guard
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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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.
Inflected forms:
form: guards
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: gard
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: garde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: guarde
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: guards
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: guarding
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: guarded
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: guarded
pos: verb
tags: past
form: gard
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: garde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: guarde
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
pos: noun
examples: The prison guard unlocked the door of the cell. After completing the repairs, he replaced the sump guard.
border guard, prison guard, security guard
Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
gloss: A garda; a police officer.
pos: noun
tags: Ireland
examples: The Garda Regulations 1924 required a candidate for appointment as a guard to be able to produce satisfactory references as to his character
gloss: A squad responsible for protecting something.
pos: noun
examples: The president inspected the guard of honour.
gloss: A squad responsible for protecting something.
pos: noun
tags: in-plural
often
gloss: The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.
pos: noun
examples: Holonym: hilt
gloss: A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
pos: noun
examples: The motorcycle mechanic removed the damaged chain guard.
gloss: A watchchain.
pos: noun
gloss: A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
examples: 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).
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.
I had just bought myself broken headlights, a f**ked up grill, a front guard bent into my front tyre, a leaky radiator and one *SLIGHTLY* bent chassis rail end. I turned the key on my stalled motor and she kicked over first go - if it weren't for the guard bent into the tyre, I could've driven home later if I wanted to.
gloss: A state of caution; posture of defence.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket.
pos: noun
gloss: A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.
pos: noun
gloss: The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
pos: noun
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
gloss: A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.
pos: noun
gloss: A player playing a position named guard.
pos: noun
gloss: An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
pos: noun
gloss: The aircraft emergency frequency, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.
pos: noun
gloss: To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: All of the mountain passes are guarded by troops.
For Heaven still guards the right.
Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam,
⁠My blessing, like a line of light,
⁠Is on the waters day and night,
And like a beacon guards thee home.
gloss: To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Guard the prisoner.
gloss: To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
pos: verb
tags: ambitransitive
examples: Careful people guard against mistakes.
gloss: To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The body of your discourse is sometime guarded with fragments, and the guards are but slightly basted on neither.
gloss: To fasten by binding; to gird.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
Derived words: foreguard
fox guarding the henhouse
guardable
guardage
guardee
guardingly
guarding post
guard one's tongue
unguard
wolf guarding the sheep
Translations:
lang: Esperanto
word: gvardio