PROTECTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does protecting mean? 

• PROTECTING (adjective)
  The adjective PROTECTING has 1 sense:

1. shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort

  Familiarity information: PROTECTING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROTECTING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shielding (or designed to shield) against harm or discomfort

Context example:

a protecting alibi

Similar:

protective (intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind)

 Context examples 

Previously, researchers had discovered only one antibody—from a mouse—capable of protecting mice against multiple different species in the ebolavirus lineage.

(Antibodies from Ebola survivor protect mice and ferrets against related viruses, NIH)

These observations led the researchers to conclude that functional MDA5 is critical to protecting people against HRV.

(Scientists discover rare genetic susceptibility to common cold, National Institutes of Health)

The Russian scientists are going to use the result of their research to develop measures aimed at protecting Earth form this threat.

(Mutated Terrestrial Bacteria That Return from Space Pose Threat to Life on Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I am sure the service Mr. Frank Churchill had rendered you, in protecting you from the gipsies, was spoken of.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The largest observed difference was in genes activated by interferon, which are important in protecting cells from viruses.

(Cerebral organoid model provides clues about how to prevent virus-induced brain cell death, National Institutes of Health)

Methionine-misacylation, then, may benefit the cell by protecting proteins from reactive oxygen species.

(Genes Can be Read in Different Ways, NIH, US)

This method of protecting the body’s water was so efficient that the men actually drank less when their salt intake was highest.

(How the body regulates salt levels, NIH)

Upon application of liposome-encapsulated recombinant human Cu/Zn SOD as a thin film on the irradiated area, the recombinant SOD1 is released and scavenges free oxygen radicals, thereby protecting cells from oxidative stress.

(Liposome-encapsulated Recombinant Human Cu/Zn Superoxide-dismutase, NCI Thesaurus)

A thin membrane of skin with the purpose of covering and protecting an eye.

(Eyelid, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition to protecting against the lethal side effects of radiation, c-MYC inhibitors are used in cancer treatment, which means that they may have dual efficacy.

(New Way Discovered for Protecting against High-Dose Radiation Damage, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)