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The definition of guard

26 Definitions of: guard

1. verb, to watch over or shield (a person or thing) from danger or harm; protect
2. verb, to keep watch over (a prisoner or other potentially dangerous person or thing), as to prevent escape
3. verb, to control
4. verb, to take precautions
5. verb, to control entrance and exit through (a gate, door, etc)
6. verb, to provide (machinery, etc) with a device to protect the operator
7. verb, a) chess cards to protect or cover (a chess man or card) with another b) curling bowling to protect or cover (a stone or bowl) by placing one's own stone or bowl between it and another player
8. verb, to accompany as a guard
9. noun, a person or group who keeps a protecting, supervising, or restraining watch or control over people, such as prisoners, things, etc. Related adj custodial
10. noun, a person or group of people, such as soldiers, who form a ceremonial escort
11. noun, the official in charge of a train
12. noun, a) the act or duty of protecting, restraining, or supervising b) (as modifier)
13. noun, another word for garda
14. noun, a device, part, or attachment on an object, such as a weapon or machine tool, designed to protect the user against injury, as on the hilt of a sword or the trigger of a firearm
15. noun, anything that provides or is intended to provide protection
16. noun, a). another name for safety chain b) a long neck chain often holding a chatelaine
17. noun, See guard ring
18. noun, sport an article of light tough material worn to protect any of various parts of the body
19. noun, basketball a) the position of the two players in a team who play furthest from the basket b) a player in this position
20. noun, the posture of defence or readiness in fencing, boxing, cricket, etc
21. noun, take guard cricket (of a batsman) to choose a position in front of the wicket to receive the bowling, esp by requesting the umpire to indicate his position relative to the stumps
22. noun, give guard cricket (of an umpire) to indicate such a position to a batsman
23. noun, off (one's) guard having one's defences down; unprepared
24. noun, on (one's) guard prepared to face danger, difficulties, etc
25. noun, stand guard (of a military sentry, etc) to keep watch
26. noun, mount guard a) (of a sentry) to begin to keep watch b) to take up a protective or defensive stance (over something)
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Synonyms:	security, on (your) guard alert, sentry, warder, warden, custodian, watch, patrol, lookout, watchman	And more...

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