S: (v) overprotect (protect excessively) "Don't overprotect your son--he is an adult now!"
S: (v) look out (to protect someone's interests) "A man's gotta look out for his family"
S: (v) cover (hold within range of an aimed firearm)
S: (v) guard, ward (watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect) "guard my possessions while I'm away"
S: (v) defend, guard, hold (protect against a challenge or attack) "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"
W: (n) wall [Related to: wall] (a masonry fence (as around an estate or garden)) "the wall followed the road"; "he ducked behind the garden wall and waited"
W: (n) wall [Related to: wall] (an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes) "they stormed the ramparts of the city"; "they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"
W: (n) wall [Related to: wall] (an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure) "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
W: (n) palisade [Related to: palisade] (fortification consisting of a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground)
W: (n) fence [Related to: fence] (a barrier that serves to enclose an area)
W: (n) surround [Related to: surround] (the area in which something exists or lives) "the country--the flat agricultural surround"