protect
1. shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage (Freq. 43)
- Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain
• Derivationally related forms:
protective, protection, protector
• Hypernyms:
defend
• Hyponyms:
cover for, immunize, immunise, overprotect, look out,
cover, guard, ward, defend, hold, shield,
screen, charm, wall, palisade, fence, fence in,
fence in, safeguard, mothproof, body guard, insure,
keep, preserve
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. use tariffs to favor domestic industry (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
protective, protection
• Topics:
trade
• Hypernyms:
assist
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
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