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PROTECT

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage

Example:

Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "protect" is one way to...):

defend (be on the defensive; act against an attack)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "protect"):

keep; preserve (maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger)

cover (to take an action to protect against future problems)

insure (take out insurance for)

body guard (accompany and protect from physical harm)

mothproof (protect from moths)

cover (be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game)

cover (protect or defend (a position in a game))

safeguard (make safe)

fence; fence in; palisade; surround; wall (surround with a wall in order to fortify)

charm (protect through supernatural powers or charms)

screen; shield (protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm)

defend; guard; hold (protect against a challenge or attack)

guard; ward (watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect)

cover (hold within range of an aimed firearm)

look out (to protect someone's interests)

overprotect (protect excessively)

immunise; immunize (law: grant immunity from prosecution)

cover for (provide an excuse or alibi for someone so as to cover up guilt)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

protection (the activity of protecting someone or something)

protection (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)

protective (intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind)

protector (a person who cares for persons or property)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Use tariffs to favor domestic industry

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "protect" is one way to...):

assist (act as an assistant in a subordinate or supportive function)

Domain category:

trade (the commercial exchange (buying and selling on domestic or international markets) of goods and services)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

protection (the imposition of duties or quotas on imports in order to protect domestic industry against foreign competition)

protective (intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Some Government must protect all these seals.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Your body's immune system protects you from disease and infection.

(Autoimmune Diseases, NIH)

It is important to protect your family from mercury exposure.

(Mercury, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry)

A type of slow-growing tumor that forms in the meninges (thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).

(Meningioma, NCI Dictionary)

Inflammation of the meninges (three thin layers of tissue that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord).

(Meningitis, NCI Dictionary)

The largest observed difference was in genes activated by interferon, which are important in protecting cells from viruses.

(Cerebral organoid model provides clues about how to prevent virus-induced brain cell death, National Institutes of Health)

Nucleosome core particle consists of the 146 base pair highly protected DNA segment and its bound histone octamer (two of each histones H2A, histone2B,, H3 and H4).

(Nucleosome Core Particle, NCI Thesaurus)

The study may have implications for the future development of type 2 diabetes therapies that target and protect beta cells.

(New Potential Approach Found to Type 2 Diabetes Treatment, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Blocking CAR activation with an antagonist protects against acetaminophen liver toxicity, suggesting a strategy to treat acetaminophen toxicity.

(Acetaminophen Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

And now both mangonels were at work from the galleys, but so covered and protected that, save at the moment of discharge, no glimpse could be caught of them.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)