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-wards
variant of -ward: towards; afterwards.
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Wards
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noun
1.
a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
2.
one of the districts into which certain English and Scottish boroughs are divided.
3.
a division, floor, or room of a hospital for a particular class or group of patients: a convalescent ward; a critical ward.
4.
any of the separate divisions of a prison.
5.
EXPANDa political subdivision of a parish in Louisiana.
6.
Mormon Church. one of the subdivisions of a stake, presided over by a bishop.
7.
Fortification. an open space within or between the walls of a castle or fortified place: the castle's lower ward.
8.
Law.
a.
a person, especially a minor, who has been legally placed under the care of a guardian or a court.
b.
the state of being under the care or control of a legal guardian.
c.
guardianship over a minor or some other person legally incapable of managing his or her own affairs.
9.
the state of being under restraining guard or in custody.
10.
a person who is under the protection or control of another.
11.
a movement or posture of defense, as in fencing.
12.
a curved ridge of metal inside a lock, forming an obstacle to the passage of a key that does not have a corresponding notch.
13.
the notch or slot in the bit of a key into which such a ridge fits.
14.
the act of keeping guard or protective watch: watch and ward.
15.
COLLAPSEArchaic. a company of guards or a garrison.
verb (used with object)
16.
to avert, repel, or turn aside (danger, harm, an attack, an assailant, etc.) (usually followed by off): to ward off a blow; to ward off evil.
17.
to place in a ward, as of a hospital or prison.
18.
Archaic. to protect; guard.
Origin:
before 900; (noun) Middle English warde, Old English weard; (v.) Middle English warden, Old English weardian; cognate with Middle Dutch waerden, German warten; compare guard
before 900; (noun) Middle English warde, Old English weard; (v.) Middle English warden, Old English weardian; cognate with Middle Dutch waerden, German warten; compare guard
Related forms
ward·less, adjective
Synonyms
1. precinct. 10. protégé. 16. parry, prevent.
1. precinct. 10. protégé. 16. parry, prevent.
noun
1.
(Aaron) Montgomery, 1843–1913, U.S. merchant and mail-order retailer.
2.
4.
Barbara (Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth), 1914–81, English economist and author.
5.
EXPANDMrs. Humphry (Mary Augusta Arnold), 1851–1920, English novelist, born in Tasmania.
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
ward
O.E. weardian "to keep guard," from P.Gmc. *wardojan- (cf. O.S. wardon, O.N. varða "to guard," O.Fris. wardia, M.Du. waerden "to take care of," O.H.G. warten "to guard, look out for, expect," Ger. warten "to wait, wait on, nurse, tend"), from *wardo- (see ward (n.)). Fr.
EXPANDgarder, It. guardare, Sp. guardar are Gmc. loan-words. Meaning "to parry, to fend off" (now usually with off) is recorded from 1571.
COLLAPSE
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Medical Dictionary
ward (wôrd)
n.
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.
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