Ward

[wɔːd] or [wɔrd]

Definition

(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'.

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

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

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

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

(noun.) English economist and conservationist (1914-1981).

Typed by Hannah--From WordNet

Definition

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

(n.) One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.

(n.) The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.

(n.) A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.

(n.) One who, or that which, is guarded.

(n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.

(n.) A division of a county.

(n.) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.

(n.) A division of a forest.

(n.) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.

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

(n.) To defend; to protect.

(n.) To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.

(n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.

(v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.

(v. i.) To act on the defensive with a weapon.

Typist: Marcus

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Watch, guard, guardianship.[2]. (Law.) Pupil, minor (under guardianship).

Checked by Dick

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Watch, avert, defend, parry, guard, fend, repel

ANT:Betray, surrender, admit

Typed by Deirdre

Definition

v.t. to guard or take care of: to keep in safety: to keep away fend off (with off).—v.i. to act on the defensive.—n. act of warding watch: those whose business is to ward or defend: state of being guarded: means of guarding: one who is under a guardian: a division of a city hospital county (B.) army &c.: that which guards a lock or hinders any but the right key from opening it: (B.) guard prison: a defensive movement in fencing.—ns. Ward′en one who wards or guards: a keeper especially a public officer appointed for the naval or military protection of some particular district of country: the head of a school college &c.; Ward′enry (rare) the district in charge of a warden; Ward′enship the office of a warden; Ward′er one who wards or keeps: a staff of authority; Ward′-mote a meeting of a ward or of a court of a ward which has power to inquire into and present defaults in matters relating to watch police &c.; Ward′robe a room or portable closet for robes or clothes: wearing apparel; Ward′-room a room used as a messroom by the officers of a war-ship; Ward′ship the office of a ward or guardian: state of being under a guardian: in English feudal law the guardianship which the feudal lord had of the land of his vassal while the latter was an infant or minor.—Ward in Chancery a minor under the protection of the Court of Chancery.—Warden of the Cinque Ports the governor of the Cinque Ports having the authority of an admiral and the power to hold a court of admiralty; Warden of the Marches officers formerly appointed to keep the districts of England adjoining Scotland and Wales in a state of defence; Warden of the Mint formerly the official of the English Mint next in rank to the Master.—Port warden the chief officer in a port.

Typist: Naomi