As a reaction by using a shield, you can attempt to parry an attack made against you that does not require you to make a saving throw. This depends on the size of the attack, what can and can’t be parried is up to the DM.
To try and parry an attack you have to beat the attacker’s attack roll with a strength check. You can parry an attack that won’t hit you, but if you don’t beat that attack roll, you will take the damage. If your AC is based on armor and not movement then you won’t take damage, but if your AC is based on movement/dodging you take the damage.
If your parry is anything less than the attack roll, you take the damage. If you meet the attack roll exactly, then whatever attacked you bounce off your shield/dissipates if it is a spell. If you beat the attack roll by more than 5, the attack gets deflected back at whatever attacked you and does 1/4 the damage it would’ve done to you. (if it was a ranged attack then the distance it can travel back is 1/4 its max travel distance) If you beat the attacker’s attack roll by at least 10, you can give yourself advantage on your next attack. You can choose for the shield to take the damage instead of you on a failed parry, but the shield will take damage equal to the attack's damage roll. Once the shield depletes all of its health it will break. Different shields have different health. Wooden shield: 20 Shield: 30 Shield+1: 35 Shield+2: 45 Shield+3: 65
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