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    [Noun]  | "ward" | \ ˈwȯrd \


    1: the action or process of guarding

    2: a body of guards

    3: a division in a hospital


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English weard & Anglo-French warde, garde, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German warta act of watching, Old English warian to beware of, guard, wær careful {mat|guard|}, {mat|wary|};

    [Verb]  | "ward" 


    1: to keep watch over : guard

    2: to turn aside (something threatening) : deflect —usually used with off


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English weardian & Anglo-French warder, garder, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German wartēn to watch, Old Norse vartha to guard, Old English weard ward;

    [Adjective suffix]  | "-ward" 


    1: that moves, tends, faces, or is directed toward

    2: that occurs or is situated in the direction of


    Origin: 

     -ward from Middle English, from Old English -weard; akin to Old High German -wart, -wert -ward, Latin vertere to turn; -wards from -wards, adverb suffix {mat|worth|};

    [Adverb suffix]  | "-ward" 


    1: in a (specified) spatial or temporal direction

    2: toward a (specified) point, position, or area


    Origin: 

     -ward from Middle English, from Old English -weard, from -weard, adjective suffix; -wards from Middle English, from Old English -weardes, genitive singular neuter of -weard, adjective suffix;

    [Biographical name]  | "Ward" | \ ˈwȯrd \


    1: (Aaron) Montgomery 1843—1913 American merchant

    [Biographical name]  | "Ward" 


    1: Artemas 1727—1800 American general in Revolution

    [Biographical name]  | "Ward" 


    1: Artemus

    [Biographical name]  | "Ward" 


    1: Barbara 1914—1981 Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth English economist

    [Biographical name]  | "Ward" 


    1: Sir Joseph George 1856—1930 New Zealand statesman

    [Biographical name]  | "Ward" 


    1: Mary Augusta 1851—1920 Mrs. Humphry Ward née Arnold English novelist

    [Noun]  | "ward" 


    1: means or method of defending;


      * e.g., " ... frequent hand washing is an oft-recommended ward against the spread of common germs "



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    2: responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something;


      * e.g., " ... gained the ward of his cousin upon the death of her parents "



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    [Verb]  | "ward" 


    1: to drive danger or attack away from;


      * e.g., " ... vowed that he would take whatever measures were necessary to ward the nation's people "





    [Verb]  | "ward (off)" 


    1: as in deflect;




     [ "ward" ]

    1: sections of a citiy usually divided up for municipal or district purposes. Wards are typically similar in size but not always in numerical order;for example in new orleans the 15th and 16th wards are not close to each other at all.streets have nothing to do with the names of wards however certain streets do mark the border of a ward.

      * e.g.,  ... "I stay downtown in the 9th ward but my brother stay way uptown in the 17th.." 

     [ "ward" ]

    1: a section of a city. for example, in new orleans. there are different sections, mostly divided by streets called "wards" 3rd ward, 13th ward, 10th ward, 5th, 9th 17th etc. many having different names based on the streets theyre on.

      * e.g.,  ... "3rd ward magnolia", "13th ward VL", "17th ward hollygrove" etc 

     [ "ward" ]

    1: Bathroom, friendly escape from other unsanitary public bathrooms.

      * e.g.,  ... A secret public bathroom that you always find yourself resorting to in times of desperate need. 

     [ "ward" ]

    1: one who is unable to produce good comebacks and therefore must copy others such as the use of the word 'cretin' and phrases such as 'are you on meth?' most typically found around large groups of women acting nervous and repeating poor comments such as 'like your life?' or 'looked in the mirror recently?' is well known to comment on peoples mothers, stalk families, memorise license plate numbers and talk about estate agencies. suggested to stay far away from one if spotted.

      * e.g.,  ... person one - are you on meth? 


     [ "ward" ]

    2: can also be associated with ginger creepy sexually frustrated and harry

      * e.g.,  ... person two - that's not what you're mum said last night 

     [ "ward" ]

    1: a guy who quotes random ass movie lines, has delusional future expectations, and is completely oblivious to social cues.

      * e.g.,  ... Ward: "Sock it to it, bro!" "true that! double true" 

     [ "ward" ]

    1: (verb) to offer someone a cigarette when you know the box is empty just to see their reaction and loudly make fun of them

      * e.g.,  ... (Upon the victim opening said cigarette box)"OOOHHHhhhh you got Warded!!!" 

     [ "ward" ]

    1: Teacher of obsolete times.

      * e.g.,  ... This class has a ward 

     [ "ward" ]

    1: Deriving from the word, SquidWard, a ward is someone who is very soft and a little weird. They tend to always be injured and have something minor going on.

      * e.g.,  ... I strained my miniscus and bruised my femur, but I cannot help it because I am a ward. 

     [ "Ward" ]

    1: When you comment or like a Facebook post in order to receive information about the certain topic. As others comment or like you will be updated via notifications as to gain "vision" about what you are interested in.

      * e.g.,  ... When I want to know more about a certain Facebook post, I post ward. 

     [ "Ward" ]

    1: A sexy man...

      * e.g.,  ... Don't mess with Ward. 

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