PROTECT

[verb] [T] - to keep (someone or something) safe from injury, damage or lossThese gloves will protect your hands against the cold. [T]She's learning self-defence so she can protect herself if she's ever attacked. [T]Surely the function of the law is to protect everyone's rights.Will this type of sun block protect me from ultraviolet light? [T]Of course the company will act to protect its financial interests in the country if war begins.Patients' names have been changed to protect their privacy.Public pressure to protect the environment is strong and growing. [T]If a government protects a part of its country's trade or industry, it helps it by taxing goods from other countries.If an insurance agreement protects a person against something, such as having possessions stolen, being injured or being killed, then that person or someone they have named will receive money if one of these things happens.