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Definitions: Ward |
WardNoun1. 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; "they put her in a 4-bed ward". 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). Verb1. Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Ward" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to guard". |
Date "ward" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Bible | Ward a prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard (Neh. 13:30). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
| A large room in a hospital where a number of patients are accommodated (a 4-bed --) (a 12-bed --). Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A division in a hospital for the care of patients suffering the same disease. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ward."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
WARD | English | Westinghouse Advanced Reactors Division | Nuclear Energy & Physics |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: WardSynonyms: cellblock (n), hospital ward (n), guard (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Care | Watchfulness; Adjective: vigilance, surveillance, eyes of Argus, watch, vigil, look out, watch and ward, loeil du maitre. |
Verb: be careful; Adjective: reck; take care; (be cautious); pay attention to; take care of; look to, look after, see to, see after; keep an eye on, keep a sharp eye on; chaperon, matronize, play gooseberry; keep watch, keep watch and ward; mount guard, set watch, watch; keep in sight, keep in view; mind, mind one's business. | |
Defense | Verb: defend, forfend, fend; shield, screen, shroud; engarrison; fend round; (circumscribe); fence, entrench, intrench; guard; (keep safe); guard against; take care of; (vigilance); bear harmless; fend off, keep off, ward off, beat off, beat back; hinder. |
Noun: defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding;Verb: propugnation, preservation; guardianship. | |
Government | Politician, activist; candidate, aspirant, hopeful, office-seeker, front-runner, dark horse, long shot, shoo-in; supporter, backer, political worker, campaign worker; lobbyist, contributor; party hack, ward heeler; regional candidate, favorite son; running mate, stalking horse; perpetual candidate, political animal. |
County, parish; city, domain, tract, arrondissement, mofussil, commune; wappentake, hundred, riding, lathe, garth, soke, tithing; ward, precinct, bailiwick. | |
Hindrance | Keep off, stave off, ward off; obviate; avert, antevert; turn aside, draw off, prevent, forefend, nip in the bud; retard, slacken, check, let; counteract, countercheck; preclude, debar, foreclose, estop; inhibit; shackle; (restrain); restrict. |
Keeper | Noun: keeper, custodian, custos, ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard; watchdog, watchman; Charley; chokidar, durwan, hayward; sentry, sentinel; watch and ward; concierge, coast guard, guarda costa, game keeper. |
Part | Noun: part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction, fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel. |
Refuge | Noun: refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison; asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute; almshouse; hiding place; (ambush); sanctum sanctorum; (privacy). |
Restraint | Arrest, arrestation; custody, keep, care, charge, ward, restringency. |
Safety | Make safe, render safe; Adjective:; protect; take care of; (care); preserve; cover, screen, shelter, shroud, flank, ward; guard; (defend); secure; (restrain); entrench, intrench, fence round; (circumscribe); house, nestle, ensconce; take charge of. |
Servant | Serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot; bondsman, bondswoman; bondslave; ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe; villian, villein; beadsman, bedesman; sizar; pensioner, pensionary; client; dependant, dependent; hanger on, satellite; parasite; (servility); led captain; protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature. |
Warning | Watchtower, beacon, signal post; lighthouse; (indication of locality). sentinel, sentry; watch, watchman; watch and ward; watchdog, bandog, housedog; patrol, patrolman, vedette, picket, bivouac, scout, spy, spial; undercover agent, mole, plainclothesman; advanced guard, rear guard; lookout. |
Beware, ware; take warning, take heed at one's peril; keep watch and ward; (care). | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Did you cast a spell to ward off demonic parasites? (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay) And they dressed up in costumes, hoping to ward off the evil spirits. (Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers; writing credit: Debra Hill; John Carpenter) Or check into a psycho ward, which ever comes first huh. (Big Trouble in Little China; writing credit: Gary Goldman; David Z. Weinstein) Happy! Ward, you tell me the meaning of happy. (Ordinary People; writing credit: Judith Guest; Alvin Sargent) Hey if you going to get all Ward Cleaver on me, I gonna have to call Eddie and Lumpy and tell I'm gonna be late. (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Mr. Ward Llaman de Jamaica (1968) Emergency: Ward 9 (1966) Bayaet el ward (1960) Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959) Emergency Ward (1959) | |
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Two Zairian nurses wear protective clothing while changing the bedding in an Ebola VHF isolation ward, Kikwit, Zaire, 1995.Credit: CDC. | A Zairian nurse in full protective clothing prepares to enter the isolation ward during the Ebola VHF outbreak in Kikwit, Zaire, 1995.Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | Fisherman displaying fish caught in St. Paul Harbor. Umbrella hat frees hands for more important fishing tasks. Umbrella hat necessary to protect from frequent showers, not ward off the midnight sun. Apparently this fisherman did not consult the local weather forecast as a clear sky would indicate few showers .Credit: Fisheries. | ![]() | The ward room. In: "Report on the Construction and Outfit of the United States Fish Commission Steamer ALBATROSS", by Lieutenant-Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. N. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XI. Report of the Commissioner for 1883. Plate XI, p. 111.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
![]() | Secretary of the Air Force Whit Peters walks the flightline at Yokota AB, Japan, with Capt. Jeffrey Ward, 44th Fighter Squadron, prior to an F-15 Eagle flight to Kadena Air Base, Japan. The stop at Yokota Nov. 22 was part of the secretary's tour of bases. | ![]() | If we decide to donate blood, most of us would like to control when we donate it-and to whom. So mosquitoes are an outdoor nuisance to be avoided, as are biting flies, ticks, and chiggers. We ward all of them off with deet, a strong repellant that ARS discovered 40 years ago. P.Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
Ward MassacreOregon TrailLower Snake River District.Credit: W. Meyer. | Dave Willis and Wendell Ward at Lower Camp Creek riding horses.Credit: Frank Lang. | ||
![]() | Caption: Edison's Shop, Edison & Unger, 10-12 Ward St; Newark, NJ; 1873; {10.260/2} (jpg). | ![]() | Indian Hospital, Sante Fe, New Mexico : Men's ward ( about 12 beds, average) / Kyllingstad.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Henry Ward Beecher | Now comes the mystery. |
| The dog is the god of frolic. | |
| True obedience is true freedom. | |
| A church debt is the devil's salary. | |
| All words are pegs to hang ideas on. | |
| Suffering is part of the divine idea. | |
| Work is not a curse, but drudgery is! | |
| Good-humor makes all things tolerable. | |
| Repentance is another name for aspiration. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The urinary system is structured in a way that helps ward off infection. (references) | |
The need for this sophisticated machinery is one reason why Guillain-Barrè syndrome patients are usually treated in hospitals, often in an intensive care ward. In the hospital, doctors can also look for and treat the many problems that can afflict any paralyzed patient complications such as pneumonia or bed sores. (references) | ||
Business | As a result, these consumers tend to turn to the use of nutritional supplements to ward off and reduce the incidence of minor ailments instead of paying the $10 price for a single prescription. (references) | |
Given that the cost to the consumer of NHS-subsidised prescriptions has risen from $5.60 to almost $10 between 1990 and 2000, preventative care, which includes taking nutritional supplements to ward off illness, has become a less expensive alternative to prescription drugs for many consumers. (references) | ||
Children | Afghanistan | Physicians for Human Rights reported that children at times were denied medical care when the authorities did not let male doctors visit children's wards, which in some instances are located within the women's ward of a hospital, or did not allow male doctors to treat children accompanied only by their mothers. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Bangladesh | One of the accused is a local Awami League leader and another is a ward commissioner of the Khulna City Corporation. (references) |
Bangladesh | On April 18, armed men led by Chittagong City Corporation's Ward Commissioner and Awami League member Mamunur Rashid assaulted two reporters from Chittagong's Bengali language newspaper Purbokon following the publication of a report critical of Rashid. (references) | |
Economic History | Bahrain | The center also has a maternity ward and an intensive care unit. (references) |
India | The Companies (Amendment) Ordinance of 1999 permits companies to buy back their shares in the market to ward off hostile attacks and make inter-corporate investments. (references) | |
South Korea | In June 1995, Korea held direct elections for local and provincial executive officials (mayors, governors, county and ward chiefs) for the first time in more than 30 years. (references) | |
Human Rights | Turkey | Until late 2000, prisons were run on the ward system and most prisoners lived in 50-100 person wards. (references) |
Panama | The media reported that the prison's medical ward treated five inmates suffering from minor injuries caused by exposure to tear gas. (references) | |
Turkey | In some cases, the ward inmates indoctrinated and punished fellow prisoners, resulting in gang and terrorist group domination of entire wards. (references) | |
Travel | Japan | Foreign residents in Japan longer than 90 days must obtain an Alien Registration Card, available free of charge from the municipal office of the city or ward of residence in Japan. (references) |
Mexico | U.S. Embassy staff who need urgent medical care generally visit the ABC Hospital, tel: 5230-8000; emergency ward 5230-8161-4. Other good private hospitals and clinics located around the city include the Angeles Group (various locations); Medica Sur (south Mexico City), and Clinica Londres (central). (references) | |
Women | Poland | In August 2000, a prosecutor charged a former director of a hospital emergency ward of sexually harassing six nurses; the case continued at year's end. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | BOUNTY, n. The liberality of one who has much, in permitting one who has nothing to get all that he can. A single swallow, it is said, devours ten millions of insects every year. The supplying of these insects I take to be a signal instance of the Creator's bounty in providing for the lives of His creatures. Henry Ward Beecher |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ward" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 60.26% of the time. "Ward" is used about 3,338 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 60.26% | 2,012 | 4,286 |
| Noun (proper) | 39.59% | 1,322 | 6,001 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.12% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3,338 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ward" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Ward | First name Male | 10,000 | 687 |
| Ward | Last name | 108,000 | 66 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| United Kingdom | Ward Holdings Plc |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Ward, AL 2. Ward, AR (city, FIPS 73130) 3. Ward, CO (town, FIPS 82735) 4. Ward, SC (town, FIPS 74590) 5. Ward, SD (town, FIPS 68660) |
Expressions using "ward": Artemus Ward ♦ Asron Montgomery Ward ♦ Barbara Ward ♦ be in ward ♦ casualty ward ♦ City ward ♦ court of ward ♦ emergency ward ♦ Henry Ward Beecher ♦ hospital ward ♦ in ward ♦ isolation ward ♦ Julia Ward Howe ♦ keep watch and ward ♦ La Ward ♦ labor ward ♦ Mary Augusta Arnold Ward ♦ maternity ward ♦ medical ward ♦ Montgomery Ward ♦ Mrs. Humphrey Ward ♦ observation ward ♦ obstetric ward ♦ obstetrical ward ♦ outer ward ♦ postnatal ward ♦ private ward ♦ put in ward ♦ Seth Ward ♦ Ward County ♦ ward heeler ♦ ward in chancery ♦ ward of court ♦ ward off ♦ ward penny ♦ ward sister ♦ ward staff ♦ watch and ward. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ward": Ward-baker, ward-based, ward-changes, Ward-corn, ward-heeler, Ward-jackson, Ward-Léonard, Ward-Leonard, ward-made, ward-maid, ward-of-court, ward-room. | |
Ending with "ward": a-ward, Barrington-ward, Bridge-ward, Brooks-ward, delivery-ward, echo-ward, empty-ward, goal-ward, ierusalem-ward, left-ward, long-ago-real-ward, March-ward, nether-ward, Okazaki-ward, on-ward, Romano-ward, sick-ward, side-ward, sisteradmission-ward, sub-ward, together-ward, vision-ward. | |
Containing "ward": conservator-ward relation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
kennan ward | 2,573 | susan ward picture | 62 |
steven ward | 2,115 | single ward | 56 |
susan ward | 1,257 | susan ward pic | 53 |
montgomery ward | 671 | island randalls ward | 51 |
rachel ward | 469 | elizabeth ward gracen | 50 |
ward | 374 | ward bond | 48 |
sela ward | 323 | automotive ward | 47 |
ward burton | 237 | vonda ward | 40 |
mickey ward | 153 | fred ward | 40 |
bill ward | 152 | hines ward | 39 |
susan ward nude | 134 | ward connerly | 38 |
gatti ward | 107 | nancy ward | 38 |
ward trucking | 103 | ward co | 37 |
tony ward | 102 | m ward | 37 |
micky ward | 102 | actress ward | 35 |
maitland ward | 85 | ward kendall | 34 |
anthony ward | 77 | sincerely ward | 33 |
gatti vs ward | 73 | scooter ward | 32 |
megan ward | 65 | bob ward | 32 |
burt ward | 62 | sela ward nude | 32 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "ward"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zonë elektorale (constituency, precinct), sallë (assembly room, auditorium, hall, house, room, saloon, school, theater, theatre), rojë (custodian, escort, guard, guards, guardsman, janitor, keeper, look out, picket, piquet, sentinel, sentry, vigil, watchman), pavijon spitale, lagje (neighbor, neighborhood, neighbour, neighbourhood, quarter, section, Square, Vicinage), i mitur (infant, minor, underage), godinë burgu, dhëmb i çelësit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وقاء أداة وقاية من كذا, وصاية (custody, guardianship, mandate, trusteeship, tutelage), حي (active, alive, animate, animated, block, district, existent, graphic, graphical, lifelike, live, lively, living, neighborhood, neighbourhood, nod, part, pictorial, picturesque, quarter, reanimate, recall, regenerate, section, vivid), حرس (escort, guard, guarding, lifeguard, patrol, safeguard, shepherd, squire, watch, watchdog), حراسة (guard rail, guardianship, keeping, safeguard, sentry, watch), سن في مفتاح, صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, push back, quash, rebuff, repel, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward off), جناح في المستشفى, جناح (annexe, flank, lean to, pavilion, suite, van, wing), القاصر الموضوع تحت الحراسة, اعتقال, رعاية (auspices, care, charge, cultivation, custody, favor, favour, inspection, nursing, patronage, protection, sponsor, sponsorship, tutorship), دائرة إنتخابية (constituency, district, precinct, riding). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | нарез (groove, indent, knurl, rifle, thread, track), пазя (guard, hoard, invigilate, keep, mind, preserve, protect, screen, spare, treasure up, watch, watch over), павилион (kiosk, pavilion), парирам (avert, fence, fence off, fend off, foil), повереник (charge, client), предотвратявам (avert, fence off, fend, fend off, forestall, prevent), протекция (patronage, protection, push, umbrella), болнично отделение, лице под опека, пазене (protection), защитавам (champion, defend, guard, keep, maintain, protect, shelter, shield, solicit, vindicate), стажа, настанявам в приют, настанявам в болнично отделение, настойничество (tutelage, tutorship, wardship), опека (guardianship, trust, trusteeship, wardship), отблъсквам (avert, beat off, counter, drive back, estrange, fight off, foil, head off, jar, press back, push away, push back, put off, rebuff, reject, repulse, resist, spurn, stave off, throw back, thrust aside, turn off), отбранително положение (guard), вътрешен двор на замък, вътрешен двор на крепост, квартал (borough, neighborhood, neighbourhood, quarter, section), административен градски район. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 病区 (wards), 病房 (sickroom). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vizita, vazba (arrest, binding, committal, contexture, custody, detention, government, hunk, linkage, weave), schovanec (nurse child), poruèenec, ochrana (Buckler, condom, escort, guardianship, hedge, patronage, protection, shield, umbrella), nemocnièní sál, hlídat (guard, Mark, mind, tend, watch, watch over), chránit (defend, guard, patronize, police, preserve, protect, screen, shade, shelter, shield), cela (cell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kvarter (district, neighbourhood, quarter, quarter of an hour), bydel (district, neighbourhood, quarter, urban district, urban quarter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | wijk (canal, channel, district, quarter), buurt (district, neighborhood, neighbourhood, proximity, quarter, vicinity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | forklini (parry, ward off), ŝirmi sin kontraŭ (protect from, ward off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | محجور (Incapable, Insolvent), نگهداری کردن (Conserve, Keep, Maintain, Patronize, Protect, Upkeep), نگهبان (Curator, Custodian, Escort, Guardian, Guardsman, Keeper, Lifeguard, Sentinel, Sentry, Warden, Watchdog, Watchman), توجه کردن (Assist, Attend, Mark, Tent), سلول زندان , صغیری که تحت قیومت باشد, اطاق عمومی بیماران بستری . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | turvatti (protegé, protegée), sali (assembly hall, drawing-room, hall), sairassali, osasto (body, compartment, cubicle, department, detachment, division, section, title, unit), holhotti, hoidokki (inmate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | quartier. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ôfwarre (protect from, ward off). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wahlbezirk (constituency), station (phase, stage, station, stop, substation, substation of a power system), Stadtviertel (district, neighbourhood, part of town, quarter, urban district, urban quarter, ward combination), Stadtteil (district, part of town, quarter, urban district, urban quarter), stadtbezirk (borough, municipal district, municipality, urban unit), mündel, kreis (circle, circuit, constituency, cycle, district, orbit, round, set, sphere, subkingdom), krankenzimmer (hospital room, infirmary, patient's room, patients'room, sick room), krankensaal, einschnitt (break, cleft, cut, cutting, decisive point, dimple for a shot pin, excavation, excavation of trenches, gash, hack, incision, indentation, notch, retained cut, slot, trench), aussparung (blockout, cavity, contour, cutout, cut-out, embrassure, gap, n., notch, recess, step), angriff (access, aggression, assail, assault, attack, charge, offence, offense, onset, onslaught, pounce, raid, strike, whammy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κηδεμονευόμενοσ, πτέρυγα (aisle, flank, wing), φρουρώ (guard, patrol, picket, watch), φυλάσσω από, τμήμα νοσοκομείου, τμήμα πόλεωσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ח"ר חולים (sick bay), ח יך (apprentice, educand, neophyte, pupil, student, trainee, tyro), "ש'ח" (custody, inspection, keeping, monitoring, overseeing, regard, supervision), "' " (defence, defense, protection, security), בן חסות (protegee), ביתן (cabin, hut, kiosk, pavilion, shack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kórterem (hospital room), gyámság (guardianship, trusteeship, tutelage, wardship). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | bangsal (lean to, market stalls, public building). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tutelare (defend, protect), tutela (buckram, defence, defense, Foster, guardianship, protection, safeguard, tutelage, wardship), reparto (department, detachment, division, party, shop, unit), quartiere (area, neighborhood, neighbourhood, quarter, saddle flap, skirt), proteggere (cover, defend, Favor, favour, guard, muffle, overshadow, patronise, patronize, preserve, promote, protect, scorers, screen, shade, shelter, shield, take care), guardia (constable, endpapers, ends, garde, guard, guarders, guarding, guardsman, keeping, look out, minder, policeman, sentry, watch, watcher), distretto (area, belt, district, neighbourhood, quarter, region), custodire (enshrine, guard, herd, keep, look after, preserve, store, take care), custodia (care, case, casing, crank chamber, crankcase, custody, enclosure, gear case, guard, housing, keeping, pack, safekeeping, safety guard, sheath, sleeve, slipcase, storage, sump), corsia (aisle, alley, carriageway, gangway, lane, passage, road, route, way). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 病舎 (hospital, infirmary), 病棟 , 監房 (cell), 区 (district, section). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | びょうしゃ (depiction, description, hospital, infirmary, portrayal), びょうとう, か"ぼう (cell, cold, government secretariat, observation, watching), く (17-syllable poem, bend over, clause, district, expression, line, nine, paragraph, passage, phrase, section, sentence, stanze, verse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 병동 (wards). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | wardys, doltey (adopt, adopted child, cadet, foster, initiate, initiation, protege, pupil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ardway vigilância (alertness, command, custody, guarding, monitoring, outlying, oversight, supervision, surveillance, vigilance, watch), vigia (a household term, bye hole, guard, inspection window, keeper, look out, lookout, lookout man, night watch, observation hole, overlooker, peep hole, peephole, porthole, scuttle, sidescuttle, sight hole, taskmaster, tender, tenter, viewer, vigilante gang, watch, watchman), tutela (custody, guardianship, protectorship, pupilage, tutelage, tutorage, wardship), relativo a tutela, proteção (aegis, backing, blindage, care, convoy, cover, defence, defense, Eglantine, Favor, favour, fostering, guard, guardianship, household troops, maintenance, palladium, patroness, protection, protectorship, safekeeping, safety, saving, security, shield, shroud, tower, umbrella), guarda (caretaker, cater, check-taker, chokidar, custodian, end leaf, endpaper, end-paper, guard, guardianship, head-dress, holding, household troops, keeper, keeping, minder, police state, protector, safe conduct, safeguard, tendance, tender, tenter, trustee, warden, watch, watcher, watchman), enfermaria (infirmary, infirmity), defesa (advantage, aegis, avail, behoof, blindage, boot, breastwork, Bunce, cover-point, defence, defense, egis, fender, firelock, household troops, interdictory, maintop, Parry, pleading, preservative, profit, protection, save, security, shield, spar, tower, vindication), custódia (charge, custody, detainer, keeping, monstrance, safekeeping, safety), cadeia (cage, calaboose, cascade, catena, chain, choky, clink, cufflink, ewer, fetter, gaol, jail, jug, network, orlop, penitentiary, pokey, prison, prison house, quad, quod, shackle, stockade, warp), ala de hospital. (various references) veghe (vigil, wake, wakefulness, watch), tutelã (guardianship, tutelage, tutorship), subdiviziune administrativã a unui oraş, strajã (guard, patrol, sentinel, sentry, shield, watch), strãjui (guard, watch), secţie într-o închisoare, se apãra (defend oneself, fence, fend, make a defence, protect), salon de spital, respinge un atac, respinge o loviturã, pupil (nurseling), pazã (guard, guardianship, keeping, picket, safeguard, safety, security, sentinel, sentry, watch), minor pus sub tutelã, cartier (district, neighborhood, neighbourhood, section, slum, vicinity), apãra (advocate, champion, cover, defend, fence, fend, guard, keep, maintain, protect, safeguard, save, shelter, shield). (various references) смотритель (caretaker, warden), камера (camera, cell, chamber, inner tire), выемка (cannelure, coulisse, cutting, gab, groove, gutter, indent, indentation, notch, notching, recess, roach), опекаемый, опека (custody, guardianship, guarding, keeping, trusteeship, tutelage, wardship), административный район, подопечный (fosterling), палата (chamber, house). (various references) tutorstvo (guardianship, tutelage, tutorage, tutorship), starateljstvo (custody, guardianship, mandate, trusteeship, tutelage, tutorship, wardship), odelenje (cubicle, department), gradska izborna jedinica, štićenik (protégé). (various references) pupilo (boarder, pupil). (various references) sal (dining-room, hall, surface airlifted mail), avdelning (arm, body, chapter, compartment, department, part, partition, section, title, unit). (various references) vesayet altındaki çocuk (pupil), vesayet (tutelage, tutelar, tutelary, tutorship, wardship), korumak (buffer, charm, cocoon, conserve, convoy, cover, defend, embosom, embower, encourage, escort, fence, guard, indemnify, keep, keep guard, maintain, patronize, preserve, protect, safeguard, save, screen, secure, shade, shelter, shield, spare, sponsor, vindicate), koğuş (dorm, dormitory), kilit dili (bolt, catch), hapishane (bull pen, cage, can, choky, clink, cooler, coop, gaol, institution, jail, Nick, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, quod, roundhouse, shop, stir, stockade, tank), gözetim (custody, guard, observance, observation, oversight, superintendence, supervision, surveillance, watch), bölge (area, belt, circumscription, climate, corner, department, district, division, latitude, parts, phase, precinct, quarter, region, section, sector, sky, territory, tract, zone), şato dış avlusu, önlemek (arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, bank, circumvent, counterwork, estop, face up to, foil, foreclose, forestall, frustrate, get under control, head off, intercept, jugulate, keep back, obviate, occlude, preclude, prevent, prevent from, prohibit, repress, stay, suppress, thwart, ward off). (various references) виступ (address, appearance, corbel, gibbosity, jut, ledge, nib, offset, overhang, projection, promontory, protrusion, salience, salient, shoulder, snag, spine, teat), підопічна особа, лікарняна палата, захист (advocacy, aegis, answer, apology, bulwark, championship, defence, defense, egis, maintenance, palladium, panoply, protection, shield), мандатна територія, опіка (custody), опікування (custody, guardianship, patronage, wardship), оборонне положення, охорона (cordon, custody, guard, keeping, preservation, protection, safeguard, warding, watching), парирувати (fend, fend off), виборчий округ (constituency, electorate), ув'язнення (confinement, constraint, custody, duress, duresse, gaol, imprisonment, incarceration, jail), варта (guard, sentinel, vigil, warding), вартувати (wake, watch), відділення лікарні, відвертати (abstract, alienate, amuse, anticipate, avert, award, head off, preclude, prevent, turn away), в'язниця (bandhouse, cage, calaboose, can, choky, clink, dump, gaol, jail, limbo, penitentiary, pound, prison, quod, slammer), класти в лікарняну палату, камера (breast, cabinet, cavity, cell, tube), караул (relief), охороняти (cordon, defend, guard, have the custody of, overshade, overshadow, preserve, protect, safeguard, sentinel, wake). (various references) sự trông nom (administration, custody, keeping, management, nurse, running, superintendence, supervision), sự giam giữ khu, sự bảo trợ (patronage, wardship). (various references) gward, gwarchodaeth (custody), gwarchod (mind, watch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 1. dun. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | alumni, arce, pupilla, pupillam, pupilli, pupillis, pupillo, pupillorum, pupillos, pupillum, pupillus, pupillus pupilla. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 40, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai hrwta touV eunoucouV faraw oi hsan met' autou en th fulakh para tw kuriw autou legwn ti oti ta proswpa umwn skuqrwpa shmeron |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sciscitatus est dicens cur tristior est hodie solito facies vestra |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And sawy hem drery, askide hem, seiynge, Whi dreryer is youre face to day than it was wonte? |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he asked them saynge wherfore loke ye so sadly to daye? |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Why look ye so sad to-day? |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he said to the servants of Pharaoh who were in prison with him, Why are you looking so sad? |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 40, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Ug nangutana siya sa mga tinugyanan ni Faraon nga diha kauban niya sa bilanggoan sa balay sa iyang agalon, nga nagaingon: Unsay hinungdan nga nasubo karon ang inyong mga nawong? |
| Croatian | Upita faraonove dvorane koji su bili s njim u zatvoru u zgradi njegova gospodara: "Zašto ste danas tako potišteni?" |
| Danish | spurgte han dem: "Hvorfor ser I så ulykkelige ud i Dag?" |
| Dutch | Toen vraagde hij de hovelingen van Farao, die bij hem waren in hechtenis van het huis zijns heren, zeggende: Waarom zijn uw aangezichten heden kwalijk gesteld? |
| Finnish | Silloin hän kysyi faraon hoviherroilta, jotka olivat hänen kanssansa vankeudessa hänen isäntänsä talossa: "Miksi te olette tänään niin murheellisen näköiset?" |
| French | Alors il questionna les officiers de Pharaon, qui étaient avec lui dans la prison de son maître, et il leur dit: Pourquoi avez-vous mauvais visage aujourd`hui? |
| German | fragte er sie und sprach: Warum seid ihr heute so traurig? |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Lalu ia bertanya, "Mengapa Saudara-saudara begitu sedih hari ini?" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Lalu bertanyalah Yusuf akan kedua pegawai Firaun, yang sertanya dalam penjara di rumah tuannya itu, katanya: Mengapa mukamu tampak susah pada hari ini? |
| Maori | Na ka ui ia ki aua kaitohutohu a Parao, i puritia tahitia nei me ia i te whare o tona ariki, ka mea, He aha i whakapoururu ai o korua kanohi inaianei? |
| Norwegian | Da spurte han Faraos hoffmenn, de som satt fengslet med ham hos hans herre: Hvorfor ser I så sorgfulle ut idag? |
| Rumanian | Atunci a kntrebat pe dregqtorii lui Faraon, cari erau cu el kn temniya stqpknului squ, wi le -a zis: ,,Pentruce aveyi o fayq awa de posomorktq azi?`` |
| Swedish | Då frågade han Faraos hovmän, som med honom sutto i förvar i hans herres hus: "Varför sen I så sorgsna ut i dag?" |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ward": warded, warden, wardenries, wardenry, wardens, wardenship, wardenships, warder, warders, warding, wardress, wardresses, wardrobe, wardrobes, wardroom, wardrooms, wards, wardship, wardships. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ward": afterward, airward, award, awkward, backward, becoward, bedward, carryforward, cityward, coastward, coward, downward, earthward, eastward, equatorward, forward, frontward, froward, goalward, greensward, hayward, heavenward, henceforward, hitherward, homeward, inward, landward, leeward, leftward, manward, misaward, moonward, northeastward, northward, northwestward, onward, outward, poleward, rearward, rereward, reward, rightward, riverward, seaward, selfward, shoreward, sideward, skyward, southeastward, southward, southwestward. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ward": afterwards, awardable, awarded, awardee, awardees, awarder, awarders, awarding, awards, awkwarder, awkwardest, awkwardly, awkwardness, awkwardnesses, backwardly, backwardness, backwardnesses, backwards, becowarded, becowarding, becowards, bedwards, carryforwards, churchwarden, churchwardens, coastwards, cowardice, cowardices, cowardliness, cowardlinesses, cowardly, cowards, downwardly, downwardness, downwardnesses, downwards, earthwards, eastwards, forwarded, forwarder, forwarders, forwardest, forwarding, forwardly, forwardness, forwardnesses, forwards, frontwards, frowardly, frowardness, frowardnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Ward" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aard, Awwrr, iard, jard, kard, Qadr, rard, rawd, vard, waar, waard, waird, warb, warde, wardf, wared, warf, warg, waro, warr, warx, warz, wayd, weard, werc, werd, werde, whard, wiard, wird, wirdy, wordd, worrd, wraf, wraq, wurc, wurd, zard. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ward" (pronounced wô"rd) |
| 4 | w ô" r d | award, reward, toward. |
| 3 | -ô" r d | abhorred, aboard, accord, adored, afford, board, bored, chord, cord, deplored, explored, fjord, floored, Ford, gored, gourd, hoard, horde, ignored, implored, Lord, oared, outscored, pored, poured, prerecord, reboard, record, restored, roared, scored, shored, soared, stored, sword, underscored, unexplored, untoward. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: draw. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-r-w" | |
-1 letter: daw, rad, raw, wad, war. | |
-2 letters: ad, ar, aw. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-r-w" | |
+1 letter: award, dewar, drawl, drawn, draws, dwarf, sward, wader, wards, wared. | |
+2 letters: awards, bawdry, coward, dewars, drawee, drawer, drawls, drawly, dwarfs, inward, onward, redowa, redraw, reward, swards, tawdry, toward, undraw, upward, vaward, wadder, waders, waired, wander, warded, warden, warder, warked, warmed, warned, warped, warred, warted, wizard. | |
+3 letters: airward, arrowed, awarded, awardee, awarder, awkward, bawdier, bawdric, bedward, bedwarf, bewared, bradawl, brawled, cowards, crawdad, crawled, dawdler, daywork, dewater, doorway, dorhawk, dowager, drawbar, drawees, drawers, drawing, drawled, drawler, drywall, dwarfed, dwarfer, dwarves, forward, froward, hayward, indrawn, inwards, leeward, madwort, manward, misdraw, onwards, outdraw, outward, prawned, predawn, ragweed, rawhide, redowas, redrawn, redraws, redware, resawed, rewaked, rewards, rewaxed, roadway, seaward, skyward, steward, strawed, sunward, swarded, swarmed, tarweed, thrawed, towards, trawled, undrawn, undraws, upwards, vanward, vawards, wadders, waddler, wafered, wagered, wanders, warbled, wardens, warders, warding, warhead, warlord, warsled, watered, wavered, wayward, wearied, wharfed, wizards, wordage, workday, wracked, wrapped, wrathed, wreaked. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 61 72 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- .-. -.. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010111 01100001 01110010 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)W a r d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0057 0061 0072 0064 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)57678470 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Usage Frequency 11. Names: Frequency 12. Names: Company Usage | 13. Cities 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Orthography | 25. Bibliography |
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