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"SHIELDS" is a plural of: shield. |
Date "SHIELDS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Shields The most famous in story are the Shield of Achilles described by Homer, of Hercules, described by Hesiod, and of Æneas described by Virgil. Other famous bucklers described in classic story are the following:- That of Agamemnon, a gorgon. Amycos (son of Poseidon or Neptune), a crayfish, symbol of prudence. Cadmos and his descendants, a dragon, to indicate their descent from the dragon's teeth. Etcocles (4 syl.), one of the seven heroes against Thebes, a man scaling a wall. Hector, a lion. Idoméneus (4 syl.), a cock. Menetaos, a serpent at his heart: alluding to the elopement of his wife with Paris. Parthenopocos, one of the seven heroes, a sphinx holding a man in its claws. Ulysses, a dolphin. Whence he is sometimes called Delphinosemos. Servius says that the Greeks in the siege of Troy had, as a rule, Neptune on their bucklers, and the Trojans Minerva. It was a common custom, after a great victory, for the victorious general to hang his buckler on the walls of some temple. The clang of shields. When a chief doomed a man to death, he struck his shield with the blunt end of his spear, by way of notice to the royal bard to begin the death-song. (See Aegis.) "Cairbar rises in his arms, The clang of shields is heard." Ossian: Temora, f. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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This leaves the ship two options
The only way to circumvent this involves the fact that the higher the energy and density of the force field the shorter it lasts. So you set the force field to a sufficient strength and set it to work by the strobe method. The shield flicks on and off before in can buckle space. It can do this up to a billion times a second. The less time the shield runs the higher the strength of the shield can be, as long as you can produce the energy to do so.
Shields are just force fields that are bent like a graphed function, a parabolic curve, from each shield generator and which then overlap to form one solid bubble. Energy and Matter impacting on the force field creates a excess of energy as the force fields interatomic cohesion forces interact with the inter atomic forces of matter and energy of the weapon, object or particle. The energy produced feeds itself back to the shield generator; this reduces the capability of the shield generator and reduces the shield strength.
You should never allow two force fields or shields to interact, integrate or come into contact with each other since this is akin to a piece of incredibly dense, hard and energetic matter passing through another piece of incredibly dense, hard and energetic matter. This will cancel out the shield as where the shields intersect the energy will be to great and the strobe effect will not be able to counter act the buckling of space.
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Shields is a town located in Dodge County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 554.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Shields is a town located in Marquette County, Wisconsin. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 456.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Shields is a town located in Saginaw County, Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 6,590.(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Shields is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Wisconsin:Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Shields (Star Trek)."
Crosswords: SHIELDS |
| English words defined with "SHIELDS": Athalamous ♦ Buckler mustard ♦ charge ♦ Emblazonry ♦ Fence roof ♦ ordinary ♦ Vair. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "SHIELDS": AUTOMATIC-MACHINE ATTENDANT ♦ BLOCK MAKER, Briareos ♦ chlorofluorocarbons, Curetes ♦ Dry Floodproofing ♦ Film badge ♦ HARNESS RIGGER ♦ machine assembler, MECHANIC, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK ♦ Ozone Depletion ♦ parachute-harness rigger ♦ Re-entry ♦ SIGN ERECTOR I, sign hanger ♦ truck repairer ♦ Ultraviolet Rays. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "SHIELDS": Shelter. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | If Brooke Shields married Groucho Marx their child would have your eyebrows! (The Princess Diaries; writing credit: Gina Wendkos) | |
Lyrics | Them boys in blue with the shields and the glocks movin (Can't Deny It; performing artist: Fabolous) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Celebrity Profile: Brooke Shields (2001) Intimate Portrait: Brooke Shields (2001) Headliners & Legends: Brooke Shields (2001) Shields and Yarnell (1977) | |
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![]() | Packing in the astro instruments Shields, 50 lbs. Astro party of C.V Hodgson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Hydraulic engineer Doug Shields (right) and student research assistant Rick Rauteux observe changes in channel geometry and stream corridor habitats caused by water rushing over a headcut. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
![]() | Surrounded by protective fencing that shields the rain gauge from wind currents, hydrologic technician Michael Murphy retrieves precipitation data for a site on the 16,000-acre Central Plains Experimental Range. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. | ![]() | Drug Free: : The Choice of a New Generation / Katie Shields. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Sex And The Single Student : The Trojans used shields - Why don't You??. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Laid up at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, while being reconditioned for a return to active service, 3 June 1941. Note shields for 5"/38 single gun mounts on pier. Foremast and bridge of USS Utah (AG-16) is visible in the right middle distance. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Interior of the wet slips, with USS Lardner (Destroyer # 286, builder's Hull # 366) fitting out at right. Further to the right, with smokestacks barely visible behind the building framework, is USS Putnam (Destroyer # 287, builder's Hull # 367), which is also fitting out. Note barrels, mountings, shields and base rings for 4"/50 guns, in the foreground, and warning signs. The largest of the latter, at right, forbids smoking due to the presence of fuel oil. Smaller signs state: "Coal Shortage" "Every leak in air lines Means Waste of Coal". Some of the material present is marked for Hull 370 (USS Dale, Destroyer # 290). Photograph probably taken circa 18 November 1919. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Underway during the later 1930s, after being fitted with raked funnel caps and torpedo tube shields. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Amazon women with shields by tree and letter A. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Three men carrying palm leaf and matting rain shields. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | We must make sure that its work is fruitful, that it is a reality and not a sham, that it is a force for action, and not merely a frothing of words, that it is a true temple of peace in which the shields of many nations can some day be hung up, and not merely a cockpit in a Tower of Babel. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Shields protect the urethra from heat damage. (references) | |
Business | The Commercial Service in Oslo has received requests from Norwegian agents for supplies of riot shields and other civil control equipment. (references) | |
It was predicted by 2001 that taxis will start heavily protecting themselves with bullet proof shields between the front and back seats; push alarms on the dashboard; cash security boxes welded to the chassis; debit, pre-paid or credit card payment devices; and advanced communications systems. (references) | ||
Human Rights | Iraq | The Government shields certain groups from prosecution for alleged crimes. (references) |
Argentina | In January in Marcos Juarez, Buenos Aires province, 41 inmates reported having been indiscriminately beaten by guards who used helmets and shields to obscure their identity. (references) | |
Russia | According to unconfirmed reports, rebels killed civilians who would not assist them, used civilians as human shields, forced civilians to build fortifications, and prevented refugees from fleeing Chechnya. (references) | |
Women | Italy | Legislation protects women from physical abuse, including by family members, allows for the prosecution of perpetrators of violence against women, and shields women who have been objects of attack from publicity. (references) |
Worker Rights | Nepal | There are reports that the Maoists use children, including girls, as soldiers, shields, runners, and messengers. (references) |
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| "SHIELDS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 57.10% of the time. "SHIELDS" is used about 901 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 57.1% | 514 | 11,807 |
| Noun (proper) | 38.47% | 347 | 15,353 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 4.43% | 40 | 54,274 |
| Total | 100.00% | 901 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "SHIELDS" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Shields | Last name | 20,000 | 580 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
1. Shields, KS 2. Shields, MI (CDP, FIPS 73560) 3. Shields, ND |
Expressions using "SHIELDS": small roller with shields roller gate ♦ sound absorbing shields. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "SHIELDS": Shields-based. | |
Ending with "SHIELDS": riot-shields, wind-shields. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SHIELDS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 盾 (shield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | støjskærme (anti-noise barriers, sound absorbing shields, sound resistant screens), saerlig type af valseformet lukke for overfald (small roller with shields roller gate, submergible roller gate), til centrifugalspredere og pendulspredere kan man faa en vindskaerm for at undgaa vindens forstyrrende indvirkning (with spinning disc(fertilizer distributor)and pendulum fertilizer distributors wind shields are provided to prevent disturbing wind influence), afskaermninger blev anbragt i roeret rundt om katoden (shields were placed in the tube around the cathode). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | walsstuw met kleine wals en stuwklep (small roller with shields roller gate), in de buis zijn rondom de kathode afschermingen aangebracht (shields were placed in the tube around the cathode), half-open omkasting (anti-noise barriers, sound absorbing shields, sound resistant screens), geluidafschermwanden (anti-noise barriers, sound absorbing shields, sound resistant screens), centrifugaalstrooiers en pendelstrooiers zijn voorzien van een windscherm teneinde hinderlijke invloed van de wind te voorkomen (with spinning disc(fertilizer distributor)and pendulum fertilizer distributors wind shields are provided to prevent disturbing wind influence), absorberende schermen (anti-noise barriers, sound absorbing shields, sound resistant screens), abri (shelter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | melueste (anti-noise barriers, sound absorbing shields, sound resistant screens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vanne rouleau avec boucliers supérieur et inférieur (small roller with shields roller gate), protections des tuyaux flexibles (hose shields), protections des batteries (battery shields), enceintes ouvertes (sound absorbing shields), distributeurs d'engrais du type centrifuge disques appelés encore distributeur centrifuge,sont pourvus d'un abat-vent ou coupe-vent pour assurer l'insensibilité au vent de l'épandage (with spinning disc(fertilizer distributor)and pendulum fertilizer distributors wind shields are provided to prevent disturbing wind influence), des écrans ont été placés dans la valve autour de la cathode (shields were placed in the tube around the cathode), baffles-cloisons (sound absorbing shields). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Schutzschilder, Schilder (signboards, signposts). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κυλινδρορρουφράκτης μετ'άνω και κάτω ασπίδος (small roller with shields roller gate), φυγόκεντροι λιπασματοδιανομείς με δίσκους,που αποκαλούνται επίσης και φυγοκεντρικοί διανομείς,είναι εφοδιασμένοι με προστατευτική ασπί (with spinning disc(fertilizer distributor)and pendulum fertilizer distributors wind shields are provided to prevent disturbing wind influence), ηχοφράγματα (anti-noise barriers, sound absorbing shields, sound resistant screens), αντιθορυβικά φράγματα (anti-noise barriers, sound absorbing shields, sound resistant screens), Θωρακίσεις τοποθετήθηκαν μέσα στις λυχνίες γύρω από την κάθοδο. (shields were placed in the tube around the cathode). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | spandiconcimi a dischi(dentati)-chiamati pure spandiconcimi centrifughi-provvisti di un paravento per evitare l'azione disturbante del vento (with spinning disc(fertilizer distributor)and pendulum fertilizer distributors wind shields are provided to prevent disturbing wind influence), sono stati collocati schermi intorno al catodo della valvola (shields were placed in the tube around the cathode), paratoia cilindrica con scudo e grembiule (small roller with shields roller gate), box insonorizzanti (anti-noise barriers, sound absorbing shields, sound resistant screens), box a cielo aperto (anti-noise barriers, sound absorbing shields, sound resistant screens), barriere fonoisolanti e assorbenti (anti-noise barriers, sound absorbing shields, sound resistant screens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 방패 (shield). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ieldsshay paineis absorventes (anti-noise barriers, sound absorbing shields, sound resistant screens), distribuidor de adubos do tipo centrífugo de discos,também chamados distribuidores centrífugos,são providos de um guarda-vento para assegurar a não perturbação da distribuição pelo vento (with spinning disc(fertilizer distributor)and pendulum fertilizer distributors wind shields are provided to prevent disturbing wind influence), comporta de cilindros com escudos superior e inferior (small roller with shields roller gate), barreiras sonoras (anti-noise barriers, sound absorbing shields, sound resistant screens). (various references) compuerta de tambor con pantalla superior e inferior (small roller with shields roller gate), barreras antirruido (anti-noise barriers, sound absorbing shields, sound resistant screens), alrededor del cátodo del tubo se coloca un apantallamiento (shields were placed in the tube around the cathode). (various references) typ av rullucka (small roller with shields roller gate), bullerskärm (anti-noise barriers, sound absorbing shields, sound resistant screens). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Samuel Chapter 8, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai elaben dauid touV clidwnaV touV crusouV oi hsan epi twn paidwn twn adraazar basilewV souba kai hnegken auta eiV ierousalhm kai elaben auta sousakim basileuV aiguptou en tw anabhnai auton eiV ierousalhm en hmeraiV roboam uiou solomwntoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et tulit David arma aurea quae habebant servi Adadezer et detulit ea in Hierusalem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And Dauid took goldun aarmys and beeyis, that hadden the seruauntis of Adadezer, and brouyte hem into Jerusalem. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And David took their gold body-covers from the servants of Hadadezer and took them to Jerusalem. |
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| Language | 2 Samuel Chapter 8, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Ug gikuha ni David ang mga taming nga bulawan nga diha sa mga ulipon ni Hadad-ezer, ug gidala kini ngadto sa Jerusalem. |
| Chinese | 他 奪 了 " 大 底 謝 臣 僕 所 拿 的 金 盾 牌 、 帶 到 耶 路 '' 冷 。 |
| Croatian | David zaplijeni zlatne štitove što ih imahu Hadadezerove sluge i donese ih u Jeruzalem. |
| Danish | Og David tog de Guldskjolde, Hadad'ezers Folk havde båret, og bragte dem til Jerusalem; |
| Dutch | En David nam de gouden schilden die bij Hadad-ezers knechten geweest waren, en bracht ze te Jeruzalem. |
| Finnish | Ja Daavid otti ne kultavarustukset, jotka Hadadeserin palvelijoilla oli, ja vei ne Jerusalemiin. |
| French | Et David prit les boucliers d`or qu`avaient les serviteurs d`Hadadézer, et les apporta Jérusalem. |
| German | Und David nahm die goldenen Schilde, die Hadadesers Knechte gehabt hatten, und brachte sie gen Jerusalem. |
| Haitian Creole | David sezi tout gwo plak pwotèj an fè chèf lame wa Adadezè yo, li pote yo lavil Jerizalèm. |
| Hungarian | És elvevé Dávid az arany paizsokat is, melyek Hadadézer szolgáin valának, és bevivé azokat Jeruzsálembe. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tameng-tameng emas yang dipakai oleh tentara Hadadezer dirampas oleh Daud dan dibawa ke Yerusalem. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka diambil Daud akan segala perisai keemasan yang telah ada pada hamba-hamba Hadad-ezar, dibawanya akan dia ke Yeruzalem. |
| Maori | I tangohia ano e Rawiri nga pukupuku koura a nga tangata a Hararetere, a kawea ana ki Hiruharama. |
| Norwegian | David tok de gullskjold som Hadadesers tjenere hadde båret, og førte dem til Jerusalem. |
| Portuguese | E Davi tomou os escudos de ouro que os servos de Hadadézer usavam, e os trouxe para Jerusalém. |
| Rumanian | Wi David a luat scuturile de aur, pe cari le aveau slujitorii lui Hadadezer, wi le -a adus la Ierusalim. |
| Swedish | Och David tog de gyllene sköldar som Hadadesers tjänare hade burit och förde dem till Jerusalem. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "SHIELDS": windshields. (additional references) | |
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"SHIELDS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Schfield, schield, Schkelda, Schweldt, shaalds, sheild, Sheilds, Shiells, shiels, Shileds, Shimelis, shoulds, swield. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "SHIELDS" (pronounced shē"ldz) |
| 4 | -ē" l d z | fields, wields, yields. |
| 3 | -l d z | airfields, battlefields, bolds, brownfields, builds, colds, cornfields, emeralds, Faulds, folds, footholds, goldfields, golds, guilds, hayfields, heralds, holds, households, marigolds, minefields, Molds, moulds, olds, rebuilds, scaffolds, scalds, scolds, strongholds, thresholds, unfolds, upholds, welds, wilds, windshields, withholds, worlds. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-h-i-l-s-s" | |
-1 letter: dishes, hissed, shield, shiels, sidles, slides. | |
-2 letters: deils, delis, heils, hides, idles, isled, isles, sheds, shied, shiel, shies, sides, sidle, silds, sleds, slide. | |
-3 letters: deil, deli, dels, diel, dies, dish, diss, edhs, elds, elhi, heil, held, hide, hied, hies, hiss, ides, idle, isle, leis, less, lids, lied, lies, seis, sels, shed, shes, side. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-h-i-l-s-s" | |
+1 letter: dishelms, hideless. | |
+2 letters: childless, dishevels, disrelish, headsails, hillsides, milksheds, shadflies, shielders, sidehills, sulphides. | |
+3 letters: blandishes, damselfish, dealfishes, demolishes, depolishes, dishtowels, elderships, goldfishes, ladyfishes, mishandles, sidelights, stablished. | |
+4 letters: blandishers, blindfishes, chrysalides, dealerships, demolishers, deshabilles, devilfishes, diplophases, discophiles, disenthrals, dishabilles, dishonestly, disrelished, disrelishes, dollishness, doltishness, established, leaderships, soldiership, sulphurised, windshields. | |
+5 letters: candlefishes, childishness, chrysomelids, cloddishness, damselfishes, devilishness, dichlorvoses, discipleship, disenthralls, disestablish, disrelishing, hemodialyses, hemodialysis, hollandaises, hospitalised, needlefishes, paddlefishes, polyhedrosis, psychedelias, psychedelics, shipbuilders, shirtsleeved, soldierships, stickhandles, switchblades, thistledowns. | |
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