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guard

noun

1 guard

A person who keeps watch over something or someone.

Roget 726: combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent; competitor, rival, corrival; fighter, assailant; champion, Paladin; mosstrooper, ... show more

Roget 753: keeper, custodian, custos [Lat.], ranger, warder, jailer, gaoler, turnkey, castellan, guard; watchdog, watchman; Charley; chokidar, ... show more

Roget 268: traveler, wayfarer, voyager, itinerant, passenger, commuter.    tourist, excursionist, explorer, adventurer, mountaineer, hiker, backpacker, ... show more

Dutch: bewaarder, bewaker
Polish: strażnik

2 guard

The person who plays that position on a football team.

3 guard

A device designed to prevent injury or accidents.

synonyms: safety, safety device.

Polish: ubezpieczenie

4 guard

A posture of defence in boxing or fencing.

Polish: garda

5 guard

The person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team.

6 guard

A military unit serving to protect some place or person.

Dutch: bewaker, lijfwacht
Polish: ubezpieczenie

7 guard

A precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.:
— An insurance policy is a good safeguard.
— We let our guard down.

synonyms: precaution, safeguard.

Roget 717: defense, protection, guard, ward; shielding etc. v.; propugnation, preservation etc. 670; guardianship.    area defense; ... show more

Roget 664: safety, security, surety, impregnability; invulnerability, invulnerableness etc. adj.; danger past, danger over; storm blown over; coast clear; escape etc. ... show more

Dutch: voorzorg, precautie, voorzorgsmaatregel

8 guard

The duty of serving as a sentry:
— He was on guard that night.

synonyms: guard duty, sentry duty, sentry go.

Polish: osłona

9 guard

American football A position on the line of scrimmage.

10 guard

A position on a basketball team.

verb

1 guard

To keep watch over.

Dutch: bewaken, wachtlopen

2 guard

Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect:
— Guard my possessions while I'm away.

synonym: ward.

Roget 664: be safe etc. adj.; keep one's head above water, tide over, save one's bacon; ride out the storm, weather the storm; light upon one's feet, land on one's feet; bear a charmed life; escape etc. 671.    ... show more

3 guard

Protect against a challenge or attack.

synonyms: defend, hold.

Roget 670: preserve, maintain, keep, sustain, support, hold; keep up, keep alive; refrigerate, keep on ice; not willingly let die; bank up; nurse; ... show more

Roget 717: defend, forfend, fend; shield, screen, shroud; engarrison; fend round etc. (circumscribe) 229; fence, entrench, intrench; ... show more

4 guard

Take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence.


Moby thesaurus: Coldstream Guards, Foot Guards, Grenadier Guards, Life Guards, Scots Guards, accompany, advance guard, advocate, aegis, amateur athlete, apologist, archer, arm, arm guard, armament, armed guard, armor, arrest, athlete, attend ... show more.

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guards

noun

Roget 726: combatant; disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent; competitor, rival, corrival; fighter, assailant; champion, Paladin; mosstrooper, ... show more

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