Results for protect

Definitions of protect:

part of speech: verb transitive

To cover in front: to cover over: to defend: to shelter.

part of speech: verb

To cover from danger; to throw a shelter over; to shield; to guard; to patronise.

part of speech: verb transitive

To keep in safety; guard; shield; shelter; to foster by a high tariff, as home industries.

Usage examples for protect:

• But we carried it about the streets from morning to evening, with twelve big fellows to protect it. "The Turnstile", A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason

• I have nothing to expect from my brother, Major Pierson, and my mother cannot protect me. "Taken by the Enemy", Oliver Optic