Protect

verb

Meaning: To keep someone or something safe.

Full meaning: To keep safe from harm.

Phonics sounds: p-r-o-t-e-c-t — blend them together!

Example: “Trees protect us from the hot sun.”

🧠 Active recall — the six-sense path

👀 See → 👂 Hear → ✋ Build → 🗣 Say → ✏️ Spell → 🧠 Recall. Answer all three recall questions.

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Category: thinking-actions · Frequency rank: 55 (smaller = more common)

🧠 remember

To keep something in your mind and bring it back.

🏁 finish

To complete something, all the way to the end.

🎒 carry

To hold something and take it with you.

🤦 forget

To not remember something.

🧱 build

To make something by putting parts together.

🚦 begin

To start something.

Arrange the letters, find the missing one, and spell it yourself.