I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a riot shield (= a plastic shield used by a police officer )
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The police moved in on the demonstration using riot shields and tear gas.
human shield
shade/shield your eyes (= protect them from a bright light or the sun )
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They gazed out to sea, shielding their eyes from the sun.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
human
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Denis says they're using the children as a human shield .
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There was even some laughter when one of the thieves picked up a little girl to use as a human shield .
protective
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Vegetation indirectly created the protective ozone shield by pumping oxygen into the atmosphere.
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These networks put a high premium on education and formed a strong protective shield for those who had gone far from home.
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I kept my head down and the heavy bag well to the fore as a protective shield .
■ NOUN
heat
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Aluminised heat shield panels allow hot a engine and pipes to be covered immediately.
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But it also requires a heat shield to protect it during aerobraking.
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In turn the forward heat shield contained four slots into which the legs of the launch escape tower would fit.
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It is even possible that this residue could be used in its entirety to make heat shields .
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Also the improvised heat shield covering the main compartment can be seen over the top of the station.
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Thus, it appears feasible to manufacture practical heat shields in reusable molds on the Moon.
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Titan 2, Saturn 5 and Cher's water bed. Heat shields ?
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The use of a heat shield made from asteroidal materials is highly attractive because it reduces propulsion requirements.
missile
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And just as the gated community concept aggravated the problem it purported to solve, so might the missile shield .
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Ivanov proposed multilateral talks to assess the threats that prompted the United States to consider developing a missile shield .
riot
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Metal riot shields were introduced in 1970.
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Other demonstrators have managed to draw pink hearts on most of the riot shields .
■ VERB
carry
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Moorish infantry and cavalry, armed with bows, swords and spears, and carrying small round shields .
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And Perseus carried a shield provided by the goddess of wisdom.
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A Halberdier wearing light armour and carrying a shield will therefore cost 7+2+1 10 points.
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Minerva, like Athene, was usually depicted wearing a helmet and armour and carrying a lance and shield .
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WEAPONS/ARMOUR: Gorfang Rotgut wears light armour and carries a shield .
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They are in elaborate head-dresses and carry shields and spears.
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WEAPONS/ARMOUR: Azhag wears a suit of light armour and carries a shield .
equip
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Any regiment may be equipped with shields at a cost of +2 points per model.
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As he explained it to me, his fort came equipped with metal shields to protect it from rocket attacks.
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Any regiments may be equipped with shields at +1 point per model.
protect
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Beneath them the underside of the command module comprised a specially designed shield that protected them from the heat of re-entry.
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It was to be a shield of freedom to protect the emancipated slave against abuses from the states.
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Buy a bolster fitted with a plastic hand shield to protect your hand from badly-aimed blows.
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But it also requires a heat shield to protect it during aerobraking.
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As the command module entered the atmosphere tipped backwards so its heat shield was protecting the crew, the same effect happened.
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As he explained it to me, his fort came equipped with metal shields to protect it from rocket attacks.
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I'd definitely have a shield to protect myself, and a cloak to make me invisible.
use
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They do use shields and these are often made from animal hide.
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There was even some laughter when one of the thieves picked up a little girl to use as a human shield .
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Your only hope is to use him as a shield against the rest of the gang as you break through their line.
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Remember that a character with one hand holding a wand can't cast spells, use a shield , etc.
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If necessary, use a shield to prevent stray light from reaching the detector.
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And they do have the option of using a shield and not using the halberd.
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He serrated the air with his sword and used his shield as a wall and a battering-ram.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Before operating this machine, make sure the safety shield is in place.
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Suncream acts as a kind of shield against the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.
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The spacecraft is covered in a material that acts as a heat shield .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And Perseus carried a shield provided by the goddess of wisdom.
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Only the distal edge of the radial shields are visible.
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Other demonstrators have managed to draw pink hearts on most of the riot shields.
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Rawlie sat next to him, in an old chair with a back shaped like a shield .
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The adoral shields are small wing-like almost separating the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate.
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The radial shields are not visible, probably absent.
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The radial shields are triangular to tear-drop shaped, just over a quarter the disk radius in length.
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This ironclad shield was pierced by ten gun ports, the largest guns being designed for 9-inch shells.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
face
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The knife dropped from Grant's nerveless fingers and he staggered back, throwing up his right arm to shield his face .
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The same way you intuitively bring your arms to shield your face .
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Down Commercial Street came two others, shielding their faces from the newspaper camera men with fur muffs and boas.
■ VERB
try
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He tried to shield his past from its probing.
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Their 45-year-old teacher, Gwen Mayor, was killed as she tried to shield them.
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Even trying to shield herself from him, she could feel that void in him that he wanted her to fill.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Beneath him, shielded by his body, lay a baby.
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Fuel taxes were reduced, shielding industry from the effects of the rise in oil prices.
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The elderly woman shielded her wounded husband.
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The treated glass shields your eyes from the sun's ultraviolet rays.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But there was Daley to shield Wilson, beating down the evil ward bosses who opposed the Daley-Wilson reform.
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Dana had to be shielded from Roman's anger, and she was the only one who could do that.
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He had nearly forgotten about the small house next to him, shielded as it was by the rhododendron hedge.
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I held up a hand to shield my eyes.
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I passed long wagon trains filled with wounded and dying soldiers, without even a blanket to shield them....
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I was lucky; a bit of the fence fell on me and shielded me from the blast, I suppose.
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If other servants resented him, these two carefully shielded him.
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The trappings of prominent elected offices do not shield the occupants from the challenges, temptations and failures of daily life.