ward

Significado (inglés)

Noun

A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.

Verb

1. To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
2. To defend, to protect.
3. To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off)
4. To be vigilant; to keep guard.
5. To act on the defensive with a weapon.

Sinónimos

guard

💂

district

division

section

area

hospital ward

custody

guardianship

department

protect

cell

sickroom

protection

monitor

region

neighborhood

room

safeguard

adopted child

aisle

specialization

constituency

square

infirmary

pigeonhole

watch

⌚

branch

keeper

cellblock

compartment

look out

lot

neighbourhood

observance

orphan

oversee

oversight

parish

patrol

patronage

picket

precinct

preserve

prevent

prison cell

property

pupil

quarter

riding

separate

shield

🛡️

sickbay

son

spy on

student

🧑‍🎓

superintendence

surveillance

twins

wardship

watchman

wing

🪽

womb

evil spirits

refrain from

arrondissement

monitoring

observation

supervision

-ward

conton

voting precinct

patients room

avert

avoid

borough

building

care

chamber

charge

conserve

cubicle

dependant

discriminate

distinguish

domain

election district

electoral district

electorate

estate

farm

flank

foster child

guardian

guarding

harbour

hospital

🏥

imprisonment

isolation ward

jail

keep

land

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/wɔːd/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

From Middle English ward, from Old English weard (“keeper, watchman, guard, guardian, protector; lord, king; possessor”), from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard, keeper”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Cognate with Dutch waard, German Wart.