ward

ward is a 4-letter English word with 27 senses as intransitive verb, adjective, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Alt. of -wards. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 8 · 27 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. Alt. of -wards
2. adjective. The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
3. noun. One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
4. noun. The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
5. noun. A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
6. noun. One who, or that which, is guarded.
7. noun. A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
8. noun. A division of a county.
9. noun. A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
10. noun. A division of a forest.
11. noun. A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
12. noun. 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.
13. noun. A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
14. noun. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
15. noun. To defend; to protect.
16. noun. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
17. noun. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
18. intransitive verb. To be vigilant; to keep guard.
19. intransitive verb. To act on the defensive with a weapon.
20. noun. a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)

    Synonyms: cellblock

21. noun. 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"

22. noun. a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
23. noun. a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
24. noun. United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
25. noun. English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
26. noun. English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
27. verb. watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect

    "guard my possessions while I'm away"

    Synonyms: guard

Synonyms

cellblock, guard

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in ward:

draw

Common word forms

wards, warded, warden, warder, warding, wardable, wardless

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