'Ward' definitions:

Definition of 'ward'

From: WordNet
noun
A person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
noun
A district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
noun
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" [syn: ward, hospital ward]
noun
English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) [syn: Ward, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth]
noun
English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) [syn: Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward]
noun
United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) [syn: Ward, Montgomery Ward, Aaron Montgomery Ward]
noun
A division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) [syn: cellblock, ward]
verb
Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away" [syn: guard, ward]

Definition of 'Ward'

From: GCIDE
  • Ward \Ward\, n. [AS. weard, fem., guard, weard, masc., keeper, guard; akin to OS. ward a watcher, warden, G. wart, OHG. wart, Icel. v["o]r[eth]r a warden, a watch, Goth. -wards in da['u]rawards a doorkeeper, and E. wary; cf. OF. warde guard, from the German. See Ware, a., Wary, and cf. Guard, Wraith.]
  • 1. The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1. [1913 Webster]
  • Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection. [1913 Webster]
  • For the best ward of mine honor. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • The assieged castle's ward Their steadfast stands did mightily maintain. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • For want of other ward, He lifted up his hand, his front to guard. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody. [1913 Webster]
  • And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard. --Gen. xl. 3. [1913 Webster]
  • I must attend his majesty's command, to whom I am now in ward. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • It is also inconvenient, in Ireland, that the wards and marriages of gentlemen's children should be in the disposal of any of those lords. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard. "Thou knowest my old ward; here I lay, and thus I bore my point." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. One who, or that which, is guarded. Specifically: [1913 Webster] (a) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery. "You know our father's ward, the fair Monimia." --Otway. [1913 Webster] (b) A division of a county. [Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] (c) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city. [1913 Webster]
  • Throughout the trembling city placed a guard, Dealing an equal share to every ward. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] (d) A division of a forest. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] (e) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (a) 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. (b) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • The lock is made . . . more secure by attaching wards to the front, as well as to the back, plate of the lock, in which case the key must be furnished with corresponding notches. --Tomlinson. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
  • Ward penny (O. Eng. Law), money paid to the sheriff or castellan for watching and warding a castle.
  • Ward staff, a constable's or watchman's staff. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ward'

From: GCIDE
  • Ward \Ward\, v. i.
  • 1. To be vigilant; to keep guard. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To act on the defensive with a weapon. [1913 Webster]
  • She redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ward'

From: GCIDE
  • Ward \Ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warded; p. pr. & vb. n. Warding.] [OE. wardien, AS. weardian to keep, protect; akin to OS. ward?n to watch, take care, OFries. wardia, OHG. wart?n, G. warten to wait, wait on, attend to, Icel. var?a to guarantee defend, Sw. v[*a]rda to guard, to watch; cf. OF. warder, of German origin. See Ward, n., and cf. Award, Guard, Reward.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time. [1913 Webster]
  • Whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight To ward the same. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To defend; to protect. [1913 Webster]
  • Tell him it was a hand that warded him From thousand dangers. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. [1913 Webster]
  • Now wards a felling blow, now strikes again. --Daniel. [1913 Webster]
  • The pointed javelin warded off his rage. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • It instructs the scholar in the various methods of warding off the force of objections. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Ward'

From: Easton
  • Ward a prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard (Neh. 13:30).

Synonyms of 'ward'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Ward, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Ward, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
Population (2000) :
2580
Housing Units (2000) :
1075
Land area (2000) :
3.894989 sq. miles (10.087974 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
3.894989 sq. miles (10.087974 sq. km)
FIPS code :
73130
Located within :
Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
Location :
35.019996 N, 91.954987 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
72176
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Ward, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Ward, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000) :
169
Housing Units (2000) :
82
Land area (2000) :
0.569241 sq. miles (1.474328 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.569241 sq. miles (1.474328 sq. km)
FIPS code :
82735
Located within :
Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location :
40.072347 N, 105.510131 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
80481
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Ward, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Ward, SC -- U.S. town in South Carolina
Population (2000) :
110
Housing Units (2000) :
62
Land area (2000) :
0.778374 sq. miles (2.015980 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.778374 sq. miles (2.015980 sq. km)
FIPS code :
74590
Located within :
South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location :
33.857891 N, 81.732286 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
29166
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Ward, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Ward, SD -- U.S. town in South Dakota
Population (2000) :
41
Housing Units (2000) :
22
Land area (2000) :
0.284691 sq. miles (0.737345 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.284691 sq. miles (0.737345 sq. km)
FIPS code :
68660
Located within :
South Dakota (SD), FIPS 46
Location :
44.154239 N, 96.461131 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
57074
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Ward -- U.S. County in North Dakota

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Ward -- U.S. County in North Dakota
Population (2000) :
58795
Housing Units (2000) :
25097
Land area (2000) :
2012.883559 sq. miles (5213.344262 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
43.363629 sq. miles (112.311278 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2056.247188 sq. miles (5325.655540 sq. km)
Located within :
North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38
Location :
48.255894 N, 101.488391 W

Ward -- U.S. County in Texas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Ward -- U.S. County in Texas
Population (2000) :
10909
Housing Units (2000) :
4832
Land area (2000) :
835.492247 sq. miles (2163.914893 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.252109 sq. miles (0.652960 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
835.744356 sq. miles (2164.567853 sq. km)
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
31.517740 N, 103.016977 W

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