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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(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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