English to English

ward

(w/O/rd )

a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another(noun.person)

source: wordnet30
a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections(noun.location)

source: wordnet30
block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care(noun.artifact)

Example:
They put her in a 4-bed ward.

Synonym:
hospital ward

source: wordnet30
English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)(noun.person)

Synonym:
barbara ward, baroness jackson of lodsworth

source: wordnet30
English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)(noun.person)

Synonym:
mary augusta arnold ward, mrs. humphrey ward

source: wordnet30
United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)(noun.person)

Synonym:
aaron montgomery ward, montgomery ward

source: wordnet30
a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
cellblock

source: wordnet30
The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.(noun)

source: webster1913

watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect(verb.competition)

Synonym:
guard

source: wordnet30
Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.(verb)

source: webster1913
To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.(verb)

source: webster1913
To be vigilant; to keep guard.(verb)

source: webster1913

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