Dictionary Entry
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
- 1intransitive verb
Alt. of -wards
- 2adjective
The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
- 3noun
One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
- 4noun
The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
- 5noun
A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
- 6noun
One who, or that which, is guarded.
- 7noun
A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
- 8noun
A division of a county.
- 9noun
A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
- 10noun
A division of a forest.
- 11noun
A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
- 12noun
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.
- 13noun
A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
- 14noun
To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
- 15noun
To defend; to protect.
- 16noun
To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
- 17noun
To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
- 18intransitive verb
To be vigilant; to keep guard.
- 19intransitive verb
To act on the defensive with a weapon.
- 20noun
a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
Synonyms
- 21noun
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"
- 22noun
a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
- 23noun
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
- 24noun
United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
- 25noun
English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
- 26noun
English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
- 27verb
watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
"guard my possessions while I'm away"
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