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Definitions of 'WARD'
Wordnet
1. (noun) ward
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
2. (noun) ward
a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
3. (noun) ward, hospital ward
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"
4. (noun) Ward, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
5. (noun) Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward
English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
6. (noun) Ward, Montgomery Ward, Aaron Montgomery Ward
United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
7. (verb) cellblock, ward
a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
8. (verb) guard, ward
watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
"guard my possessions while I'm away"
Definitions of 'WARD'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (adj) WARD
the act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day . See the Note under Watch, n., 1
2. (noun) WARD
one who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection
3. (noun) WARD
the state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody
4. (noun) WARD
a guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard
5. (noun) WARD
one who, or that which, is guarded
6. (noun) WARD
a minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery
7. (noun) WARD
a division of a county
8. (noun) WARD
a division, district, or quarter of a town or city
9. (noun) WARD
a division of a forest
10. (noun) WARD
a division of a hospital; as, a fever ward
11. (noun) 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
12. (noun) WARD
a notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch
13. (noun) WARD
to keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time
14. (noun) WARD
to defend; to protect
15. (noun) WARD
to defend by walls, fortifications, etc
16. (noun) WARD
to fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off
17. (verb) WARD
to be vigilant; to keep guard
18. (verb) WARD
to act on the defensive with a weapon
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