English Explanatory Dictionary

hield

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel.
  2. To pour out; pour.
  3. To throw; cast; put.
  4. To bow; bend; incline; tilt or cant over.
  5. To decline; sink; go down.
  6. To yield; give way; surrender.
noun
  1. An inclination; a cant.
  2. An incline; slope.
  3. A decline; decrease; wane.

Word forms

hield hields hielding hielded heeld heald heild hild hyld held helde

Etymology

From Middle English heelden, helden, from Old English hieldan, heldan (“to lean, incline, slope, force downwards, bow or bend down”), from Proto-West Germanic *halþijan, from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną (“to bend, incline, pour, empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“to tilt, tip, incline”). Cognate with Dutch hellen (“to incline”), Low German hellen (“to incline”), Middle High German helden (“to incline”), Danish hælde (“to tilt, lean, slant, slope”), Swedish hälla (“to tilt, pour”), Icelandic halla (“incline, lean sideways, heel over”), Icelandic hella (“to pur”). See also heel.

Synonyms

fling hurl bung cast chuck chunk cook dash dump feck jerk heave hield hoy huck hurtle launch lob peck peg pick pitch precipitate project quoit shy slight skew sling thrill throw toss traject warp whang whip whop wing

Related words

hade heel
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