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ward |
1. n. (archaic, or obsolete) A guard; a guardian or watchman. |
2. n. Protection, defence. |
3. n. (obsolete) A guard or watchman; now replaced by warden. |
4. n. The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.). |
5. n. Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner. |
6. n. An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area, or a social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering, approaching or even from being ab |
7. n. (historical, Scots law) Land tenure through military service. |
8. n. (fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position. |
9. n. A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision. |
10. n. (archaic) An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls. |
11. n. A section or subdivision of a prison. |
12. n. An administrative division of a borough, city or council. |
On our last visit to Tokyo, we went to Chiyoda ward and visited the Emperor's palace. |
13. n. (UK) A division of a forest. |
14. n. (Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch. |
15. n. A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside. |
16. n. A person under guardianship. |
17. n. A minor looked after by a guardian. |
After the trial, little Robert was declared a ward of the state. |
18. n. (obsolete) An underage orphan. |
19. n. An object used for guarding. |
20. n. The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key. |
21. v. To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard. |
22. v. To defend, to protect. |
23. v. To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. |
24. v. (intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard. |
25. v. (intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon. |