ALL meanings of warding
ward
W w - noun warding Guard; protect. 1
- noun warding a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes. 1
- noun warding one of the districts into which certain English and Scottish boroughs are divided. 1
- noun warding a division, floor, or room of a hospital for a particular class or group of patients: a convalescent ward; a critical ward. 1
- noun warding any of the separate divisions of a prison. 1
- noun warding a political subdivision of a parish in Louisiana. 1
- noun warding Mormon Church. one of the subdivisions of a stake, presided over by a bishop. 1
- noun warding Fortification. an open space within or between the walls of a castle or fortified place: the castle's lower ward. 1
- noun warding Law. a person, especially a minor, who has been legally placed under the care of a guardian or a court. the state of being under the care or control of a legal guardian. guardianship over a minor or some other person legally incapable of managing his or her own affairs. 1
- noun warding the state of being under restraining guard or in custody. 1
- noun warding a person who is under the protection or control of another. 1
- noun warding a movement or posture of defense, as in fencing. 1
- noun warding a curved ridge of metal inside a lock, forming an obstacle to the passage of a key that does not have a corresponding notch. 1
- noun warding the notch or slot in the bit of a key into which such a ridge fits. 1
- noun warding the act of keeping guard or protective watch: watch and ward. 1
- noun warding Archaic. a company of guards or a garrison. 1
- verb with object warding to avert, repel, or turn aside (danger, harm, an attack, an assailant, etc.) (usually followed by off): to ward off a blow; to ward off evil. 1
- verb with object warding to place in a ward, as of a hospital or prison. 1
- verb with object warding Archaic. to protect; guard. 1