guard

(Inglés)

Noun

1. A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
2. (Ireland) A garda; a police officer.
3. A squad responsible for protecting something.
4. (in-plural, often) A squad responsible for protecting something.
5. The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.
6. A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
7. A watchchain.
8. (Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
9. (uncountable) A state of caution; posture of defence.
10. Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket.
11. A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.
12. The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
13. Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
14. A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.
15. A player playing a position named guard.
16. An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
17. A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
18. The aircraft emergency frequency, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.

Verb

1. (transitive) To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
2. (transitive) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
3. (ambitransitive) To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
4. (transitive) To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
5. (transitive) To fasten by binding; to gird.

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ɡɑːd/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: garde

Relativo a francés: garde

Relativo a irlandés: -

Relativo a francés: garder

Relativo a Old English: weardian

Relativo a inglés: regard

In summary

From Middle English garde, from early Middle French or late Old French guarde (“a guardian, warden, keeper”) (whence modern French garde), from the verb guarder. Doublet of garda, which is from Irish.

Sinónimos

protect

watch

⌚

watchman

defend

watch over

sentry

sentinel

preserve

guardian

keep

safeguard

protection

look after

protector

patrol

shield

🛡️

warder

escort

keeper

watcher

guardsman

💂‍♂️

defence

take care of

picket

warden

custodian

save

conserve

marshal

ward

keep watch

security guard

lookout

conductor

patrolman

shelter

wait

custody

cover

garrison

caution

caretaker

secure

watch out

security

tend

police

👮

attendant

look out

supervise

Traducións

garde

💂

guardia

💂

Wächter

💂

garder

guardia

Wache

bewachen

💂

gardien

💂

wacht

guarda

💂

guarda

💂

guardar

φύλακας

guardiano

bewaker

💂

Frases

Buddy enlists his dog , Towser , to guard his award-winning chickens .