Found 3 items, similar to Warded.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: ward bangsal
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ward ward n 1: a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another 2: a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections 3: 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: hospital ward] 4: English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) [syn: Barbara Ward , Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth] 5: English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) [syn: Mrs. Humphrey Ward , Mary Augusta Arnold Ward] 6: United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) [syn: Montgomery Ward , Asron Montgomery Ward] 7: a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) [syn: cellblock] ward v : watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; “guard my possessions while I'm away” [syn: guard]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Warded 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]