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ward
 (wôrd)
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NOUN:
- A division of a city or town, especially an electoral district, for administrative and representative purposes.
- A district of some English and Scottish counties corresponding roughly to the hundred or the wapentake.
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- A room in a hospital usually holding six or more patients.
- A division in a hospital for the care of a particular group of patients:
a maternity ward.
- One of the divisions of a penal institution, such as a prison.
- An open court or area of a castle or fortification enclosed by walls.
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A minor or incompetent person placed under the care or protection of a guardian or court.
- A person under the protection or care of another.
- The state of being under guard; custody.
- The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship.
- A means of protection; a defense.
- A defensive movement or attitude, especially in fencing; a guard.
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- The projecting ridge of a lock or keyhole that prevents the turning of a key other than the proper one.
- The notch cut into a key that corresponds to such a ridge.
TRANSITIVE VERB:
ward·ed
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ward·ing
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wards
- To guard; protect.
PHRASAL VERB:
ward off
- To turn aside; parry:
ward off an opponent's blows.
- To try to prevent; avert:
took vitamins to ward off head colds.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, action of guarding, from Old English weard, a watching, protection; see wer-
3 in Indo-European roots
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