Protect

What do we mean by protect?

To keep from being damaged, attacked, stolen, or injured; guard. synonym: defend. transitive verb

To keep from being subjected to difficulty or unpleasantness. transitive verb

To keep from being curtailed or exposed to risk. transitive verb

To help (domestic industry) with tariffs or quotas on imported goods. transitive verb

To assure payment of (drafts or notes, for example) by setting aside funds. transitive verb

To attempt to hold (a lead) by playing careful defense and avoiding risky plays. transitive verb

To swing at a pitch near (home plate) in order to avoid being called out on strikes. transitive verb

To swing at a pitch so as to give (a base runner) a better chance of advancing. transitive verb

To cover or shield from danger, harm, damage, trespass, exposure, insult, temptation, or the like; defend; guard; preserve in safety: applied with a wide range, both literally and figuratively, actively and passively.

To act as protector or regent for. Compare protector, 2 .

Specifically, in political economics, to guard or strengthen against foreign competition by means of a protective duty.

Synonyms Defend, Shelter, etc. (see keep), screen, secure.

To cover or shield from danger or injury; to defend; to guard; to preserve in safety. transitive verb

To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to. verb

Shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage verb

Use tariffs to favor domestic industry verb

To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.

(travel) To book a passenger on a later flight if there is a chance they will not be able to board their earlier reserved flight.

Something my parents should’ve used when they made me. Urban Dictionary

When a guy wraps his penis in rubber so he don't spread std's or cause pregnancy. Urban Dictionary

Someone can/is be protective of you when they care about you and the way you feel. They don't want you to get hurt, and want to protect your feelings. A protective person is always there talk to, and to hear you out when you have a problem. They are the best kind of friend because you can always trust them. They always have your back. Try not to ever lose a friend if they are protective of you because that kind of friend is hard to ever find again. Having someone be protective over you is the best feeling in one of the best feelings in the world. Urban Dictionary

1. A condom or other contraceptive 2. A gun, knife, or other weapon 3. A form of extortion whereupon the victim agrees to pay his 'protector' not to beat or otherwise harm him. Old school organized crime scam. 4. Clemency from authorities via political or other connections. Urban Dictionary

Condom. Urban Dictionary

Some form of a contraceptive Urban Dictionary

1) A knife, a firearm, or some other type of concealable weapon that is commonly used by individuals living in a relatively violent or dangerous area. 2) P.R.O.T.E.C.T.I.O.N. Personal Renegade Of The Expressive Condition To Influence Obvious Negativity. Urban Dictionary

Something guys often are over their girlfriends. They often lose their girlfriends in 3-7 days because their annoying. Urban Dictionary

U use this while having Sex. or well u are SUPOSED to use it if u dont want a Baby : Urban Dictionary

A man that trolls non-stop and speaks out his mind to anyone. Simply saying "Fuck you" to anyone he hates and shitting wherever and whoever he wants to shit on. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to protect:
protect, project, protest, prosect, protec, provect.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word protect:
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Words that rhyme with protect:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe protect:
write, self, check, does, neglect, select, ronmental, password.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective protect:
patient, containers, skin, yourself, children, drug, plants, button, people, client, solution, airway, child, document, food, command, life, your, property, rights, method, wildlife, solutions, interests, confidentiality, assets, tablets, quality, personnel, equipment, employer, infant, surfaces, privacy, program, freedom, area, first, medication, ion, cylinders, injection, clothing, cells, trees, vials, option, road, health, self, integrity, worksheet, capsules, utility, them, constructive, windows, products, emperor, wound, workers, baby, furniture, materials, eyes, capital, members, feet, face, environment, samples, plate, habitat, files, land, blebs, communications, powder, site, password, floors, light, insulation, joints, surface, slides, mode, vaccine, specimen, biodiversity, acre, pane, menu, objects, pillow.

Words that sound like protect:
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