Protect
/pɹəˈtɛkt/ verb
verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to. ambitransitive
"to protect a child from danger"
- 2 shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage wordnet
- 3 To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.
- 4 use tariffs to favor domestic industry wordnet
Example
More examples"In the days of the knights, they wore shields to protect themselves from sword-fight wounds."
Etymology
Attested in English since 1530, from Latin prōtēctus (“covered, protected”), past participle of prōtegere (“to cover the front, protect”) from prō, prō- (“before, in front of”) + tegere (“to cover”), see tegument. Displaced native Middle English shelden, from Old English sċildan (“to protect,” literally “to shield”).