Antonym: guardian. Similar words: award, warden, forward, toward, inward, leeward, inwards, hardware. Meaning: [wɔrd /wɔːd] 
n. 1. a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another 2. a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections 3. block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care 4. English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) 5. English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) 6. United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) 7. a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells). v. watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect.
n. 1. a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another 2. a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections 3. block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care 4. English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) 5. English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) 6. United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) 7. a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells). v. watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect. 
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(91) In Alderman McDonough, the ward leader, Daley had a political godfather with upward mobility and long coattails.
(92) Brady collapsed on Boxing Day, three months into a hunger strike in protest at his transfer to a tougher ward.
(93) This time, Ward faced sidereal, an adjective that describes things related to stars or constellations.
(94) Coun Popple represents the Acklam ward and is deputy leader of the Conservative group on the council.
(95) Secondly, the staff on the ward will themselves need assistance in coping with their own feelings about the tragedy.
(96) Similarly within a hospital the culture of the accident and emergency department differs from the long-stay geriatric ward.
(97) To ward off a rate cut was one reason to soldier.
(98) Ward was angling across the slope above to cut him off.
(99) Mr Ward says it's obvious why his application was rejected.
(100) The cost per day of medical, nursing, and hotel services on a ward was estimated to be ￡128.
(101) Jackson will supplant Charlie Ward as the starting point guard, giving the team a better ball distributor.
(102) It was also carved on to a number of the walls, as if to ward off Evil.
(103) Lewis had been the ward boss in name only, because white precinct captains ran the organization, including him.
(104) Testing of knowledge gained can be centred around the ward learning objectives.
(105) He was going to close down about half the stations, centralize operations, shatter the old ward boundaries of police districts.
(106) A domino game was cut short when one of the players clawed his jacket to shreds trying to ward off the spiders.
(107) And Eve's in a hospital ward with broken ribs and concussion and all kinds of things.
(108) These guidelines for learning should be given to the student at the beginning of her time on the ward.
(109) The area around you began to convulse like an epileptic ward.
(110) Pelicans had some quick players who were dangerous on the break, but Clair Ward and Debbie Wadforth kept cool.
(111) The adjutant directed him to the hospital next door, giving him written instructions on how to find the ward.
(112) The other driver, Douglas Ward, 48, of Yedingham, Malton, suffered shock.
(113) The pumpkin looks like a demon mask, the kind that is used to ward off danger and evil.
(114) Bob recalls his first days as a charge nurse in the 1950s in a long-stay ward for elderly people.
(114) Sentencedict.com is a sentence dictionary, on which you can find good sentences for a large number of words.
(115) Ward said Thursday he had asked for all weather forecasts given to the crew before departure.
(116) Politicians no longer need to draw doodle shaped boundary lines to guarantee ward majorities.
(117) Leroy had quit his ward organization to run against the regular candidate for alderman.
(118) It was admitted by Mr Ward that the Board had not authorized the payment.
(119) Etzioni and Ward a close second and Nisbet and Fontana less promising in these selected books by them.
(120) Gresham ward councillor Barry Coppinger has taken up their case.
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