Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Adapted or intended to afford protection.
- noun Something that protects.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.
- Adapted or intended to afford protection: as, a protective measure; affording protection to commodities of home production: as, a protective tariff; protective taxes.
- noun That which protects; something adapted to afford protection.
- noun In surgery, carbolized oiled silk applied over wounds for the exclusion of pathogenic bacteria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.
- adjective (Zoöl.) coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf.
Mimicry . - adjective (Polit. Econ.) a tariff designed to secure protection (see
Protection , 4.), as distinguished from a tariff designed to raise revenue. SeeTariff , andProtection , 4.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Serving, intended or wishing to
protect . - noun UK Something that protects.
- noun A
condom .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind
- adjective (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful
- adjective showing care
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Examples
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The aim should be to aggressively create what he calls a "protective barrier" against loneliness.
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MIKE BROOKS, FORMER D.C. POLIC., C.N LAW ENFORC.MENT ANALYST: That ` s exactly right, Nancy, because he was in what they call protective custody.
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If he goes life without parole, he will be in a level three or level four prison probably in a special needs yard, which is what they call protective custody.
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"It taps into what we identify as protective factors, especially in terms of intergenerational relationships, " he said.
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"It taps into what we identify as protective factors, especially in terms of intergenerational relationships, " he said.
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For Generation X members, "protective" is the key word to their parenting, largely because their families were less stable amid escalating divorce, says Nancy Robinson, a consumer strategist at consumer research company Iconoculture in Minneapolis.
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Firemen in protective suits clear up the residue of the toxic leak.
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Firemen in protective clothing and breathing apparatus carried out a full search of the area, and the cause of the incident was determined to be Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, who was giving a speech on Parliamentary reform in a nearby building.
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Firemen in protective clothing and breathing apparatus carried out a full search of the area, and the cause of the incident was determined to be Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, who was giving a speech on Parliamentary reform in a nearby building.
Shopping Centre Hit by Fumes Scare Dungeekin 2009
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Firemen in protective suits clear up the residue of the toxic leak.
Shopping Centre Hit by Fumes Scare Dungeekin 2009
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