Definition of guard

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Guard (n.) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like..

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Keeping :: Keeping (n.) A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation.
Sentry :: Sentry (n.) Guard; watch, as by a sentinel..
Ward :: Ward (n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time..
Check :: Check (n.) Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff..
Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To go or to be in advance of; to precede; hence, to be foremost or chief among; as, the big sloop led the fleet of yachts; the Guards led the attack; Demosthenes leads the orators of all ages..
Guardage :: Guardage (v. t.) Wardshi.
Wardsman :: Wardsman (n.) A man who keeps ward; a guard.
Bivouac :: Bivouac (v. i.) To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army..
Wary :: Wary (a.) Characterized by caution; guarded; careful.
Safeguard :: Safeguard (n.) A convoy or guard to protect a traveler or property.
Fence :: Fence (v. t.) To fend off danger from; to give security to; to protect; to guard.
Beg :: Beg (v. t.) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for..
Sentinel :: Sentinel (n.) Watch; guard.
Outsentry :: Outsentry (n.) A sentry who guards the entrance or approach to a place; an outguard.
Tutor :: Tutor (n.) One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing..
Watch :: Watch (v. t.) To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.
Rereward :: Rereward (n.) The rear guard of an army.
Vanguard :: Vanguard (n.) The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van.
Chaja :: Chaja (n.) The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, / Chauna, chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See Kamichi..
Gnome :: Gnome (n.) An imaginary being, supposed by the Rosicrucians to inhabit the inner parts of the earth, and to be the guardian of mines, quarries, etc..
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