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

  Ward, AL
    Zip code(s): 36922
  Ward, AR (city, FIPS 73130)
    Location: 35.01886 N, 91.95503 W
    Population (1990): 1269 (506 housing units)
    Area: 8.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 72176
  Ward, CO (town, FIPS 82735)
    Location: 40.07250 N, 105.51128 W
    Population (1990): 159 (100 housing units)
    Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 80481
  Ward, SC (town, FIPS 74590)
    Location: 33.85719 N, 81.73232 W
    Population (1990): 132 (59 housing units)
    Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 29166
  Ward, SD (town, FIPS 68660)
    Location: 44.15536 N, 96.46079 W
    Population (1990): 35 (22 housing units)
    Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 57074

  -ward \-ward\ (w[~e]rd), -wards \-wards\ (w[~e]rdz). [AS.
     -weard, -weardes; akin to OS. & OFries. -ward. OHG. -wert, G.
     -w["a]rts, Icel. -ver[eth]r, Goth. -va['i]r[thorn]s, L.
     vertere to turn, versus toward, and E. worth to become.
     [root]143. See Worth. v. i., and cf. Verse. Adverbs
     ending in -wards (AS. -weardes) and some other adverbs, such
     as besides, betimes, since (OE. sithens). etc., were
     originally genitive forms used adverbially.]
     Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency
     toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards,
     etc.
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  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.]
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     1. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a
        specific sense, to guard during the day time.
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              Whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight
              To ward the same.                     --Spenser.
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     2. To defend; to protect.
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              Tell him it was a hand that warded him
              From thousand dangers.                --Shak.
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     3. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [Obs.]
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     4. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything
        mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
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              Now wards a felling blow, now strikes again.
                                                    --Daniel.
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              The pointed javelin warded off his rage. --Addison.
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              It instructs the scholar in the various methods of
              warding off the force of objections.  --I. Watts.
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  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.
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              Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender;
        protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
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              For the best ward of mine honor.      --Shak.
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              The assieged castle's ward
              Their steadfast stands did mightily maintain.
                                                    --Spenser.
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              For want of other ward,
              He lifted up his hand, his front to guard. --Dryden.
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     3. The state of being under guard or guardianship;
        confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a
        guardian; custody.
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              And he put them in ward in the house of the captain
              of the guard.                         --Gen. xl. 3.
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              I must attend his majesty's command, to whom I am
              now in ward.                          --Shak.
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              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.
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     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.
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     5. One who, or that which, is guarded. Specifically: 
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        (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.
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        (b) A division of a county. [Eng. & Scot.]
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        (c) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
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                  Throughout the trembling city placed a guard,
                  Dealing an equal share to every ward. --Dryden.
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        (d) A division of a forest. [Eng.]
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        (e) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
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     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.
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                  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.
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     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.]
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  Ward \Ward\, v. i.
     1. To be vigilant; to keep guard.
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     2. To act on the defensive with a weapon.
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              She redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no
              other shift than to ward and go back. --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.
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  Ward \Ward\, v. i.
     1. To be vigilant; to keep guard.
  
     2. To act on the defensive with a weapon.
  
              She redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no
              other shift than to ward and go back. --Sir P.
                                                    Sidney.

  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.]
     1. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a
        specific sense, to guard during the day time.
  
              Whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight To
              ward the same.                        --Spenser.
  
     2. To defend; to protect.
  
              Tell him it was a hand that warded him From thousand
              dangers.                              --Shak.
  
     3. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [Obs.]
  
     4. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything
        mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
  
              Now wards a felling blow, now strikes again.
                                                    --Daniel.
  
              The pointed javelin warded off his rage. --Addison.
  
              It instructs the scholar in the various methods of
              warding off the force of objections.  --I. Watts.

  -ward \-ward\ (w[~e]rd), -wards \-wards\ (w[~e]rdz). [AS.
     -weard, -weardes; akin to OS. & OFries. -ward. OHG. -wert, G.
     -w["a]rts, Icel. -ver[eth]r, Goth. -va['i]r[thorn]s, L.
     vertere to turn, versus toward, and E. worth to become.
     [root]143. See Worth. v. i., and cf. Verse. Adverbs
     ending in -wards (AS. -weardes) and some other adverbs, such
     as besides, betimes, since (OE. sithens). etc., were
     originally genitive forms used adverbially.]
     Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency
     toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards,
     etc.

  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.
  
              Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward.
                                                    --Spenser.
  
     2. One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender;
        protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
  
              For the best ward of mine honor.      --Shak.
  
              The assieged castle's ward Their steadfast stands
              did mightily maintain.                --Spenser.
  
              For want of other ward, He lifted up his hand, his
              front to guard.                       --Dryden.
  
     3. The state of being under guard or guardianship;
        confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a
        guardian; custody.
  
              And he put them in ward in the house of the captain
              of the guard.                         --Gen. xl. 3.
  
              I must attend his majesty's command, to whom I am
              now in ward.                          --Shak.
  
              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.
  
     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.
  
     5. One who, or that which, is guarded. Specifically:
        (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.
        (b) A division of a county. [Eng. & Scot.]
        (c) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
  
                  Throughout the trembling city placed a guard,
                  Dealing an equal share to every ward. --Dryden.
        (d) A division of a forest. [Eng.]
        (e) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
  
     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.
  
                  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.

  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]
       v : watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my
           possessions while I'm away" [syn: guard]

  ward
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 κτήριο, διαμέρισμα ή αίθουσα νοσοκομείου
     2 περιφέρεια πόλης, εκλογική περιφέρεια

  -ward
     suf.
     1 Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or
  tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward",
  "forward", etc.
     2 Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look", "the
  northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use
  ''-wards'' for adverbs.

  ward
     Maltese n.
     rose, roses
     Manx n.
     #English (qualifier: in a hospital)
     Old High German vb.
     (inflection of goh werdan  1//3 s past indc)

  Ward
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) (surname en English from=occupations) for a guard
  or watchman.
     2 (lb en countable) (given name en male A=An English)
     3 A placename
     4 # (place en parish barony/Castleknock co/Fingal c/Ireland)
     5 # (ellipsis of en Ward River); (place en river c/Ireland)
     6 # {place|en|small town|r/Marlborough|isl/South Island|c/New
  Zealand|named after (w: Joseph Ward)}.
  <ref>[https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz39110/Ward/#close NZ
  Topo Map]</ref>
     7 # (ellipsis of en Ward Beach); (place en coastline r/Marlborough
  isl/South Island c/New Zealand)
     8 # (place en locale c/USA):
     9 ## (place en city co/Lonoke County s/Arkansas).
     10 ## (place en town co/Allegany County s/New York).
     11 ## (place en town co/Saluda County s/South Carolina).
     12 ## (place en town co/Moody County s/South Dakota).
     13 # (ellipsis of en Ward County)
     14 # (ellipsis of en Ward Township)
     n.
     1 (clipping of en Edward); A corruption of the name Edward
     2 (clipping of en Howard)

  -ward
     suf.
     1 Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or
  tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward",
  "forward", etc.
     2 Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look", "the
  northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use
  ''-wards'' for adverbs.

  ward
     n.
     (lb en archaic or obsolete) A warden; a guard; a guardian or
  watchman.
     n.
     1 protection, defence.
     2 # (lb en obsolete) A guard or watchman; now replaced by ''warden''.
     3 # The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance {q|usually in
  phrases (l en keep ward) etc.}
     4 # guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
     2 (lb en transitive) To defend, to protect.

  Ward
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) (surname en English from=occupations) for a guard
  or watchman.
     2 (lb en countable) (given name en male A=An English)
     3 A placename
     4 # (place en parish barony/Castleknock co/Fingal c/Ireland)
     5 # (ellipsis of en Ward River); (place en river c/Ireland)
     6 # {place|en|small town|r/Marlborough|isl/South Island|c/New
  Zealand|named after (w: Joseph Ward)}.
  <ref>[https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz39110/Ward/#close NZ
  Topo Map]</ref>
     7 # (ellipsis of en Ward Beach); (place en coastline r/Marlborough
  isl/South Island c/New Zealand)
     8 # (place en locale c/USA):
     9 ## (place en city co/Lonoke County s/Arkansas).
     10 ## (place en town co/Allegany County s/New York).
     11 ## (place en town co/Saluda County s/South Carolina).
     12 ## (place en town co/Moody County s/South Dakota).
     13 # (ellipsis of en Ward County)
     14 # (ellipsis of en Ward Township)
     n.
     1 (clipping of en Edward); A corruption of the name Edward
     2 (clipping of en Howard)

  -ward
     suf.
     1 Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or
  tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward",
  "forward", etc.
     2 Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look", "the
  northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use
  ''-wards'' for adverbs.

  ward
     Maltese n.
     rose, roses
     n.
     (lb en archaic or obsolete) A warden; a guard; a guardian or
  watchman.
     n.
     1 protection, defence.
     2 # (lb en obsolete) A guard or watchman; now replaced by ''warden''.
     3 # The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance {q|usually in
  phrases (l en keep ward) etc.}
     4 # guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
     2 (lb en transitive) To defend, to protect.

  Ward
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) (surname en English from=occupations) for a guard
  or watchman.
     2 (lb en countable) (given name en male A=An English)
     3 A placename
     4 # (place en parish barony/Castleknock co/Fingal c/Ireland)
     5 # (ellipsis of en Ward River); (place en river c/Ireland)
     6 # {place|en|small town|r/Marlborough|isl/South Island|c/New
  Zealand|named after (w: Joseph Ward)}.
  <ref>[https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz39110/Ward/#close NZ
  Topo Map]</ref>
     7 # (ellipsis of en Ward Beach); (place en coastline r/Marlborough
  isl/South Island c/New Zealand)
     8 # (place en locale c/USA):
     9 ## (place en city co/Lonoke County s/Arkansas).
     10 ## (place en town co/Allegany County s/New York).
     11 ## (place en town co/Saluda County s/South Carolina).
     12 ## (place en town co/Moody County s/South Dakota).
     13 # (ellipsis of en Ward County)
     14 # (ellipsis of en Ward Township)
     n.
     1 (clipping of en Edward); A corruption of the name Edward
     2 (clipping of en Howard)

  -ward
     suf.
     1 Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or
  tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward",
  "forward", etc.
     2 Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look", "the
  northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use
  ''-wards'' for adverbs.

  ward
     Maltese n.
     rose, roses
     n.
     (lb en archaic or obsolete) A warden; a guard; a guardian or
  watchman.
     n.
     1 protection, defence.
     2 # (lb en obsolete) A guard or watchman; now replaced by ''warden''.
     3 # The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance {q|usually in
  phrases (l en keep ward) etc.}
     4 # guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
     2 (lb en transitive) To defend, to protect.

  Ward
     n.
     1 (lb en countable) (surname en English from=occupations) for a guard
  or watchman.
     2 (lb en countable) (given name en male A=An English)
     3 A placename
     4 # (place en parish barony/Castleknock co/Fingal c/Ireland)
     5 # (ellipsis of en Ward River); (place en river c/Ireland)
     6 # {place|en|small town|r/Marlborough|isl/South Island|c/New
  Zealand|named after (w: Joseph Ward)}.
  <ref>[https://www.topomap.co.nz/NZTopoMap/nz39110/Ward/#close NZ
  Topo Map]</ref>
     7 # (ellipsis of en Ward Beach); (place en coastline r/Marlborough
  isl/South Island c/New Zealand)
     8 # (place en locale c/USA):
     9 ## (place en city co/Lonoke County s/Arkansas).
     10 ## (place en town co/Allegany County s/New York).
     11 ## (place en town co/Saluda County s/South Carolina).
     12 ## (place en town co/Moody County s/South Dakota).
     13 # (ellipsis of en Ward County)
     14 # (ellipsis of en Ward Township)
     n.
     1 (clipping of en Edward); A corruption of the name Edward
     2 (clipping of en Howard)

  ward
     Saksa vb.
     (de-v-taivm indiy1 werden tyyli=vanhahtava)

  ward
     Tyska vb.
     (tagg ålderdomligt språk=de) (böjning de verb werden)

  ward /wˈard/ 
  ward

  Ward /wˈɔːd/
  الردهة

  ward //wɔɹd// //wɔːd// 
  1. район
  Mormonism: subdivision of church
  2. стража
  action of a watchman
  3. райо́н
  administrative subdivision of cities
  4. гард
  fencing term
  5. подопечен
  minor looked after by a guardian
  6. отделение
  part of a hospital where patients reside
  7. килия
  section of a prison

  ward //wɔɹd// //wɔːd// 
  1. нащрек съм
  To be vigilant; to keep guard
  2. защитавам, пазя
  To defend; to protect
  3. отблъсквам, предотвратявам
  To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
  4. охранявам
  To keep in safety; to watch; to guard

  ward /wˈɔːd/ 
  opatrování

  ward /wˈɔːd/
  chovanec

  ward /wˈɔːd/
  městská čtvrť

  ward /wˈɔːd/
  oddělení

  ward /wˈɔːd/
  svěřenec

  ward /wˈɔːd/ 
  ward 

  ward /wˈɔːd/
  Krankenhausabteilung , Spitalsabteilung  [Ös.]  [Schw.] , Abteilung , Krankenstation , Station  [med.]
        "ward for contagious patients"  - Infektionsabteilung, Infektionsstation
        "intensive care ward"  - Intensivbettenstation, Intensivpflegestation, Intensivtherapiestation, Intensivstation
        "children's ward"  - Kinderabteilung, Kinderstation
        "accident and emergency ward"  - unfallchirurgische Bettenstation
     Synonyms: hospital unit, medical ward
  
   see: hospital units, medical wards, wards, general ward, observation ward, inpatient ward, maternity unit, maternity ward, delivery ward, labour ward, labor ward, obstetric ward, confinement ward, isolation ward, infectious ward, intensive care unit, critical care unit, intensive therapy unit, intensive treatment unit, general care unit, casualty ward, maternity unit, maternity ward, postnatal ward, in ward
  

  ward /wˈɔːd/
  Krankensaal 
   see: wards
  

  ward /wˈɔːd/
  Mündel , Pflegling 
   see: wards, in ward
  

  ward /wˈɔːd/
   [archaic] Vormundschaft  [jur.]
     Synonym: wardship
  

  ward /wˈɔːd/
  Wahlkreis , Wahlbezirk  [pol.]
     Synonyms: constituency, voting/electoral district, voting/electoral precinct, electorate
  
   see: constituencies, wards, electorates, regional constituency
  

  ward /wˈɔːd/
  Zwinger 
           Note: einer Burg

  ward /wˈɔːd/ 
  abhalten, abwehren 
   see: warding, warded
  

  ward /wˈɔːd/
  
  θάλαμος

  ward //wɔɹd// //wɔːd// 
  1. vahti, vartio
  action of a watchman
  2. kaupunginosa
  administrative subdivision of cities
  3. holhokki, holhottava 2.
  minor looked after by a guardian
   3.
  person under guardianship
  4. haitta
  on a lock or key
  5. osasto, potilashuone, potilassali
  part of a hospital where patients reside
  6. osasto
  section of a prison

  ward //wɔɹd// //wɔːd// 
  suojella 2.
  To defend; to protect
   3.
  To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
   4.
  To keep in safety; to watch; to guard

  ward /wˈɔːd/ 
  1. आश्रित
        "The young boy was Gita's ward."

  ward /wˈɔːd/ 
  1. निगरानी
        "Mohan is a ward boy in the state hospital."

  ward /wˈɔːd/ 
  1. रक्षा~करना
        "People believe that sincere prayers ward off the evils"

  ward /wˈɔːd/
  bolnička soba, dvorištem, odbiti, starateljstvo, suzbiti, tutorstvo, zatvorska ćelija, štititi, štićenik

  ward /wˈɔːd/
  1. választókerület
  2. gyámság
  3. kórterem
  4. ôr
  5. gyámolt
  6. ôrség

  ward //wɔɹd// //wɔːd// 
  bangsal, paviliun, sal
  part of a hospital where patients reside

  ward //wɔɹd// //wɔːd// 
  1. 区
  administrative subdivision of cities
  2. 被後見人
  minor looked after by a guardian
  3. 病室, 病棟
  part of a hospital where patients reside

  ward //wɔɹd// //wɔːd// 
  かわす, 寄せつけない, 撃退する, 追い払う, 退ける, 通さない 2.
  To defend; to protect
   3.
  To fend off; to repel; to turn aside
   4.
  To keep in safety; to watch; to guard

  ward //wɔɹd// //wɔːd// 
  menighet
  Mormonism: subdivision of church

  ward /wɔ:d/
  I.   1.  oddział, sala
   2.  [BR]  część okręgu wyborczego
   3.  wychowanek, dziecko pod kuratelą
  II.  ward off /wˈɔːd ˈɒf/   odganiać, odstraszać, odsuwać

  ward /wɔːdɔf/
  repeler

  ward //wɔɹd// //wɔːd// //wəd// //wɚd// 
  åt
  forming adverbs

  ward //wɔɹd// //wɔːd// 
  församling
  Mormonism: subdivision of church

  ward /wˈɔːd/
  1. koğuş
  2. bölge, mıntıka
  3. (huk.) vesayet altında bulunan çocuk
  4. vesayet, koruma
  5. kilit dili
  6. emniyetli yerde korumak. ward off savuşturmak, geçiştirmek, geri çevirmek. ward heeler (A.B.D.), (argo) semtin oylarını kazanmaya çalışan kimse.

  
/ˈvaɾt/

  
/ˈwɔɹd/

  WARD, domestic relations. An infant placed by authority of law under the 
  care of a guardian. 
       2. While under the care of a guardian a ward can make no contract 
  whatever binding upon him, except for necessaries. When the relation of 
  guardian and ward ceases, the latter is entitled to have an account of the 
  administration of his estate from the former. During the existence of this 
  relation, the ward is under the subjection of his guardian, who stands in 
  loco parentis. 
  
  

  WARD, a district. Most cities are divided for various purposes into 
  districts, each of which is called a ward. 
  
  

  WARD, police. To watch in the day time, for the purpose of preventing 
  violations of the law. 
       2. It is the duty of all police officers and constables to keep ward in 
  their respective districts. 
  
  

  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
     Headwords:
      Ward
      Ward, ND
      Ward County
      Ward County, ND
  

  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
     Headwords:
      Ward
      Ward, TX
      Ward County
      Ward County, TX
  

  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.
     Headwords:
      Ward, AR
      Ward
  

  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.
     Headwords:
      Ward, CO
      Ward
  

  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.
     Headwords:
      Ward, SC
      Ward
  

  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.
     Headwords:
      Ward, SD
      Ward
  

  240 Moby Thesaurus words for "ward":
     Kreis, VA hospital, X ray, acropolis, administration, aegis,
     archbishopric, archdiocese, armament, armor, arrondissement,
     asylum, auspices, avert, avoidance reaction, bailiwick, balk,
     base hospital, bastion, beachhead, bishopric, block, blockhouse,
     blood bank, borough, bridgehead, bunker, canton, care, castle,
     charge, charity ward, check, citadel, city, client, clinic,
     close borough, commune, community hospital, congressional district,
     constablewick, consultation room, convalescent home,
     convalescent hospital, county, cure, custodianship, custody,
     defence, defense, defense in depth, defense mechanism, defenses,
     deflect, delivery room, departement, dependent, deter,
     deterrent capacity, diocese, dispensary, district, divert, donjon,
     duchy, ego defenses, election district, electoral district,
     electorate, emergency, encumbrance, escape mechanism,
     evacuation hospital, examining room, fasthold, fastness, fend,
     fever ward, field hospital, foil, forestall, fort, fortress,
     frustrate, garrison, garrison house, general hospital, gerrymander,
     gerrymandered district, governance, government, guard,
     guardianship, guarding, guidance, halt, hamlet, hands, hold, home,
     hospital, hospital room, hundred, infirmary, inpatient clinic,
     intensive care, interrupt, isolation, jurisdiction, keep, keeping,
     labor room, laboratory, lookout, magistracy, maison de sante,
     management, martello, martello tower, maternity ward,
     mental hospital, metropolis, metropolitan area, ministry, mote,
     motte, negative taxis, nursery, nursing home, oblast, obviate,
     okrug, operating room, osteopathic hospital, outpatient clinic,
     oversight, parish, parry, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship,
     patronage, peel, peel tower, pensionary, pensioner, pharmacy,
     picket, pillbox, pocket borough, policlinic, polyclinic, post,
     precinct, preclude, preventive custody, principality, prison ward,
     private hospital, private room, proprietary hospital, protection,
     protective custody, protectorship, protege, province,
     psychological defenses, public charge, public hospital, rath,
     recovery room, region, resistance, rest home, riding,
     rotten borough, rule out, safe district, safe hands, safeguard,
     safehold, safekeeping, sanatorium, security, self-defense,
     self-preservation, self-protection, semi-private room, sentinel,
     sentry, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shield, shire, shrievalty,
     sick bay, sickbed, sickroom, silk-stocking district,
     single-member district, soke, special hospital, stake, state,
     station hospital, stave off, stay, stewardship, strong point,
     stronghold, stymie, surgery, surgical hospital, swing district,
     teaching hospital, territory, the defensive, therapy, thwart,
     tower, tower of strength, town, township, treatment room, trust,
     turn, turn aside, tutelage, veterans hospital, village,
     voluntary hospital, wapentake, wardenship, wardship, watch,
     watch and ward, watchman, well-baby clinic, wing
  
  

  n. 守卫,监护,病房;
  v. 守护,躲开;

     n. 守卫,保卫,保护,监护,病房,牢房,行政区,锁孔
     vt. 守护,保卫,防止,挡住