Definitions of ward
-
To
guard;
to
keep
watch
over;
to
defend
from
danger;
turn
aside:
with
off;
as,
to
ward
off
an
attack.
-
To
guard
or
take
care
of:
to
keep
in
safety:
to
fend
off.
-
To
keep
in
safety;
defend;
fend
off.
-
To
repel
or
turn
aside,
as
a
blow;
defend.
-
To
be
vigilant;
to
keep
guard.
-
To
act
on
the
defensive
with
a
weapon.
-
To
act
on
the
defensive.
-
watch
over
or
shield
from
danger
or
harm;
protect; "
guard
my
possessions
while
I'm
away"
-
To
fend
off;
to
repel;
to
turn
aside
anything
mischievous
that
approaches;
originally
to
guard;
to
defend.
-
To
keep
in
safety;
to
watch;
to
repel;
to
turn
aside
anything
mischievous.
-
United
States
businessman
who
in
1872
established
a
successful
mail-
order
business (
1843-
1913)
-
a
division
of
a
prison (
usually
consisting
of
several
cells)
-
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"
-
English
writer
of
novels
who
was
an
active
opponent
of
the
women's
suffrage
movement (
1851-
1920)
-
One
who,
or
that
which,
guards;
garrison;
defender;
protector;
means
of
guarding;
defense;
protection.
-
The
state
of
being
under
guard
or
guardianship;
confinement
under
guard;
the
condition
of
a
child
under
a
guardian;
custody.
-
A
guarding
or
defensive
motion
or
position,
as
in
fencing;
guard.
-
One
who,
or
that
which,
is
guarded.
-
A
minor
or
person
under
the
care
of
a
guardian;
as,
a
ward
in
chancery.
-
A
division
of
a
county.
-
A
division,
district,
or
quarter
of
a
town
or
city.
-
A
division
of
a
forest.
-
A
division
of
a
hospital;
as,
a
fever
ward.
-
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.
-
A
notch
or
slit
in
a
key
corresponding
to
a
ridge
in
the
lock
which
it
fits;
a
ward
notch.
-
To
keep
in
safety;
to
watch;
to
guard;
formerly,
in
a
specific
sense,
to
guard
during
the
day
time.
-
To
defend;
to
protect.
-
To
defend
by
walls,
fortifications,
etc.
-
To
fend
off;
to
repel;
to
turn
aside,
as
anything
mischievous
that
approaches; -
usually
followed
by
off.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
A
person
who
is
under
the
guardianship
of
another.
-
A
section
of
a
city;
division
in
a
hospital,
prison,
etc.;
division
in
a
lock
or
key.
-
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.
-
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.
-
The
act
of
guarding;
watch;
guard;
guardianship;
specifically,
a
guarding
during
the
day.
See
the
Note
under
Watch,
n.,
1.
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