Definitions for guard
gɑrdguard

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. guardnoun

   a person who keeps watch over something or someone

2. guardnoun

   the person who plays that position on a football team

   "the left guard was injured on the play"

3. guard, safety, safety devicenoun

   a device designed to prevent injury or accidents

4. guardnoun

   a posture of defence in boxing or fencing

   "keep your guard up"

5. guardnoun

   the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team

6. guardnoun

   a military unit serving to protect some place or person

7. precaution, safeguard, guardnoun

   a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

   "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down"

8. guard duty, guard, sentry duty, sentry gonoun

   the duty of serving as a sentry

   "he was on guard that night"

9. guardnoun

   (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage

   "guards must be good blockers"

10. guardverb

    a position on a basketball team

11. guardverb

    to keep watch over

    "there would be men guarding the horses"

12. guard, wardverb

    watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect

    "guard my possessions while I'm away"

13. defend, guard, holdverb

    protect against a challenge or attack

    "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"

14. guardverb

    take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence

    "guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard against infection"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. guardnoun

   A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

2. guardnoun

   A squad responsible for protecting something.

   The president inspected the guard of honour.

3. guardnoun

   A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.

   The motorcycle mechanic removed the damaged chain guard.

4. guardnoun

   A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.

5. guardnoun

   A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or center.

6. guardnoun

   The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.

7. guardnoun

   Either of two offensive positions between the center and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.

8. guardnoun

   A player playing a position named guard.

9. guardnoun

   An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.

10. guardverb

    To protect from some offence (specific or abstract.)

11. Etymology: For verb: From guarder, of origin, from *wardōn (from Proto-Germanic *wardo-), cognate with weardian (from which English to ward). Compare French garde.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Guardnoun

   Etymology: garde, French; ward, Teutonick.

   1. A man, or body of men, whose business is to watch by way of defence or prevention.

   The guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber. 1 Kings xiv. 28.

   Up into heav’n, from paradise, in haste
   Th’ angelick guards ascended, mute, and sad,
   For man. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x.

   With lifted hands, and gazing eyes,
   His guards behold him soaring through the skies. Dryden.

   Others are cooped in close by the strict guards of those whose interest it is to keep them ignorant. John Locke.

   He must be trusted to his own conduct, since there cannot always be a guard upon him, except what you put into his own mind by good principles. John Locke.

   They, usurping arbitrary power, had their guards and spies, after the practice of tyrants. Jonathan Swift.

   2. A state of caution; a state of vigilance.

   The great alteration which he made in the state ecclesiastical, caused him to stand upon his guard at home. Davies.

   Temerity puts a man off his guard. Roger L'Estrange.

   It is wisdom to keep ourselves upon a guard. Roger L'Estrange.

   Now he stood collected and prepar’d;
   For malice and revenge had put him on his guard. Dryden.

   Men are always upon their guard against an appearance of design. George Smalridge, Sermons.

   3. Limitation; anticipation of objection; caution of expression.

   They have expressed themselves with as few guards and restrictions as I. Francis Atterbury.

   4. An ornamental hem, lace, or border.5. Part of the hilt of a sword.

2. To GUARDverb

   Etymology: garder, French, from our word ward, the w being changed by the French into g; as Galles for Wales.

   1. To watch by way of defence and security.2. To protect; to defend.

   Naked the graces guarded you from all
   Dangers abroad, and now your thunder shall. Edmund Waller.

   Your pow’r you never use, but for defence,
   To guard your own or others innocence. Dryden.

   Fix’d on defence, the Trojans are not slow
   To guard their shore from an expected foe. Dryden.

   The port of Genoa is very ill guarded against the storms. Joseph Addison, on Italy.

   3. To preserve by caution.

   One would take care to guard one’s self against this particular imperfection, because it is that which our nature very strongly inclines us to. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   4. To provide against objections.

   has guarded every circumstance with as much caution as if he had been aware of the objection. Notes on Odyssey.

   5. To adorn with lists, laces, or ornamental borders.

   Give him a livery
   More guarded than his fellows. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venice.

   See a fellow
   In a long motley, guarded with yellow. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

3. To Guardverb

   To be in a state of caution or defence.

   There are other nice cases, in which a man must guard, if he intends to keep fair with the world, and turn the penny. Jeremy Collier, on Popularity.

   To guard against such mistakes, it is necessary to acquaint ourselves a little with words. Isaac Watts, Logick.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Guardnoun

   to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for

2. Guardnoun

   to keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like

3. Guardnoun

   to protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc

4. Guardnoun

   to fasten by binding; to gird

5. Guardverb

   to watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes

6. Guardverb

   one who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection

7. Guardverb

   a man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel

8. Guardverb

   one who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor

9. Guardverb

   any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss

10. Guardverb

    that part of a sword hilt which protects the hand

11. Guardverb

    ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment

12. Guardverb

    a chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress

13. Guardverb

    a fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel

14. Guardverb

    an extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision

15. Guardverb

    a plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger

16. Guardverb

    an interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled

17. Guardverb

    a posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise

18. Guardverb

    an expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure

19. Guardverb

    watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard

20. Guardverb

    the fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Guard

   In American and Canadian football, a guard is a player who lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team. The guard's job is to protect the quarterback from the incoming defensive line and linebackers during pass plays, as well as creating openings for the running backs to head through. Guards perform speed blocking and "pulling"—sprinting out in front of a running back in order to block for him. Guards are automatically considered ineligible receivers, so they cannot intentionally touch a forward pass, unless it is to recover a fumble or is first touched by a defender or eligible receiver. Right guards is the term for the guards on the right of the offensive line, while left guards are on the left side. Guards are to the right or left of the center.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Guard

   gärd, v.t. to ward, watch, or take care of: to protect from danger or attack: to protect the edge of, as by an ornamental border.—v.i. to watch: to be wary.—n. that which guards from danger: a man or body of men stationed to protect: one who has charge of a coach or railway-train: state of caution: posture of defence: part of the hilt of a sword: a watch-chain: (pl.) troops attached to the person of a sovereign: (cricket) the pads which protect the legs from swift balls.—adj. Guard′able.—n. Guard′age (Shak.), wardship.—adjs. Guard′ant (her.), having the face turned towards the beholder; Guard′ed, wary: cautious: uttered with caution.—adv. Guard′edly.—ns. Guard′edness; Guard′house, Guard′room, a house or room for the accommodation of a guard of soldiers, where defaulters are confined; Guard′ian, one who guards or takes care of: (law) one who has the care of an orphan minor.—adj. protecting.—n. Guard′ianship.—adj. Guard′less, without a guard: defenceless.—ns. Guard′ship, a ship of war that superintends marine affairs in a harbour and protects it: (Swift) guardianship; Guards′man, a soldier of the guards.—Guardian angel, an angel supposed to watch over a particular person: a person specially devoted to the interests of another.—Mount guard, to go on guard-duty; On, or Off, one's guard, on the watch, or the opposite; Run the guard, to get past a guard or sentinel without detection. [O. Fr. garder—Old High Ger. warten; A.S. weardian, Eng. ward.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. guard

   1. A form of security operation whose primary task is to protect the main force by fighting to gain time while also observing and reporting information, and to prevent enemy ground observation of and direct fire against the main body by reconnoitering, attacking, defending, and delaying. A guard force normally operates within the range of the main body

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. guard

   The duty performed by a body of men stationed to watch and protect any post against surprise. A division of marines appointed to take the duty for a stated portion of time. "Guard, turn out!" the order to the marines on the captain's approaching the ship. Also, the bow of a trigger and the hilt of a sword.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. guard

   A body of men whose duty it is to secure an army or place from being surprised by an enemy. In garrison the guards are relieved every day. On guard is being engaged on guard duty.

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Basketball Player
   • Defender
   • Device
   • Lineman
   • Measure
   • Military Unit
   • Posture
   • Protect
   • Watch

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'guard' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3848

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'guard' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4509

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'guard' in Nouns Frequency: #1128

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'guard' in Verbs Frequency: #896

Anagrams for guard »

1. Darug

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of guard in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of guard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of guard in a Sentence

1. Freeport Indonesia CEO Maroef Sjamsoeddin:

   I took the initiative to record it ... because I was by myself and there was two of (them). I needed this to be accountable to guard my mandate to this company.

2. Reid Thompson:

   I was informed that Finn had been causing some chaos as he chased a deer along the road, through the hospital grounds and back onto the road. They tangled for a bit, up and over a guard rail and down onto the ice … eventually the deer got away and Finn gave up the chase.

3. Asif Khan:

   Usually people have their guard down at these conferences, if you have a meaningful and purposeful conversation, and they understand and like your product, they will introduce you to other people.

4. Scott Budnick:

   Literally, a week and a half later, she pulls into the California Institution for Women with one security guard and -- not even knowing what she's walking into -- walks in and sits with like 15 to 20 women who had been given life sentences and had been in prison for 20, 30, 40 years, no phone, no watch, no checking the time, just deep conversation, deep sharing.

5. Yogananda Pittman:

   I want to assure everyone that, with the exception of specific times on Inauguration Day National Guard while the swearing-in ceremonies were underway, Capitol Police did not instruct National Guard to vacate the Capitol Building facilities.

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