Ward ¹

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

Ward ²

Definition: One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.

Ward ³

Definition: The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.

Ward ⁴

Definition: A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.

Ward ⁵

Definition: One who, or that which, is guarded.

Ward ⁶

Definition: A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.

Ward ⁷

Definition: A division of a county.

Ward ⁸

Definition: A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.

Ward ⁹

Definition: A division of a forest.

Ward ¹⁰

Definition: A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.

Ward ¹¹

Definition: 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.

Ward ¹²

Definition: A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.

Ward ¹³

Definition: To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.

Ward ¹⁴

Definition: To defend; to protect.

Ward ¹⁵

Definition: To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.

Ward ¹⁶

Definition: To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; usually followed by off.

Ward ¹⁷

Definition: To be vigilant; to keep guard.

Ward ¹⁸

Definition: To act on the defensive with a weapon.

ward ¹⁹

Definition: a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)

ward ²⁰

Definition: 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"

ward ²¹

Definition: a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections

ward ²²

Definition: a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another

Ward ²³

Definition: United States businessman who in established a successful mail-order business

Ward ²⁴

Definition: English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women''s suffrage movement

Ward ²⁵

Definition: English economist and conservationist

ward ²⁶

Definition: watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I''m away"