ward
ward /w'ɔːrd/ (wards warding warded)
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A ward is a room in a hospital which has beds for many people, often people who need similar treatment.
A toddler was admitted to the emergency ward with a wound in his chest.
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A ward is a district which forms part of a political constituency or local council.
...the marginal wards of Reading Kentwood and Tilehurst West.
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A ward or a ward of court is a child who is the responsibility of a person called a guardian, or of a court of law, because their parents are dead or because they are believed to be in need of protection.
Alex was made a ward of court.ward off
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V P n (not pron), also V n P
To ward off a danger or illness means to prevent it from affecting you or harming you.
She may have put up a fight to try to ward off her assailant...
Mass burials are now under way in an effort to ward off an outbreak of cholera.
1 [N-COUNT]
A ward is a room in a hospital which has beds for many people, often people who need similar treatment.
A toddler was admitted to the emergency ward with a wound in his chest.
2 [N-COUNT]
A ward is a district which forms part of a political constituency or local council.
...the marginal wards of Reading Kentwood and Tilehurst West.
3 [N-COUNT]
A ward or a ward of court is a child who is the responsibility of a person called a guardian, or of a court of law, because their parents are dead or because they are believed to be in need of protection.
Alex was made a ward of court.ward off
[PHRASAL VERB] V P n (not pron), V P n (not pron), also V n P
To ward off a danger or illness means to prevent it from affecting you or harming you.
She may have put up a fight to try to ward off her assailant...
Mass burials are now under way in an effort to ward off an outbreak of cholera.