Definition of ward

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Ward (n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery..

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Wardship :: Wardship (n.) The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage.
Impudent :: Impudent (a.) Bold, with contempt or disregard; unblushingly forward; impertinent; wanting modesty; shameless; saucy..
Hydrotropic :: Hydrotropic (a.) Turning or bending towards moisture, as roots..
Gawky :: Gawky (superl.) Foolish and awkward; clumsy; clownish; as, gawky behavior. -- n. A fellow who is awkward from being overgrown, or from stupidity, a gawk..
Denounce :: Denounce (v. t.) To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression.
Swerd :: Swerd (n. & v.) See Sward, n. & v..
Inhabile :: Inhabile (a.) Unskilled; unready; awkward; incompetent; unqualified; -- said of person.
Inwardly :: Inwardly (adv.) Intimately; thoroughly.
Swarded :: Sward-cutter (n.) A lawn mower.
Ventro- :: Ventro- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the abdomen; also, connection with, relation to, or direction toward, the ventral side; as, ventrolateral; ventro-inguinal..
Revert :: Revert (v. i.) To return, wholly or in part, towards some preexistent form; to take on the traits or characters of an ancestral type..
Steward :: Steward (n.) In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students..
Awning :: Awning (n.) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
Oscillatory :: Oscillatory (a.) Moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion..
Warison :: Warison (v. t.) Reward; requital; guerdon.
Bridge-ward :: Bridge-ward (n.) The principal ward of a key.
Caltrap :: Caltrap (n.) An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are scattered on the ground where an enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede their progress by endangering the horses' feet..
Hydrotropism :: Hydrotropism (n.) A tendency towards moisture.
Bogue :: Bogue (v. i.) To fall off from the wind; to edge away to leeward; -- said only of inferior craft.
To :: To (prep.) Hence, it indicates motion, course, or tendency toward a time, a state or condition, an aim, or anything capable of being regarded as a limit to a tendency, movement, or action; as, he is going to a trade; he is rising to wealth and honor..
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