WARD
\wˈɔːd], \wˈɔːd], \w_ˈɔː_d]\
Definitions of WARD
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
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a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
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block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward"
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English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
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watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away"
By Princeton University
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United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
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a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
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block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward"
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English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
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watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
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One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
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The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
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A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
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One who, or that which, is guarded.
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A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
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A division of a county.
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A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
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A division of a forest.
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A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
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A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it.
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A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
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To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
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To defend; to protect.
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To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
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To be vigilant; to keep guard.
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To act on the defensive with a weapon.
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To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; - usually followed by off.
By Oddity Software
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The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
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One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
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The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
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A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
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One who, or that which, is guarded.
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A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
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A division of a county.
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A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
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A division of a forest.
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A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
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A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it.
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A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
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To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
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To defend; to protect.
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To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
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To be vigilant; to keep guard.
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To act on the defensive with a weapon.
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To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; - usually followed by off.
By Noah Webster.
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A division of a county.
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To act on the defensive with a weapon.
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Guard made hy a weapon in fencing; a fortress; a stronghold; one whose business is to guard, watch, aud defend; a certain district, division, or quarter of a town or city; custody; confinement under guard; a minor or person under the care of a guardian; the state of a child under a guardian; guardianship; right over orphans; the division of an hospital; the part of a lock which hinders the action of any key but the proper one; act of guarding; watch troops to defend a fort.
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To fend off; to repel; to turn aside anything mischievous that approaches; originally to guard; to defend.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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To guard; to keep watch over; to defend from danger; turn aside: with off; as, to ward off an attack.
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A political division of a city or town; the act of guarding or watching; a watch or guard; a person under guard or protection; one section of a hospital.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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To guard or take care of: to keep in safety: to fend off.
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To act on the defensive.
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Act of warding, watch: one whose business is to ward or defend: state of being guarded: means of guarding: one who is under a guardian: a division of a city, hospital, etc.: that which guards a lock or hinders any but the right key from opening it: (B.) guard, prison.
By Daniel Lyons
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To keep in safety; defend; fend off.
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Watch; guard; custody protection; protector; one who is under a guardian; part of a lock protecting it against wrong keys; division of a city, hospital, &c.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To repel or turn aside, as a blow; defend.
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A person who is under the guardianship of another.
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A section of a city; division in a hospital, prison, etc.; division in a lock or key.
By James Champlin Fernald
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To keep in safety; to watch; to repel; to turn aside anything mischievous.
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Watch; guard made by a weapon in fencing; a stronghold; a certain division of a town or city; confinement under guard; a person under age committed to the ward or care of a guardian.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. [Anglo-Saxon]Act of guarding; watch; guard; —state of being under guard ; custody ; confinement ;—guardianship; the condition of a child under a guardian ;—one who or that which guards ; defence ; protection ; defender ; protector ; — a fortress ; a stronghold ;—a guarding or defensive motion or position in fencing;—a minor or person under the care of a guardian ;- a certain division or quarter of a town or city ;- a division of an hospital ;- a projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock.
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