Synonyms:
shielding
Meaning: the act of shielding from harm
Synonyms:
shielding
Meaning: a shield of lead or concrete intended as a barrier to radiation emitted in nuclear decay
Usage examples
Garth removed the hand which had been shielding his face.
A dial on it glowed and a faint hum came from within its shielding metallic case.
Her elbows were on the table, and her linked fingers were shielding her eyes. Involuntarily the man reached his hand toward the bowed head.
But instead of his body or the dry hot sand her fingers had expected to encounter they closed over soft cushions, and with the shock she sat up with a jerk, her eyes staring wide, but, sick and faint, she fell back again, her arm flung across her face, shielding the light that pierced like daggers through her throbbing eye-balls.