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warded
We have found lemma(root) word of warded : ward.
Definitions
[wɔːd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a separate room or area in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient
(e.g: a children's ward)
- an administrative division of a city or borough that typically elects and is represented by a councillor or councillors
(e.g: the second most marginal ward in Westminster)
- a child or young person under the care and control of a guardian appointed by their parents or a court
(e.g: for the last three years, the boy has been my ward)
- any of the internal ridges or bars in a lock that prevent the turning of any key which does not have grooves of corresponding form or size
- the action of keeping a lookout for danger
(e.g: I saw them keeping ward at one of those huge gates)
- an area of ground enclosed by the encircling walls of a fortress or castle
Phrases:
- ward of court
Origin
:
Old English weard(in ward, also ‘body of guards’), weardian ‘keep safe, guard’, of Germanic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old Northern French warde (noun), warder (verb) ‘guard’
[wɔːd], (Verb)
Definitions:
- admit to or care for in a hospital ward
(e.g: the last of the accident victims was warded)
- guard; protect
(e.g: it was his duty to ward the king)
Phrases:
- ward of court
Origin
:
Old English weard(in ward, also ‘body of guards’), weardian ‘keep safe, guard’, of Germanic origin; reinforced in Middle English by Old Northern French warde (noun), warder (verb) ‘guard’
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