Word: guard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wer- Proto-Indo-European *wor-tús Proto-Germanic *warduz Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardō Proto-Germanic *-āną Proto-Germanic *wardāną Frankish *wardēnbor. Early Medieval Latin wardō Old French guarder Old French guardebor. Middle English garde English guard From Middle English garde, from early Middle French or late Old French guarde (“a guardian, warden, keeper”) (whence modern French garde), from the verb guarder. Doublet of garda, which is from Irish. Pronunciation: /ɡɑːd/, /ɡɑɹd/ 1. A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something. Example: The prison guard unlocked the door of the cell. After completing the repairs, he replaced the sump guard. Example: border guard, prison guard, security guard 2. A garda; a police officer. Labels: Ireland Example: The Garda Regulations 1924 required a candidate for appointment as a guard to be able to produce satisfactory references as to his character 3. A squad responsible for protecting something. Example: The president inspected the guard of honour. 4. A squad responsible for protecting something. Labels: in-plural, often 5. The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand. Example: Holonym: hilt 6. A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts. Example: The motorcycle mechanic removed the damaged chain guard. 7. A watchchain. 8. A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels. Labels: Australia Example: Another possible way is to go for a lower profile tyre (50 series). This effectively lowers the distance of the tyre wall away from the guard (not by much though and generally, the lower the profile, the wider the tyre so the tyre may stick out more as well). Example: The reason I'm asking - Whenever I put some weight in the back of the car (say - a passenger or two) the rear tyres can sometimes hit the guards. 9. A state of caution; posture of defence. Labels: uncountable 10. Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket. 11. A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre. 12. The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard. 13. Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run. 14. A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs. 15. A player playing a position named guard. 16. An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train. Example: When an engineer wished to stop a swiftly moving train he had first to whistle to the guard requesting him to apply the hand-brake of the van, and then apply the hand-brake of the engine. Guards did not always hear. 17. A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue. 18. The aircraft emergency frequency, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.