schützen — meaning in English

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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