Ward

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

Ward may refer to:Ward (law), someone placed under the protection of a legal guardianWard (politics), an electoral district or unit of local governmentWard (country subdivision)Wards of the United KingdomWards of the United StatesWards of JapanWard (mechanical lock mechanism), a projecting ridge of metal in a lock casing or keyholeWard (LDS Church), a local congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsWard (fencing), a defensive position in the sport of fencingWard (band), an electronica duoMontgomery Ward, a defunct U.S. department store chainInner or Outer Wards, sections of a Concentric castleUSS Aaron Ward (DD-132), a US Navy destroyerUSS Aaron Ward (DD-483), a US Navy destroyerUSS Aaron Ward (DM-34), a US Navy destroyer
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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. 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

(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.
  

(v. i.)
Alt. of -wards
  

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