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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Guard \Guard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guarded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Gurding.] [OF. guarder, garder, warder, F. garder, fr. OHG.
     wart?n to be on the watch, await, G. marten. See Ward, v. &
     n., and cf. Guard, n.]
     1. To protect from danger; to secure against surprise,
        attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to
        shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by
        attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              For Heaven still guards the right.    --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain
        from acts of violence, or the like.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border;
        hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
  
              The body of your discourse is sometime guarded with
              fragments, and the guards are but slightly basted on
              neither.                              --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To fasten by binding; to gird. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
  
     Syn: To defend; protect; shield; keep; watch.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Guarded \Guard"ed\, a.
     Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his
     expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his
     expressions were guarded. -- Guard"edly, adv. --
     Guard"ed*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Guard \Guard\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guarded; p. pr. &, vb. n.
     Gurding.] [OF. guarder, garder, warder, F. garder, fr. OHG.
     wart?n to be on the watch, await, G. marten. See Ward, v. &
     n., and cf. Guard, n.]
     1. To protect from danger; to secure against surprise,
        attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to
        shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by
        attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for.
  
              For Heaven still guards the right.    --Shak.
  
     2. To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain
        from acts of violence, or the like.
  
     3. To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border;
        hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Guarded \Guard"ed\, a.
     Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his
     expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his
     expressions were guarded. -- Guard"edly, adv. --
     Guard"ed*ness, n.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  guarded
       adj 1: very reluctant to give out information [syn: noncommittal,
               unrevealing]
       2: prudent; "guarded optimism" [syn: restrained]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  guarded
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 φυλασσόμενος, φρουρούμενος, επιτηρούμενος για να μην το σκάω, να
  μην αποδρώ, που κάποιος τον προσέχω
     2 συγκρατημένος, επιφυλακτικός, που προσέχω τα λόγια μου

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  guarded
     a.
     1 cautious; restrained.
     2 Watched over; supervised.
     3 (lb en medicine often euphemistic) When the practitioner
  formulating the opinion does not have enough information to know, or to
  foretell, what the outcome may be.
     4 (lb en especially heraldry) Having a guard, e.g. a crossguard (on a
  sword), a faceguard (on a helmet), or a hatguard (on a chapeau).
     vb.
     (infl of en guard  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  guarded
     a.
     1 cautious; restrained.
     2 Watched over; supervised.
     3 (lb en medicine often euphemistic) When the practitioner
  formulating the opinion does not have enough information to know, or to
  foretell, what the outcome may be.
     4 (lb en especially heraldry) Having a guard, e.g. a crossguard (on a
  sword), a faceguard (on a helmet), or a hatguard (on a chapeau).
     vb.
     (infl of en guard  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  guarded
     a.
     1 cautious; restrained.
     2 Watched over; supervised.
     3 (lb en medicine often euphemistic) When the practitioner
  formulating the opinion does not have enough information to know, or to
  foretell, what the outcome may be.
     4 (lb en especially heraldry) Having a guard, e.g. a crossguard (on a
  sword), a faceguard (on a helmet), or a hatguard (on a chapeau).
     vb.
     (infl of en guard  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  guarded
     a.
     1 cautious; restrained.
     2 Watched over; supervised.
     3 (lb en medicine often euphemistic) When the practitioner
  formulating the opinion does not have enough information to know, or to
  foretell, what the outcome may be.
     4 (lb en especially heraldry) Having a guard, e.g. a crossguard (on a
  sword), a faceguard (on a helmet), or a hatguard (on a chapeau).
     vb.
     (infl of en guard  ed-form)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  guarded
     Englanti a.
     1 suojattu
     2 vartioitu
     3 varovainen
     4 pidättyväinen
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm g uard ed)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  guarded
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en guard ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb guard)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Guarded /ɡˈɑːdɪd/
  حذر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  guarded //ˈɡɑɹdɪd// //ˈɡɑːdɪd// 
  1. предпазлив
  cautious
  2. запазен, защитен
  watched over; supervised

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  guarded /ɡˈɑːdɪd/ 
  strážený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  guarded /ɡˈɑːdɪd/ 
  chráněný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  guarded /ɡˈɑːdɪd/ 
  hlídaný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  guarded /ɡˈɑːdɪd/
  bewacht
   see: guard, guarding, guards, guarded
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  guarded /ɡˈɑːdɪd/
  bewachte
   see: guard, guarding, guarded, guards
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  guarded /ɡˈɑːdɪd/
  einen Spieler gedeckt, bewacht
     Synonyms: marked, covered a player
  
   see: mark, guard, cover a player, marking, guarding, covering a player
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  guarded /ɡˈɑːdɪd/
  gehütet
     Synonym: kept
  
   see: guard, keep, guarding, keeping
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  guarded /ɡˈɑːdɪd/
  geschützt, beschützt, bewacht, behütet
   see: guard, guarding
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  guarded /ɡˈɑːdɪd/ 
  vorsichtig, zurückhaltend 

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  guarded /ɡˈɑːdɪd/
  čuva

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  guarded /ɡˈɑːdɪd/
  1. óvatos beszédû
  2. megfontolt
  3. tartózkodó
  4. óvatos

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  guarded /ˈgɑ:dɪd/ 
    powściągliwy, ostrożny

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  guarded /ɡˈɑːdɪd/
  1. uyanık, tetikte
  2. korunan, muhafazalı
  3. ihtiyatlı, tedbirli. guardedly  ihtiyatla. guardedness  tedbirlilik.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɡɑɹdəd/, /ˈɡɑɹdɪd/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  147 Moby Thesaurus words for "guarded":
     Argus-eyed, Olympian, all ears, all eyes, aloof, apprehensive,
     armed, arrested, aux aguets, backward, bashful, blank, bridled,
     buried, cagey, calculating, canny, careful, cautious, chary,
     chilled, chilly, circumspect, cloaked, cold, concealed,
     considerate, constrained, controlled, cool, copyrighted, covered,
     covert, curbed, custodial, defended, deliberate, detached,
     discreet, disinclined to believe, disposed to doubt, distant,
     eagle-eyed, expressionless, forbidding, frigid, frosty, gingerly,
     hard of belief, hawk-eyed, heedful, hesitant, hidden, icy,
     impassive, impersonal, impervious to persuasion, in check,
     in leading strings, in remission, inaccessible, inconvincible,
     incredulous, inhibited, introverted, invulnerable, judicious,
     keen-eyed, leaving out nothing, leery, lidless, loath, mindful,
     modest, noncommittal, obscured, observant, offish, on guard,
     on leash, on the lookout, on the watch, open-eyed,
     overlooking no possibility, patented, pawky, pent-up, policed,
     politic, privy, protected, prudent, regardful, reluctant, remote,
     removed, repressed, reserved, restrained, retarded, reticent,
     retiring, safe, safeguarded, screened, sharp-eyed, sheltered,
     shielded, shrinking, shrouded, shy of belief, skeptical, sleepless,
     slow to act, slowed down, standoff, standoffish, subdued,
     suppressed, suspecting, suspicious, tentative, thorough,
     unadventurous, unaffable, unapproachable, uncommunicative,
     uncongenial, unconvincible, uncredulous, undaring, undemonstrative,
     under control, under discipline, under restraint, unenterprising,
     unexpansive, ungenial, unpersuadable, unpersuasible, unprecipitate,
     unwilling to accept, vigilant, wary, watchful, with open eyes,
     withdrawn
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 被防护着的,被监视着的,警戒着的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 被防护着的,被监视着的,警戒着的

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