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schützen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • guard noun A person whose job is to protect a place, person, or thing.
  • protect verb To keep someone or something safe from harm or damage.
  • safeguard noun Something put in place to protect against harm or risk.
  • shuttle noun A vehicle or service that travels back and forth between two places.

Senses

schützen is used for these senses in English:

  • guard (transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
  • protect (ambitransitive) To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
  • safeguard To protect, to keep safe.
  • shuttle The sliding thread holder in a sewing machine, which carries the lower thread through a loop of the upper thread, to make a lock stitch.

guard — full definition

  1. noun A person whose job is to protect a place, person, or thing.
  2. noun A device or piece of equipment that protects part of the body or a machine from harm.
  3. noun A cautious or defensive stance, as in "on guard" or "off guard."
  4. verb To protect someone or something from danger or attack.
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