Guard
Definition of Guard
Pronunciation: gärd | v. t. | 1. | To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for. | | 2. | To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like. | | 3. | To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc. | | 4. | To fasten by binding; to gird. | | v. i. | 1. | To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes. | | n. | 1. | | | 1. | One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection. | | 2. | A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel. | | 3. | One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor. | | 4. | (Bookbinding) Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss | | 5. | A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise. | | 6. | An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure. | | 7. | Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard. | | 8. | (Zool.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites. |
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