1. ward - Noun
2. ward - Adjective
3. ward - Verb
4. Ward - Proper noun
The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
One who, or that which, is guarded.
A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
A division of a county.
A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
A division of a forest.
A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
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.
A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
To defend; to protect.
To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
To be vigilant; to keep guard.
To act on the defensive with a weapon.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAngels never attack, as infernal spirits do. Angels only ward off and defend. Emanuel Swedenborg
By a commodity we shall understand any object, substance, action or service, which can afford pleasure or ward off pain. William Stanley Jevons
When the dead do walk seek water's run, for this the Dead will always shun. Swift river's best or broadest lake to ward the dead and have and make. If water fails thee, fire's thy friend, if neither guards it will be thy end. Garth Nix
To ward off the boredom of life, eat snails in May and fish in August. Sicilian Proverb
To-morrow's remedy will not ward off the evil of to-day. Spanish Proverb
He that strikes with his tongue must ward with his head. Turkish Proverb