ward
/wɔɹd/ verb C2- To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
- To defend, to protect.
- To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off)
- To be vigilant; to keep guard.
- To act on the defensive with a weapon.
He/she/it wards · Past warded · Past participle warded · -ing form warding
Verb forms
- Base form
- ward
- He/she/it
- wards
- Past
- warded
- Past participle
- warded
- -ing form
- warding
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Her character will be fixed; and she will, at sixteen, be the most determined flirt that ever made herself and her family ridiculous;--a flirt, too, in the worst and meanest degree of flirtation; without any attraction beyond youth and a tolerable person; and, from the ignorance and emptiness of her mind, wholly unable to ward off any portion of that universal contempt which her rage for admiration will excite.
A scheme of which every part promises delight can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defence of some little peculiar vexation.”
“Why, count,” exclaimed Eugénie, “what has happened to your ward?
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