verb (used with object)
1.
to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
2.
to keep under close watch in order to prevent escape, misconduct, etc.: to guard a prisoner.
3.
to keep under control or restraint as a matter of caution or prudence: to guard one's temper.
4.
to provide or equip with some safeguard or protective appliance, as to prevent loss, injury, etc.
5.
EXPANDSports. to position oneself so as to obstruct or impede the movement or progress of (an opponent on offense): The linebacker moved to his right to guard the end going out for a pass.
6.
COLLAPSEChess. to protect (a piece or a square) by placing a piece in a supportive or defensive position relative to it.
verb (used without object)
7.
to take precautions (usually followed by against): to guard against errors.
8.
to give protection; keep watch; be watchful.
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Guarding
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noun
Idioms9.
a person or group of persons that guards, protects, or keeps a protective or restraining watch.
10.
a person who keeps watch over prisoners or others under restraint.
11.
a body of people, especially soldiers, charged with guarding a place from disturbance, theft, fire, etc.
12.
a close watch, as over a prisoner or other person under restraint: to be kept under guard.
13.
EXPANDa device, appliance, or attachment that prevents injury, loss, etc.
14.
something intended or serving to guard or protect; safeguard: insurance as a guard against disasters.
15.
a posture of defense or readiness, as in fencing, boxing, or bayonet drill.
16.
Football.
a.
either of the linemen stationed between a tackle and the center.
b.
the position played by this lineman.
17.
Basketball. either of the players stationed in the backcourt.
18.
Chess. a piece that supports or defends another.
19.
Cards. a low card that is held with a high card of the same suit and that enables the holder to save the high card for a later trick.
20.
British. a railroad conductor.
21.
COLLAPSEGuards, the name of certain bodies of troops in the British army.
22.
off guard, unprepared; unwary: The blow from behind caught him off guard. Also, off one's guard.
23.
on guard, vigilant; wary: on guard against dishonest merchants. Also, on one's guard.
24.
stand guard over, to watch over; protect: The dog stood guard over his wounded master.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English garde guardianship < Old French g(u)arde, noun derivative of g(u)arder (v.) < Germanic; see ward
1375–1425; late Middle English garde guardianship < Old French g(u)arde, noun derivative of g(u)arder (v.) < Germanic; see ward
Related forms
guard·a·ble, adjective
guard·er, noun
guard·less, adjective
guard·like, adjective
pre·guard, verb (used with object)
EXPANDSynonyms
1. shield, shelter, safeguard; preserve, save. See defend. 3. hold, watch. 9. defender, protector; watchman, guardian; guardsman, sentry, sentinel, patrol. 14. defense, protection, aegis, security, safety; bulwark, shield.
1. shield, shelter, safeguard; preserve, save. See defend. 3. hold, watch. 9. defender, protector; watchman, guardian; guardsman, sentry, sentinel, patrol. 14. defense, protection, aegis, security, safety; bulwark, shield.
Antonyms
1. attack.
1. attack.
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Word Origin & History
guard
early 15c., "one who keeps watch," from M.Fr. garde "guardian, warden, keeper," from garder "to guard," from O.Fr. guarder (corresponding to O.N.Fr. warder, see gu-), from Frank. *wardon, from P.Gmc. *wardo- (see ward (v.)). Abstract or collective
EXPAND sense of "a keeping, a custody" (as in bodyguard) is from early 15c. Sword-play and boxing sense is from 1590s. The verb is first recorded 1580s, from the noun. Guarded "reserved and cautious in speech, behavior, etc." is from 1728. Guardian (early 14c.) is from Anglo-Fr. gardein, from O.Fr. gardien, earlier guarden, from Frankish *warding-.
COLLAPSE
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Medical Dictionary
guarding n.
A spasm of muscles that minimizes the motion or agitation of sites that are affected by injury or disease.
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