Definizione monolingua

ward

ward (third-person singular simple present wards, present participle warding, simple past and past participle warded)

1. (transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
2. (transitive) To defend, to protect.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.3:

     they went to seeke their owne death, and rushed amidst the thickest of their enemies, with an intention, rather to strike, than to ward themselves.

3. (transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
4. (intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.viii:

     They for vs fight, they watch and dewly ward, / And their bright Squadrons round about vs plant [...].

5. (intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.

ward (plural wards)

1. Protection, defence.
   1. an enchantment or spell placed over a designated area, or a social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering, approaching and/or even from being able to locate said-protected premises
   2. The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.).
      • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.vii:

        Before the dore sat selfe-consuming Care, / Day and night keeping wary watch and ward, / For feare least Force or Fraud should vnaware / Breake in [...].

   3. Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
      • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V:

        So forth the presoners were brought before Arthure, and he commaunded hem into kepyng of the conestabyls warde, surely to be kepte as noble presoners.

   4. (historical, Scots law) Land tenure through military service.
   5. (fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.

Definizione dizionario ward

bene

fattoria

	guardiano
	action of a watchman

camera

circondario

corsia

custodia

custodire

distretto

guardia

osservazione

proteggere

pupillo

quartiere

reparto

rione

tutela

tutelare

zona

Altri significati:

(intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.

To keep in safety; to watch; to guard

hospital room

To fend off; to repel; to turn aside

(transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.

A protected place.

A person under guardianship.

Protection, defence.

(transitive) To defend, to protect.

(hospital) ward

(intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.

To defend; to protect

(obsolete) A guard; a guardian or watchman.

An object used for guarding.

minor looked after by a guardian

(transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by '''off''' .

Mormonism: subdivision of church

on a lock or key

administrative subdivision of cities