قاموس اللغة الإنجليزية

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.

The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise.

Guardian; one set to watch over another.

of Ward

A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.

An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.

A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.