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PROTECT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of PROTECT is to cover or shield from exposure, injury, damage, or destruction : guard. How to use protect in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Protect.

PROTECT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
PROTECT definition: 1. to keep someone or something safe from injury, damage, or loss: 2. If a government protects a…. Learn more.

PROTECT Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
PROTECT definition: to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger. See examples of protect used in a sentence.

Protect - definition of protect by The Free Dictionary
prevent – protect 1. 'prevent' If someone or something prevents you from doing something, they do not allow you to do it. My only idea was to prevent him from speaking. Cotton mittens will prevent the baby from scratching his own face.

PROTECT definition in American English | Collins English ...
To protect someone or something means to prevent them from being harmed or damaged.

protect - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
pro•tect /prəˈtɛkt/ v. to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, insult, etc.; cover; shield: [~ + object] The turtle's shell protects it from harm. [no object] The police are there to protect. Business [~ + object] to guard (an industry) from foreign competition, as by charging import duties on the products of the competition.

protect - definition and meaning - Wordnik
protect: To keep from being damaged, attacked, stolen, or injured; guard. synonym: defend.