The Collaborative International Dictionary
Protect \Pro*tect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Protected; p. pr. & vb. n. Protecting.] [L. protectus, p. p. of protegere, literally, to cover in front; pro before + tegere to cover. See Tegument.] To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety; as, a father protects his children.
The gods of Greece protect you!
--Shak.
Syn: To guard; shield; preserve. See Defend.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of protect English)
WordNet
adj. shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort; "the protecting blanket of snow"; "a protecting alibi" [syn: protecting(a)]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "protecting".
Before it, forming a line round the protecting balustrade, were the Seven Elders, who called themselves Hu Aca Tehua--Sacred Guardians of the Aca people.
Their barracans were torn to shreds, their protecting veils ripped away and thrown aside.
The other district ranger obligingly left his own vehicle to sit in the backseat behind the heavy wire grid protecting Barth and Anna.
Her demeanor instantly changed from beguiled doe to a fierce lioness protecting her mate.
Their furry bodies and habits of burrowing into the shelter of the ground were protecting them from the worst of the cold.
The authorities in charge of protecting the burrowing owls would never block construction of the pancake house based on such fuzzy evidence.
The Kearsarge, on the other hand, was in good order, with mantlets of chain cable protecting her vitals, with one-third greater horse power, with fourteen more men in her crew, and with two big pivot guns throwing eleven inch shells with great force at short ranges.
Ram6n often compared it to the Matryoshka dolls in the Beriozka tourist stores, those cunningly carved nests of human figures which fitted one within the other, the outer layers protecting and hiding the precious centre.
Ramsey often compared it to the Matryoshka dolls in the Beriozka tourist stores, those cunningly carved nests of human figures which fitted one within the other, the outer layers protecting and hiding the precious centre.
I descended the staircase I saw two figures standing in the middle of the room staring at Pickwick, who stared back, courageously protecting her egg from behind the sofa.
The leisurely lectures in the Dayroom and the practical work of field- and detail-stripping and assembling the various pieces on the chilly porches with the sound of rain outside were things he liked, and since they were conducted by a single officer or noncom for the Company as a whole, they gave him respite from the vengeful eye of Old Ike Galovitch who seemed bent on protecting the honour of the Great God Holmes, ever since he first found out that Prew had refused to fight.
Rithrim to allow the observatory in order to obtain help in protecting their procreation center.
Moravian Jewish bankers, the Belgian democrats Proly and Walckiers, and even to Herault de Sechelles, who was accused of somehow protecting foreign banking interests in the Committee of Public Safety.
Rushing past him through the battle, Gilles de Rais thrust him heavily aside, ran through the firing line, and flung himself down beside Jeanne, covering his girl comrade and leader, and protecting her with his own body.
Oath without first renouncing the safety and protection of the laws specially protecting women.