Usually means: Protective barriers against harm, damage.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word shields:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. shields: Merriam-Webster
  2. Shields: Collins English Dictionary
  3. shields: Vocabulary.com
  4. Shield's, Shields, shield's, shields: Wordnik
  5. shields: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. Shields, shields: Wiktionary
  7. shields: Dictionary.com
  8. shields: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Shields (Star Trek), Shields (album), Shields (disambiguation), Shields (keelboat), Shields (suit), Shields, The Shields: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Shields: Rhymezone
  11. Shields: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  12. Shields: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shields: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shields: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. shields: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. shields: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SHIELDS: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Shields: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Shields)

▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  A number of places in the United States:
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Hamilton Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Lane County, Kansas.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Thomas Township, Saginaw County, Michigan.
▸ noun:  A township in Holt County, Nebraska.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Grant County, North Dakota.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Leetsdale borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
▸ noun:  A town in Dodge County, Wisconsin.
▸ noun:  A town in Marquette County, Wisconsin.

Similar:
buckler, screen, harbor, harbour, Shiels, shier, Shawley, Shuffield, Shelden, shire, more...

Opposite:
exposes, reveals, uncovers

Types:
kite, tower, pavise, buckler, heater, round, targe, more...

Phrases:
South Shields, North Shields, human shields, heat shields, james shields, more...

Adjectives:
large, round, small, human, wooden, protective, heraldic, golden, long, white, radial



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Similar:
buckler, screen, harbor, harbour, Shiels, shier, Shawley, Shuffield, Shelden, shire, more...

Opposite:
exposes, reveals, uncovers

Types:
kite, tower, pavise, buckler, heater, round, targe, more...

Phrases:
South Shields, North Shields, human shields, heat shields, james shields, nipple shields, chin shields, radial shields, dress shields, alice shields, ozone shields, body shields, water shields, Brooke Shields, more...

Adjectives:
large, round, small, human, wooden, protective, heraldic, golden, long, white, radial



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