n.

1. A division of a city or town, especially an electoral district, for administrative and representative purposes.
2. A district of some English and Scottish counties corresponding roughly to the hundred or the wapentake.
3. 1. A room in a hospital usually holding six or more patients.
   2. A division in a hospital for the care of a particular group of patients: a maternity ward.
4. One of the divisions of a penal institution, such as a prison.
5. An open court or area of a castle or fortification enclosed by walls.
6. 1. Law. A minor or incompetent person placed under the care or protection of a guardian or court.
   2. A person under the protection or care of another.
7. The state of being under guard; custody.
8. The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship.
9. A means of protection; a defense.
10. A defensive movement or attitude, especially in fencing; a guard.
11. 1. The projecting ridge of a lock or keyhole that prevents the turning of a key other than the proper one.
    2. The notch cut into a key that corresponds to such a ridge.

tr.v., ward·ed, ward·ing, wards.

To guard; protect.

phrasal verb:

ward off

1. To turn aside; parry: ward off an opponent's blows.
2. To try to prevent; avert: took vitamins to ward off head colds.

[Middle English, action of guarding, from Old English weard, a watching, protection.]

An incompetent person or a child whose affairs are put in the hands of a Guardian appointed by a court, who acts as a Fiduciary. The child's guardian administers the child's estate on behalf of the child until the child reaches the age of adulthood.

also ward off

noun

1. A person who relies on another for support: charge, dependent. See give/take/reciprocity.
2. The state of being detained by legal authority: charge, confinement, custody, detention. See free/unfree.
3. The act or a means of defending: defense, guard, preservation, protection, protector, safeguard, security, shield. See attack/defend.
4. A person or special body of persons assigned to provide protection or keep watch over, for example: guard, lookout, picket, protector, sentinel, sentry, watch. See awareness/unawareness, safety/danger.

verb

1. To keep safe from danger, attack, or harm: defend, guard, preserve, protect, safeguard, secure, shield. Archaic fend. See attack/defend.
2. To prohibit from occurring by advance planning or action. avert, forestall, forfend, obviate, preclude, prevent, rule out, stave off. Idioms: nip in the bud. See allow/prevent.

phrasal verb - ward off

To turn or drive away: beat off, fend (off), keep off, parry, repel, repulse. See allow/prevent, strike/miss.

n

Definition: dependant
Antonyms: guardian

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n

A person, especially a minor, placed by authority of law under the care of a guardian.

n. 1. a separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient: a children's ward | a ward nurse.

2. archaic the action of keeping a lookout for danger: I saw them keeping ward at one of those huge gates.

3. an area of ground enclosed by the encircling walls of a fortress or castle.

v. archaic

guard; protect: it was his duty to ward the king.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

The smallest unit of local administration or of vote counting; also known (especially in the USA) as a precinct.

1. A metal obstruction in a lock; intended to prevent entrance or rotation of a key that does not fit the lock.
2. The outer defenses of a castle. Also see bailey.
3. A division in a hospital.

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[Co]

An open courtyard or bailey within a medieval castle, usually heavily defended with curtain walls, palisades, and/or earthworks. Some larger castles may have more than one ward, each being given over to slightly different uses and increasingly heavily defended the deeper into the castle it is situated.

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

A person, especially an infant or incompetent, placed by the court in the care of a guardian.

See: guardian and ward.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - opsyn, bevogtning, vagt, beskyttelse, afdeling, formynderskab, myndling, distrikt
v. tr. - beskytte, forsvare

idioms:

• ward off    afparere, afværge

Nederlands (Dutch)
district, voogdijkind, beschermeling, afdeling, ziekenzaal, wacht

Français (French)
n. - service, unité, pavillon, district, pupille, (Jur) pupille
v. tr. - garder, défendre

idioms:

• ward off    casser (mal), faire taire (des accusations), écarter (une menace), éviter (le désastre)
• ward round    contourner, éviter en contournant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bezirk, Mündel, Station, Krankensaal, Gewahrsam, Burghof, Gewirre (Schloß), Einschnitt des Schlüsselbarts
v. - abwehren, beschützen

idioms:

• ward off    abwehren, abwenden
• ward round    Stationsdurchlauf, der

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - θάλαμος (νοσοκομείου, φυλακής κ.λπ.), κηδεμονία, επιμέλεια, κηδεμονευόμενος, εκλογική περιφέρεια συνοικίας, (Βρετ.) διοικητική διαίρεση δήμου
v. - φρουρώ, επιτηρώ, κηδεμονεύω

idioms:

• ward off    αποτρέπω, αποσοβώ, αποκρούω (πλήγμα κ.λπ.), αποφεύγω

Italiano (Italian)
distretto, pupillo, reparto

idioms:

• ward off    respingere

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vigia (m), proteção (f)
v. - proteger

idioms:

• ward off    parar

Русский (Russian)
опека, лицо, находящееся по опекой, административный район города, отделение больницы, тюремная камера, содержание по стражей, средство защиты, отражать (удар), помещать в больничную палату, охранять

idioms:

• ward off    отвращать (опасность)

Español (Spanish)
n. - distrito, barrio, pupilo, sala, pabellón, departamento, menor o huérfano bajo tutela, celda (de una cárcel), guardián, custodio
v. tr. - resguardar, vigilar

idioms:

• ward off    rechazar, desviar, prevenir, parar (golpe, puñalada, etc), apartar
• ward round    hacer la ronda

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avdelning, sjuksal, förmyndarskap, myndling, distrikt
v. - bevaka

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
守卫, 保护, 保卫, 守护, 防止

idioms:

• ward off    避开, 挡住

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 守衛, 保護, 保衛
v. tr. - 守護, 防止, 保衛

idioms:

• ward off    避開, 擋住

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 보호, 피보호자
v. tr. - 받아 넘기다, 피하다, 보호하다

idioms:

• ward off    격퇴하다, 피하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 病棟, 病室, 監房, 区, 被後見人, 監視, 保護

idioms:

• ward off    避ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جناح في المستشفى أو في السجن, حي, موضوع تحت الوصايه, عنايه, حمايه, حراسه, القاصر (فعل) يدفع, يرد, يصد, يوقي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מחלקה, מחלק, אגף, ביתן, רובע מנהלי, אפוטרופסות, שמירה, זיז-המפתח, חריץ-המנעול, קטין שמונה לו אפוטרופוס‬
v. tr. - ‮מנע, הדף‬

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