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v. avert danger; guard, protect n. division (of a hospital, prison, etc.); administrative section; minor, dependent; guardianship, custody; means of defending; notch in a key | ||||
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Ward Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Ward
(a.)
The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
(n.)
A division of a county.
(n.)
A division of a forest.
(n.)
A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
(n.)
A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
(n.)
A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
(n.)
A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
(n.)
A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
(n.)
One who, or that which, is guarded.
(n.)
The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
(n.)
To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
(n.)
To defend; to protect.
(n.)
To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
(n.)
To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
(v. i.)
To act on the defensive with a weapon.
(v. i.)
To be vigilant; to keep guard.
(a.)
The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
(n.)
A division of a county.
(n.)
A division of a forest.
(n.)
A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
(n.)
A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
(n.)
A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
(n.)
A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
(n.)
A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
(n.)
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.
(n.)
One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
(n.)
One who, or that which, is guarded.
(n.)
The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
(n.)
To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
(n.)
To defend; to protect.
(n.)
To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
(n.)
To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
(v. i.)
To act on the defensive with a weapon.
(v. i.)
To be vigilant; to keep guard.
ward
(v. i.)
Alt. of -wards
| WordNet 2.0 |
Ward
Noun
1. English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
(synonym) Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
(hypernym) economist, economic expert
2. English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
(synonym) Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward
(hypernym) writer, author
3. United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
(synonym) Montgomery Ward, Asron Montgomery Ward
(hypernym) businessman, man of affairs
Noun
1. English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
(synonym) Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
(hypernym) economist, economic expert
2. English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
(synonym) Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward
(hypernym) writer, author
3. United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
(synonym) Montgomery Ward, Asron Montgomery Ward
(hypernym) businessman, man of affairs
ward
Noun
1. a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(derivation) guard
2. a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
(hypernym) administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
(part-holonym) municipality
3. 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"
(synonym) hospital ward
(hypernym) block
(hyponym) detox
(part-holonym) hospital, infirmary
4. a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
(synonym) cellblock
(hypernym) block
(hyponym) death house, death row
(part-holonym) prison, prison house
(part-meronym) cell, jail cell, prison cell
Verb
1. watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away"
(synonym) guard
(hypernym) protect
(hyponym) shepherd
| Shakespeare Words |
WARD
guard Prison
guard Prison
| Anagram |
ward
draw
draw
| hEnglish - advanced version |
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ward
\ward\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. warded; p. pr. & vb. n. warding.] [oe. wardien, as. weardian to keep, protect; akin to os. ward&?;n to watch, take care, ofries. wardia, ohg. wart&?;n, g. warten to wait, wait on, attend to, icel. var&?;a to guarantee defend, sw. v?rda to guard, to watch; cf. of. warder, of german origin. see ward, n., and cf. award, guard, reward.]
1. to keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time. whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight to ward the same.
2. to defend; to protect. tell him it was a hand that warded him from thousand dangers.
3. to defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [obs.]
4. to fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. now wards a felling blow, now strikes again. the pointed javelin warded off his rage. it instructs the scholar in the various methods of warding off the force of objections. watts.
ward
\ward\ (?), n. [as. weard, fem., guard, weard, masc., keeper, guard; akin to os. ward a watcher, warden, g. wart, ohg. wart, icel. v?r?r a warden, a watch, goth. -wards in da?rawards a doorkeeper, and e. wary; cf. of. warde guard, from the german. see ware, a., wary, and cf. guard, wraith.] 1. the act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. see the note under watch, n., 1. still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward.
2. one who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection. for the best ward of mine honor. the assieged castle's ward their steadfast stands did mightily maintain. for want of other ward, he lifted up his hand, his front to guard.
3. the state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody. and he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard. xl. 3. i must attend his majesty's command, to whom i am now in ward. it is also inconvenient, in ireland, that the wards and marriages of gentlemen's children should be in the disposal of any of those lords.
4. a guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard. "thou knowest my old ward; here i lay, and thus i bore my point."
5. one who, or that which, is guarded. specifically: (a) a minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery. "you know our father's ward, the fair monimia." (b) a division of a county. [eng. & scot.] (c) a division, district, or quarter of a town or city. throughout the trembling city placed a guard, dealing an equal share to every ward. (d) a division of a forest. [eng.] (e) a division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
6. (a) 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. (b) a notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch. the lock is made more secure by attaching wards to the front, as well as to the back, plate of the lock, in which case the key must be furnished with corresponding notches. on.
ward
penny (o. eng. law), money paid to the sheriff or castellan for watching and warding a castle.
ward
staff, a constable's or watchman's staff. [obs.]
ward
\ward\, v. i. 1. to be vigilant; to keep guard.
2. to act on the defensive with a weapon. she redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back. sidney.
ward
n
1. a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
2. a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
3. block form
ward
\ward\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. warded; p. pr. & vb. n. warding.] [oe. wardien, as. weardian to keep, protect; akin to os. ward&?;n to watch, take care, ofries. wardia, ohg. wart&?;n, g. warten to wait, wait on, attend to, icel. var&?;a to guarantee defend, sw. v?rda to guard, to watch; cf. of. warder, of german origin. see ward, n., and cf. award, guard, reward.]
1. to keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time. whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight to ward the same.
2. to defend; to protect. tell him it was a hand that warded him from thousand dangers.
3. to defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [obs.]
4. to fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. now wards a felling blow, now strikes again. the pointed javelin warded off his rage. it instructs the scholar in the various methods of warding off the force of objections. watts.
ward
\ward\ (?), n. [as. weard, fem., guard, weard, masc., keeper, guard; akin to os. ward a watcher, warden, g. wart, ohg. wart, icel. v?r?r a warden, a watch, goth. -wards in da?rawards a doorkeeper, and e. wary; cf. of. warde guard, from the german. see ware, a., wary, and cf. guard, wraith.] 1. the act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. see the note under watch, n., 1. still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward.
2. one who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection. for the best ward of mine honor. the assieged castle's ward their steadfast stands did mightily maintain. for want of other ward, he lifted up his hand, his front to guard.
3. the state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody. and he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard. xl. 3. i must attend his majesty's command, to whom i am now in ward. it is also inconvenient, in ireland, that the wards and marriages of gentlemen's children should be in the disposal of any of those lords.
4. a guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard. "thou knowest my old ward; here i lay, and thus i bore my point."
5. one who, or that which, is guarded. specifically: (a) a minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery. "you know our father's ward, the fair monimia." (b) a division of a county. [eng. & scot.] (c) a division, district, or quarter of a town or city. throughout the trembling city placed a guard, dealing an equal share to every ward. (d) a division of a forest. [eng.] (e) a division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
6. (a) 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. (b) a notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch. the lock is made more secure by attaching wards to the front, as well as to the back, plate of the lock, in which case the key must be furnished with corresponding notches. on.
ward
penny (o. eng. law), money paid to the sheriff or castellan for watching and warding a castle.
ward
staff, a constable's or watchman's staff. [obs.]
ward
\ward\, v. i. 1. to be vigilant; to keep guard.
2. to act on the defensive with a weapon. she redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back. sidney.
ward
n
1. a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
2. a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
3. block form
| Concise English-Irish Dictionary v. 1.1 |
ward
barda
Ward: Mac an Bháird (lit.: son of the Bard)
barda
Ward: Mac an Bháird (lit.: son of the Bard)
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Differyd
Differyd = v. to defend, to ward
Differyd = v. to defend, to ward
Ebrydu
Ebrydu = v. to pass on ward
Gwarched
Gwarched = v. to ward, to watch
Gwarchodi
Gwarchodi = v. to ward, to watch
Gward
Gward = n. a guard; a ward
Gwartu
Gwartu = v. to guard, to ward
Trus
Trus = n. a ward, a guard
Trusiad
Trusiad = n. a ward, a bulwark
Trusio
Trusio = v. to ward, to guard
Ward Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The 'Lectric Law Library |
Ward
A person for whom a guardianship and/or conservatorship is established.
An infant placed by authority of law under the care of a guardian.
While under the care of a guardian a ward can make no contract whatever binding upon him, except for necessaries. When the relation of guardian and ward ceases, the latter is entitled to have an account of the administration of his estate from the former. During the existence of this relation, the ward is under the subjection of his guardian, who stands in locoparentis.
A district. Most cities are divided for various purposes into districts, each of which is called a ward.
police. To watch in the day time, for the purpose of preventing violations of the law.
It is the duty of all police officers and constables to keep ward in their respective districts.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
A person for whom a guardianship and/or conservatorship is established.
An infant placed by authority of law under the care of a guardian.
While under the care of a guardian a ward can make no contract whatever binding upon him, except for necessaries. When the relation of guardian and ward ceases, the latter is entitled to have an account of the administration of his estate from the former. During the existence of this relation, the ward is under the subjection of his guardian, who stands in locoparentis.
A district. Most cities are divided for various purposes into districts, each of which is called a ward.
police. To watch in the day time, for the purpose of preventing violations of the law.
It is the duty of all police officers and constables to keep ward in their respective districts.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
| Law Dictionary |
Ward
One of the sections into which a town is divided for educational orelection purposes.
One of the sections into which a town is divided for educational orelection purposes.
Ward Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Theological and Philosophical Biography and Dictionary |
Ward, James
(1843-1925) English professor at Cambridge; wrote 1. Naturalismand Agnosticism and 2. The Realm of Ends; Philosophy of Spirit; spirit is ultimate
reality but not same as Hegelian thought; man not only a purely physical being but also a spiritual one; all things (even inanimate things) have a kind of spiritual life of their own; emphasized on spirit as the agent of action, rather than merely thought;
strong empirical emphasized
(1843-1925) English professor at Cambridge; wrote 1. Naturalismand Agnosticism and 2. The Realm of Ends; Philosophy of Spirit; spirit is ultimate
reality but not same as Hegelian thought; man not only a purely physical being but also a spiritual one; all things (even inanimate things) have a kind of spiritual life of their own; emphasized on spirit as the agent of action, rather than merely thought;
strong empirical emphasized
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
ward
pupillus pupilla
pupillus pupilla
Ward Definition from Government Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Ward Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Easton's Bible Dictionary |
Ward
a prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard (Neh. 13:30).
a prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard (Neh. 13:30).
| Book of Shadows |
Ward
A protection spell.
A protection spell.
| The Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments Arms and Armour Glossary |
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| castle glossary |
ward
courtyard enclosure of a castle. More confined version of a bailey with a stone wall
courtyard enclosure of a castle. More confined version of a bailey with a stone wall
Ward Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Ward
Ward may refer to:
- Ward (law), someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian
- Ward (politics), an electoral district or unit of local government
- Ward (mechanical lock mechanism), a projecting ridge of metal in a lock casing or keyhole
- Ward (LDS Church), a local congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Ward (fencing), a defensive position in the sport of fencing
- Ward (band), an electronica duo
- Montgomery Ward, a defunct U.S. department store chain
- Inner or Outer Wards, sections of a Concentric castle
- USS Aaron Ward (DD-132), a US Navy destroyer
- USS Aaron Ward (DD-483), a US Navy destroyer
- USS Aaron Ward (DM-34), a US Navy destroyer
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