle, in broad unblushing noon, through the first city in the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)