Ward - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
- block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care
- English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
- United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
- a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
verb
Extra examples
She works in the cancer ward.
They were wards of the state.
...vowed that he would take whatever measures were necessary to ward the nation's people...
Jim was admitted to the emergency ward with a wound in his chest.
Alex was made a ward of court.
The fighter had to ward off a dangerous blow.
She was made a ward of court.
He wore a fetish to ward off evil spirits.
Certain patients must be isolated in a separate ward.
...a small cross made of goat bone was worn in the Middle Ages as an amulet to ward off evil...
...a pendant of white nephrite jade is often worn by Indians as a talisman to ward off heart disease...
This ward of the hospital is in / under the charge of Dr. Green.
The nurse wheeled the patient into the ward.
Ward was stretchered off early in the game.
George Ward started smoking at the age of nine, and at one time he was getting through 80 a day.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: ward
he/she/it: wards
present participle: warding
past tense: warded
past participle: warded
singular: ward
plural: wards
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