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All ward synonyms

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verb ward

  • hold down β€” to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • preclude β€” to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible: The insufficiency of the evidence precludes a conviction.
  • watch over β€” to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
  • hogtie β€” to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
  • shelter β€” something beneath, behind, or within which a person, animal, or thing is protected from storms, missiles, adverse conditions, etc.; refuge.
  • hold in β€” to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • chambered β€” having a chamber inside it in which the body of an important person was laid to rest
  • roofing β€” the act of covering with a roof.
  • cover up β€” If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
  • ward off β€” a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
  • chambering β€” a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.
  • sandbag β€” a bag filled with sand, used in fortification, as ballast, etc.
  • stave β€” one of the thin, narrow, shaped pieces of wood that form the sides of a cask, tub, or similar vessel.
  • keep in β€” to stay indoors
  • obviate β€” to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
  • hold off β€” to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • take care of β€” a state of mind in which one is troubled; worry, anxiety, or concern: He was never free from care.
  • hang up β€” the way in which a thing hangs.
  • inhibit β€” to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
  • forfend β€” to defend, secure, or protect.
  • roofed β€” the external upper covering of a house or other building.
  • put an end to β€” the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide or broad: the end of a street; the end of a rope.

noun ward

  • district β€” a division of territory, as of a country, state, or county, marked off for administrative, electoral, or other purposes.
  • department β€” A department is one of the sections in an organization such as a government, business, or university. A department is also one of the sections in a large shop.
  • parish β€” an ecclesiastical district having its own church and member of the clergy.
  • precinct β€” a district, as of a city, marked out for governmental or administrative purposes, or for police protection.
  • area β€” An area is a particular part of a town, a country, a region, or the world.
  • canton β€” A canton is a political or administrative region in some countries, for example Switzerland.
  • diocese β€” an ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
  • division β€” the act or process of dividing; state of being divided.
  • quarter β€” crumb
  • territory β€” any tract of land; region or district.
  • zone β€” any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established: The decisions were formulated in a zone of uncertainty. The temperature lies outside the danger zone.
  • care β€” If you care about something, you feel that it is important and are concerned about it.
  • charge β€” If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
  • child β€” A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
  • client β€” A client of a professional person or organization is a person or company that receives a service from them in return for payment.
  • dependent β€” To be dependent on something or someone means to need them in order to succeed or be able to survive.
  • godchild β€” a child for whom a godparent serves as sponsor at baptism.
  • guardianship β€” the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
  • keeping β€” board and lodging; subsistence; support: to work for one's keep.
  • minor β€” lesser, as in size, extent, or importance, or being or noting the lesser of two: a minor share.
  • orphan β€” a child who has lost both parents through death, or, less commonly, one parent.
  • pensioner β€” a person who receives or lives on a pension.
  • protection β€” the act of protecting or the state of being protected; preservation from injury or harm.
  • pupil β€” the expanding and contracting opening in the iris of the eye, through which light passes to the retina.
  • safekeeping β€” the act of keeping safe or the state of being kept safe; protection; care; custody.
  • trust β€” reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
  • foster child β€” a child raised by someone who is not its natural or adoptive parent.
  • protege β€” a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested in his or her career or welfare.
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