English Explanatory Dictionary

ward

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.
noun
  1. Protection, defence.
  2. The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
  3. Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
  4. An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
  5. A guarding or defensive motion or position.
  6. Land tenure through military service.
  7. A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
  8. An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
  9. A section or subdivision of a prison.
  10. An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
  11. A division of a forest.
  12. A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
verb
  1. To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
  2. To defend, to protect.
  3. To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off)
  4. To be vigilant; to keep guard.
  5. To act on the defensive with a weapon.
name
  1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a guard or watchman.
  2. An English male given name.
  3. A placename
  4. A parish of Castleknock, Fingal, Ireland.
  5. A river in Ireland; in full, Ward River.
  6. A small town in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, named after Joseph Ward.
  7. Ellipsis of Ward Beach: a coastline in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand.
  8. A locale in the United States:
  9. An unincorporated community in Sumter County, Alabama.
  10. A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
  11. A town in Boulder County, Colorado.
  12. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Boone County, Indiana.
name
  1. Clipping of Edward (a corruption of the name Edward).
  2. Clipping of Howard.

Pronunciation

/wɔːd/ /wɔɹd/ en-us-ward.ogg

Word forms

ward wards warde warding warded

Etymology

From Middle English warde, from Old English weard (“keeper, watchman, guard, guardian, protector; lord, king; possessor”), from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard, keeper”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Cognate with Dutch waard, German Wart.

Synonyms

ward off

Related words

Ward in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Derived words

bridge-ward casual ward crown ward Glen Ward hoard-ward Lower Ninth Ward march-ward maternity ward Nightingale ward psych ward special ward ward heeler wardmote ward moot wardmoot ward round ward teaching watch and ward convalescent ward critical ward psychiatric ward beward Romano-Ward syndrome Ward Beach Ward County Wardian Wardian case Ward River Wards Mistake Ward's pill Wards River Ward Township

Translations

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