protect

verb
/pɹəˈtɛkt/

To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

Example

“to protect a child from danger”

Other meanings

To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.

Synonyms

shield

Related words

shoot and protect
protection
calprotectin
cardioprotect
chemoprotect
chondroprotect
cryoprotect
deprotect
immunoprotect
neuroprotect
neuroprotectin
overprotect

Example sentences

“Cats protect me from the shadow people.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“Privacy protects the essence of who we are.”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“Steel-toe boots protect workers' feet.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Latin "prōtēctus" (covered, protected).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “protect” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.