protective

1. a. Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. Source: opted

2. adj. intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind Source: wordnet

3. adj. showing care Source: wordnet

4. adj. (usually followed by ‘of’) solicitously caring or mindful Source: wordnet

5. Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. " The favor of a protective Providence." Feltham. Protective coloring (Zoöl.), coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of a living organism. Cf. Mimicry. Wallace. -- Protective tariff (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to secure protection (see Protection, 4.), as distinguished from a tariff designed to raise revenue. See Tariff, and Protection, 4. Source: webster

6. Affording protection; sheltering; defensive. " The favor of aprotective Providence." Feltham. Protective coloring (Zoöl.),coloring which serves for the concealment and preservation of aliving organism. Cf. Mimicry. Wallace.-- Protective tariff (Polit. Econ.), a tariff designed to secureprotection (see Protection, 4.), as distinguished from a tariffdesigned to raise revenue. See Tariff, and Protection, 4. Source: adambom

7. j:100 a. intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind s. showing care s. (usually followed by `of') solicitously caring or mindful Source: ecdict

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