Index of words, starting with wa

(1) - Ward (n.) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
(2) - Ward (n.) One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
(3) - Ward (n.) The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
(4) - Ward (n.) A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
(5) - Ward (n.) One who, or that which, is guarded.
(6) - Ward (n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
(7) - Ward (n.) A division of a county.
(8) - Ward (a.) The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
(9) - Ward (n.) A division of a forest.
(10) - Ward (v. i.) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
(11) - Ward (n.) 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.
(12) - Ward (n.) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
(13) - Ward (n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
(14) - Ward (n.) To defend; to protect.
(15) - Ward (n.) To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
(16) - Ward (n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
(17) - Ward (v. i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
(18) - Ward (n.) A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.

Index of English words, starting with "wa"