Etymology : Middle English, from Old English weard; akin to Old High German warta act of watching, Old English warian to beware of, guard, wær careful; more at WARY
Pronunciation : 'word
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. division (of a hospital, prison, etc.); administrative section; minor, dependent; guardianship, custody; means of defending; notch in a key. avert danger; guard, protect. ward\ward\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. warded; p. pr. & vb. n. warding.] [oe. wardien, as. weardian to keep, protect; akin to os. ward n to watch, take care, ofries. wardia, ohg. wart n, g. warten to wait, wait on, attend to, icel. var a to guarantee defend, sw. v?rda to guard, to watch; cf. of. warder, of german origin. see:
ward, n., and cf. award, guard, reward.].
2. to keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time. whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight to ward the same.
3. to defend; to protect. tell him it was a hand that warded him from thousand dangers.
4. to defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [obs.].
5. to fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. now wards a felling blow, now strikes again. the pointed javelin warded off his rage. it instructs the scholar in the various methods of warding off the force of objections. watts.ward \ward\ , n. [as. weard, fem., guard, weard, masc., keeper, guard; akin to os. ward a watcher, warden, g. wart, ohg. wart, icel. v?r?r a warden, a watch, goth. -wards in da?rawards a doorkeeper, and e. wary; cf. of. warde guard, from the german. see:
ware, a., wary, and cf. guard, wraith.].
6. the act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. see:
the note under watch, n.,.
7. still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward.
8. one who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection. for the best ward of mine honor. the assieged castle's ward their steadfast stands did mightily maintain. for want of other ward, he lifted up his hand, his front to guard.
9. the state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody. and he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard. xl.
10. i must attend his majesty's command, to whom i am now in ward. it is also inconvenient, in ireland, that the wards and marriages of gentlemen's children should be in the disposal of any of those lords.
11. a guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard. "thou knowest my old ward; here i lay, and thus i bore my point.".
12. one who, or that which, is guarded. specifically: (a) a minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery. "you know our father's ward, the fair monimia." (b) a division of a county. [eng. & scot.] (c) a division, district, or quarter of a town or city. throughout the trembling city placed a guard, dealing an equal share to every ward. (d) a division of a forest. [eng.] (e) a division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
13. (a) 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. (b) a notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch. the lock is made more secure by attaching wards to the front, as well as to the back, plate of the lock, in which case the key must be furnished with corresponding notches. on.ward penny (o. eng. law), money paid to the sheriff or castellan for watching and warding a castle.ward staff, a constable's or watchman's staff. [obs.]ward \ward\, v. i.
14. to be vigilant; to keep guard.
15. to act on the defensive with a weapon. she redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back. sidney.ward n.
16. a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another.
17. a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections.
18. block form.
19. Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.
20. The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day.
21. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
22. One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
23. The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
24. A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
25. One who, or that which, is guarded.
26. A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
27. A division of a county.
28. A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
29. A division of a forest.
30. A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
31. 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.
32. A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
33. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
34. To defend; to protect.
35. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
36. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; usually followed by off.
37. To be vigilant; to keep guard.
38. To act on the defensive with a weapon. block forming a division of a hospital shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward" a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement English economist and conservationist.
39. 1. A ward is a room in a hospital which has beds for many people, often people who need similar treatment. A toddler was admitted to the emergency ward with a wound in his chest.
40. A ward is a district which forms part of a political constituency or local council. the marginal wards of Reading Kentwood and Tilehurst West.
41. A ward or a ward of court is a child who is the responsibility of a person called a guardian, or of a court of law, because their parents are dead or because they are believed to be in need of protection. Alex was made a ward of court. American merchant who established (1872) the mail-order business that bears his name. American Revolutionary general who directed Massachusetts troops in the siege of Boston, until George Washington relieved him of the command and drove the British from the city (1776). See Charles Farrar Browne. British writer whose novels include Robert Elsmere (1888). English clergyman and writer in America. He codified Massachusetts law (1641) and is primarily known for his satire The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America (1645). ward off to do something to try to protect yourself from something bad, such as illness, danger, or attack. Beecher Henry Ward Howe Julia Ward Julia Ward Montgomery Ward & Co. Ann Ward Ward Barbara Mary Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth.
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