protects meaning

Definition of protects in English Dictionary

• VerbBFprotectPRprotectingPT, PPprotectedPREprot-
  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of protect.
• More Examples
  1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
     • The Merck nonavalent HPV vaccine that is currently being tested would be better than both of these, because it protects from infection from 9 HPV types but would still not impact on all HPV types.
     • Compared with vehicle-treated controls, rapamycin protected against the tau-induced neuronal loss, synaptotoxicity, reactive microgliosis and astrogliosis, and activation of innate neuroimmunity.
     • In its elongated form, the shen ring became the cartouche which enclosed and protected a royal name.

• Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
  1. Verbs
     • Verb forms
       • Verb singular forms
         • Third-person singular forms

Other Vocabulary

1. en protect