Definition of wards Wards
/wɔˈɹdz/ - [wordz] -
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Wiktionary 
- wards (Noun)
Plural of ward.
Part of speech
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| ward - 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" | ||
| hospital ward | ||
| block a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" | ||
| infirmary, hospital a health facility where patients receive treatment | ||
| detox the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified | ||
| ward - a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections | ||
| administrative district, administrative division, territorial division a district defined for administrative purposes | ||
| ward - a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another | ||
| mortal, somebody, someone, individual, person, soul a single organism | ||
| ward - English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) | ||
| Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth | ||
| ward - United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) | ||
| Montgomery Ward, Aaron Montgomery Ward | ||
| ward - English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) | ||
| Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward | ||
| ward - a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) | ||
| cellblock | ||
| block a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" | ||
| prison, prison house a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment | ||
| jail cell, prison cell, cell (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals | ||
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Wiktionary
- ward (Noun)
Protection, defence. - ward (Noun)
A guard or watchman; now replaced by warden. - ward (Noun)
The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance usually in phrases keep ward etc.. - ward (Noun)
1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II. vii. - ward (Noun)
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 .. .. - ward (Noun)
Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner. - ward (Noun)
1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V. - ward (Noun)
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. - ward (Noun)
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. - ward (Noun)
Land tenure through military service. - ward (Noun)
A guarding or defensive motion or position. - ward (Noun)
A protected place. - ward (Noun)
An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls. - ward (Noun)
1942, Rebecca West , Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate 2006, page 14. - ward (Noun)
Diocletian ... must certainly have derived some consolation from the grandeur of Aspalaton, the great arcaded wall it turned to the Adriatic, its four separate wards, each town size, and its seventeen watch-towers... - ward (Noun)
2000, , A Storm of Swords, Bantam 2011, p. 7. - ward (Noun)
With the castle so crowded, the outer ward had been given over to guests to raise their tents and pavilions, leaving only the smaller inner yards for training. - ward (Noun)
A section or subdivision of a prison. - ward (Noun)
An administrative division of a borough, city or council. - ward (Noun)
On our last visit to Tokyo, we went to Chiyoda ward and visited the Emperor's palace. - ward (Noun)
A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch. - ward (Noun)
A room in a hospital where patients reside. - ward (Noun)
Quote-news. - ward (Noun)
A person under guardianship. - ward (Noun)
A minor looked after by a guardian. - ward (Noun)
After the trial, little Robert was declared a ward of the state. - ward (Noun)
An underage orphan. - ward (Noun)
An object used for guarding. - ward (Noun)
The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key. - ward (Noun)
1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II. - ward (Noun)
A man must thorowly sound himselfe, and dive into his heart, and there see by what wards or springs the motions stirre. - ward (Noun)
1893, Conan Arthur Conan Doyle , ‘The Resident Patient’, Norton 2005, page 62. - ward (Noun)
With the help of a wire, however, they forced round the key. Even without the lens you will perceive, by the scratches on this ward, where the pressure was applied. - ward (Noun)
A guard; a guardian or watchman. - ward (Verb)
To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard. - ward (Verb)
To defend, to protect. - ward (Verb)
To fend off , to repel, to turn aside , as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. - ward (Verb)
To be vigilant; to keep guard. - ward (Verb)
To act on the defensive with a weapon.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ward (a.)
The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1. - ward (n.)
One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection. - ward (n.)
The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody. - ward (n.)
A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard. - ward (n.)
One who, or that which, is guarded. - ward (n.)
A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery. - ward (n.)
A division of a county. - ward (n.)
A division, district, or quarter of a town or city. - ward (n.)
A division of a forest. - ward (n.)
A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward. - ward (n.)
A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it. - ward (n.)
A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch. - ward (n.)
To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time. - ward (n.)
To defend; to protect. - ward (n.)
To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. - ward (n.)
To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. - ward (v. i.)
To be vigilant; to keep guard. - ward (v. i.)
To act on the defensive with a weapon.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
Electrical DictionaryThe Standard Electrical Dictionary 💡
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Direction in a straight line; a term proposed by Prof. James Thompson. The words "backward" and "forward" indicate its scope.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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Watch, the act of guarding. A garrison or party stationed for defense of any place; a position of defense or guard made by a weapon in fencing. Also, to guard; to watch; to defend; to parry an attack.
