Hield
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Hield is a verb meaning (transitive) To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel.
Meaning
(transitive) To bend; incline; tilt (as a water-vessel or ship); heel.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To pour out; pour.
- (transitive) To throw; cast; put.
- (intransitive) To bow; bend; incline; tilt or cant over.
- (intransitive) To decline; sink; go down.
- (intransitive) To yield; give way; surrender.
- An inclination; a cant.
- (UK dialectal) An incline; slope.
Word Forms
- hields
- hielding
- hielded
Synonyms for hield
Depending on context, synonyms include fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bend, propend, hold, inbend, incline, onhold.
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