Ward vs. Wart

Wardnoun

A guard; a guardian or watchman.

Wardnoun

Protection, defence.

Wardnoun

(obsolete) A guard or watchman; now replaced by warden.

Wardnoun

The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.).

Wardnoun

Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.

Wardnoun

An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area, or a social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering, approaching or even from being able to locate said protected premises.

Wardnoun

Land tenure through military service.

Wardnoun

(fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.

Wardnoun

A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.

Wardnoun

An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.

Wardnoun

A section or subdivision of a prison.

Wardnoun

An administrative division of a borough, city or council.

Wardnoun

(UK) A division of a forest.

Wardnoun

(Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.

Wardnoun

A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.

Wardnoun

A person under guardianship.

Wardnoun

A minor looked after by a guardian.

Wardnoun

(obsolete) An underage orphan.

Wardnoun

An object used for guarding.

Wardnoun

The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.

Wardverb

(transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.

Wardverb

(transitive) To defend, to protect.

Wardverb

(transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.

Wardverb

(intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.

Wardverb

(intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.

Wardnoun

The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.

Wardnoun

One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.

Wardnoun

The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.

Wardnoun

A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.

Wardnoun

One who, or that which, is guarded.

Wardnoun

A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.

Wardnoun

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.

Wardnoun

A division of a county.

Wardnoun

A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.

Wardnoun

A division of a forest.

Wardnoun

A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.

Wardverb

To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.

Wardverb

To defend; to protect.

Wardverb

To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.

Wardverb

To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; - usually followed by off.

Wardverb

To be vigilant; to keep guard.

Wardverb

To act on the defensive with a weapon.

Wardnoun

a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another

Wardnoun

a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections

Wardnoun

block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care;

Wardnoun

English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)

Wardnoun

English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)

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United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)

Wardnoun

a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)

Wardverb

watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect;

Wartnoun

(pathology) A type of deformed growth occurring on the skin caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV).

Wartnoun

Any similar growth occurring in plants or animals, such as the parotoid glands in the back of toads.

Wartnoun

Any of the prefixes used in Hungarian notation.

Wartnoun

A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillæ, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.

Wartnoun

An excrescence or protuberance more or less resembling a true wart; specifically (Bot.), a glandular excrescence or hardened protuberance on plants.

Wartnoun

any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)

Wartnoun

(pathology) a firm abnormal elevated blemish on the skin; caused by a virus

Wart

Warts are typically small, rough, hard growths that are similar in color to the rest of the skin. They typically do not result in other symptoms, except when on the bottom of the feet, where they may be painful.