Synonyms:
ward
Meaning: a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
Synonyms:
ward
Meaning: a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
Synonyms:
ward, hospital_ward
Meaning: block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
guard, ward
Meaning: watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away"
Usage examples
You owe it to Dorothy Ward."
Lincoln displaced "Sam Slick," and opened the way to Artemus Ward and Mark Twain.
Old Cardlestone began to whimper afresh; Elphick turned a troubled face on his ward.
"You know very well that your brother's stepdaughter has been my ward for a dozen years."
To ward heelers, to the daily press, and to professional stump speakers, he gave scant comfort.
I never saw but one other man whose quiet, droll look excited in me the disposition to laugh, and that was 'Artemus Ward.'
Buell, a man of iron courage, saw that his soldiers must fight to the uttermost, not for victory only, but even to ward off defeat.
The beauty of the weather had tempted Old Hurricane to ride to the county seat on particular business connected with his ward herself.
The men in yellow, and men whom he fancied were called Ward Leaders, were either propelling him forward or following him obediently; it was hard to tell.
When she came of age she specially requested me to make no change in her affairs, but to regard herself as my ward for the present, just as she had been.