guard

(gärd)

v. guard·ed, guard·ing, guards

v.tr.

a. To watch over (a place or person, for example) in order to keep from being damaged, robbed, or injured: guard a bank; guarding a witness. See Synonyms at defend.

b. To supervise the entry and exit through; keep watch at: guard a door.

c. To watch over so as to prevent escape or violence: guard a prisoner.

d. To keep from risk or curtailment; ensure the safety or integrity of: jealously guarded his success; carefully guarded her privacy.

2. Sports To keep (an opposing player) from scoring or playing effectively, usually by remaining close to the player to disrupt offensive play.

3. To maintain control over, as to prevent indiscretion: Guard what you say.

4. To furnish (a device or object) with a part that protects people from harm or injury.

5. Archaic To escort as a guard.

v.intr.

1. To take precautions: guarded against illness by getting exercise.

2. To serve as a guard.

1. A person who protects, keeps watch, or acts as a sentinel: a prison guard.

a. The act or duty of guarding.

b. Protection; watch: The sheepdog kept guard over the herd.

3. Something that gives protection; a safeguard: a guard against tooth decay.

4. A device or attachment that prevents injury, damage, or loss, especially:

a. An attachment or covering put on a machine to protect the operator or a part of the machine.

b. A device on a foil, sword, or knife that protects the hand.

c. A padded covering worn to protect a body part from injury: a shin guard.

d. A small chain or band attached to a watch or bracelet to prevent loss.

e. A ring worn to prevent a more valuable ring from sliding off the finger.

5. An honor guard.

6. Chiefly British A railway employee in charge of a train.

7. Football One of the two offensive linemen on either side of the center.

8. Basketball Either of the two players normally positioned in the backcourt who are responsible for bringing the ball to and initiating offensive plays from the frontcourt.

9. Sports A defensive position or stance, as in boxing or fencing.

10. Electronics A signal that prevents accidental activation of a device or ambiguous interpretation of data.

Idioms:

off (one's) guard

Not alert; unprepared.

on (one's) guard

Alert and watchful; cautious.

stand guard

1. To keep watch.

2. To act as a sentinel.

[Middle English garden, from Old French garder, guarder, of Germanic origin; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]

guard′er n.

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guard

(ɡɑːd)

1. to watch over or shield (a person or thing) from danger or harm; protect

2. to keep watch over (a prisoner or other potentially dangerous person or thing), as to prevent escape

3. (tr) to control: to guard one's tongue.

4. (usually foll by: against) to take precautions

5. to control entrance and exit through (a gate, door, etc)

6. (tr) to provide (machinery, etc) with a device to protect the operator

7. (Card Games) (tr)

a. chess cards to protect or cover (a chess man or card) with another

b. curling bowls to protect or cover (a stone or bowl) by placing one's own stone or bowl between it and another player

8. (Chess & Draughts) (tr)

a. chess cards to protect or cover (a chess man or card) with another

b. curling bowls to protect or cover (a stone or bowl) by placing one's own stone or bowl between it and another player

9. (Curling) (tr)

a. chess cards to protect or cover (a chess man or card) with another

b. curling bowls to protect or cover (a stone or bowl) by placing one's own stone or bowl between it and another player

10. (Bowls & Bowling) (tr)

a. chess cards to protect or cover (a chess man or card) with another

b. curling bowls to protect or cover (a stone or bowl) by placing one's own stone or bowl between it and another player

11. (tr) archaic to accompany as a guard

12. a person or group who keeps a protecting, supervising, or restraining watch or control over people, such as prisoners, things, etc.

13. a person or group of people, such as soldiers, who form a ceremonial escort: guard of honour.

14. (Railways) Brit the official in charge of a train

15.

a. the act or duty of protecting, restraining, or supervising

b. (as modifier): guard duty.

16. Irish another word for garda

17. (Arms & Armour (excluding Firearms)) 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

18. anything that provides or is intended to provide protection: a guard against infection.

19. (Jewellery)

b. a long neck chain often holding a chatelaine

21. (Team Sports, other than specified) sport an article of light tough material worn to protect any of various parts of the body

22. (Basketball) basketball

a. the position of the two players in a team who play furthest from the basket

b. a player in this position

23. (Fencing) the posture of defence or readiness in fencing, boxing, cricket, etc

24. (Cricket) 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

25. (Cricket) give guard cricket (of an umpire) to indicate such a position to a batsman

26. off one's guard having one's defences down; unprepared

27. on one's guard prepared to face danger, difficulties, etc

28. (Military) stand guard (of a military sentry, etc) to keep watch

29. (Military) mount guard

a. (of a sentry) to begin to keep watch

b. (with over) to take up a protective or defensive stance (over something)

[C15: from Old French garde, from garder to protect, of Germanic origin; compare Spanish guardar; see ward]

ˈguardable adj

ˈguarder n

ˈguardless adj

ˈguardˌlike adj

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guard

(gɑrd)

v.t.

1. to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over.

2. to keep under close watch in order to prevent escape, misconduct, etc.

3. to keep under control as a matter of caution or prudence: to guard one's temper.

4. to provide or equip with some safeguard or protective appliance, as to prevent loss, injury, etc.

5. to position oneself in some sport so as to obstruct or impede the movement or progress of (an opponent on offense).

6. to protect (a chess piece or a square) by placing a piece in a supportive or defensive position relative to it.

v.i.

7. to take precautions (usu. fol. by against): to guard against errors.

8. to give protection; keep watch.

9. a person or group that guards, as one that keeps watch over prisoners or protects a place from disturbance, theft, etc.

10. an act of guarding; a close watch, as over a prisoner or other person under restraint.

11. a device, appliance, or attachment that prevents injury, loss, etc.

12. something intended or serving to guard or protect; safeguard.

13. a posture of defense or readiness, as in fencing, boxing, etc.

14.

a. either of the football linemen stationed between a tackle and the center.

b. the position played by this lineman.

15. either of the basketball players stationed in the backcourt.

16. Brit. a railroad conductor.

Idioms:

1. off (one's) guard, unprepared; unwary.

2. on (one's) guard, vigilant; wary.

[1375–1425; < Old French g(u)arde < Germanic; see ward]

guard′er, n.

guard

1. A form of security operation whose primary task is to protect the main force by fighting to gain time while also observing and reporting information, and to prevent enemy ground observation of and direct fire against the main body by reconnoitering, attacking, defending, and delaying. A guard force normally operates within the range of the main body's indirect fire weapons.
2. A radio frequency that is normally used for emergency transmissions and is continuously monitored. UHF band: 243.0 MHZ; VHF band: 121.5 MHZ. See also cover; flank guard; screen.
3. A military or civilian individual assigned to protect personnel, equipment, or installations, or to oversee a prisoner.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

Guard

a body of men positioned to protect or control, 1494. See also convoy, escort.

Examples: guard of angels, 1834; of patience, 1606.

guard

Past participle: guarded
Gerund: guarding

Imperative
guard
guard

Present
I guard
you guard
he/she/it guards
we guard
you guard
they guard

Preterite
I guarded
you guarded
he/she/it guarded
we guarded
you guarded
they guarded

Present Continuous
I am guarding
you are guarding
he/she/it is guarding
we are guarding
you are guarding
they are guarding

Present Perfect
I have guarded
you have guarded
he/she/it has guarded
we have guarded
you have guarded
they have guarded

Past Continuous
I was guarding
you were guarding
he/she/it was guarding
we were guarding
you were guarding
they were guarding

Past Perfect
I had guarded
you had guarded
he/she/it had guarded
we had guarded
you had guarded
they had guarded

Future
I will guard
you will guard
he/she/it will guard
we will guard
you will guard
they will guard

Future Perfect
I will have guarded
you will have guarded
he/she/it will have guarded
we will have guarded
you will have guarded
they will have guarded

Future Continuous
I will be guarding
you will be guarding
he/she/it will be guarding
we will be guarding
you will be guarding
they will be guarding

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been guarding
you have been guarding
he/she/it has been guarding
we have been guarding
you have been guarding
they have been guarding

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been guarding
you will have been guarding
he/she/it will have been guarding
we will have been guarding
you will have been guarding
they will have been guarding

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been guarding
you had been guarding
he/she/it had been guarding
we had been guarding
you had been guarding
they had been guarding

Conditional
I would guard
you would guard
he/she/it would guard
we would guard
you would guard
they would guard

Past Conditional
I would have guarded
you would have guarded
he/she/it would have guarded
we would have guarded
you would have guarded
they would have guarded

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Guard

Part of a mowing machine sickle bar.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	guard - a person who keeps watch over something or someone defender, guardian, protector, shielder - a person who cares for persons or property bouncer, chucker-out - a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting door guard, doorman, hall porter, ostiary, porter, gatekeeper, doorkeeper - someone who guards an entrance halberdier - a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty) screener - a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint security guard, watchman, watcher - a guard who keeps watch
	2.	guard - the person who plays that position on a football team; "the left guard was injured on the play" lineman - one of the players on the line of scrimmage
	3.	guard - a device designed to prevent injury or accidents safety device, safety device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" fender - a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth safety catch, safety lock - guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired
	4.	guard - a posture of defence in boxing or fencing; "keep your guard up" posture, attitude, position - the arrangement of the body and its limbs; "he assumed an attitude of surrender"
	5.	guard - the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team basketball player, basketeer, cager - an athlete who plays basketball
	6.	guard - a military unit serving to protect some place or person military force, military group, military unit, force - a unit that is part of some military service; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men" bodyguard - a group of men who escort and protect some important person home guard - a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere territorial reserve, territorial - a territorial military unit bodyguard, escort - someone who escorts and protects a prominent person
	7.	guard - a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down" precaution, safeguard measure, step - any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime" backstop - a precaution in case of an emergency; "he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong" security measures, security - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising"
	8.	guard - the duty of serving as a sentry; "he was on guard that night" guard duty, sentry duty, sentry go assignment, duty assignment - a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces); "hazardous duty"
	9.	guard - (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage; "guards must be good blockers" lineman - (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage football team, eleven - a team that plays football
	10.	guard - a position on a basketball team position - (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?" basketball team, five - a team that plays basketball
Verb	1.	guard - to keep watch over; "there would be men guarding the horses" patrol, police - maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol keep guard, stand guard, stand sentinel, stand watch - watch over so as to protect; "We must stand sentinel to protect ourselves"; "The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen" keep an eye on, watch over, watch, observe, follow - follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars" baby-sit, sit - work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do" baby-sit - take watchful responsibility for; "I baby-sit the neighbor's plants when she is out of town"
	2.	guard - watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away" ward protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" shepherd - watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils
	3.	guard - protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks" defend, hold protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" hold - take and maintain control over, often by violent means; "The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week"
	4.	guard - take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence; "guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard against infection" act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"

guard

verb

1. protect, watch, defend, secure, police, mind, cover, screen, preserve, shelter, shield, patrol, oversee, safeguard, watch over Gunmen guarded homes near the cemetery.

noun

3. shield, security, defence, screen, protection, pad, safeguard, bumper, buffer, rampart, bulwark The heater should have a safety guard fitted.

4. caution, vigilance, wariness, watchfulness It takes me a long time to drop my guard and get close to people.

on (your) guard vigilant, cautious, wary, prepared, ready, alert, watchful, on the lookout, circumspect, on the alert, on the qui vive Be on your guard against crooked car dealers.

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guard

verb

To keep safe from danger, attack, or harm:

noun

1. A person or special body of persons assigned to provide protection or keep watch over, for example:

2. The act or a means of defending:

Translations

hlídkastrážstřežitstrážcestrážit

bevogtevagtvogtefangevogterholde vagt ved

gardi

vartijavartioidasuojata

מִשְׁמָר, שׁוֹמֵרשָׁמַר

čuvatistražar

elõvigyázatőrvédelmezvigyázatvonatvezetõ

gæta, halda vörî umlestarvörîurvakt, vernd, gæslavörðurvörîur

見張り見張る

경호원보호하다

eiti sargybągarbės sargybanejučiomnetikėtaipraradęs budrumą

aizsargsapsardzeapsargātmodrībapavadonis

branilecčuvajčuvatistražastražar

vaktvaktabevaka

เฝ้ายาม

canh gáclính gác

guard

[gɑːd]

A. N

4. (esp US) (= prison guard) → carcelero/a m/f

5. (Brit) (Rail) → jefe m de tren

guard against VI + PREP [+ illness] → guardarse de; [+ suspicion, accidents] → evitar
in order to guard against this → para evitar esto
to guard against doing sth → evitar hacer algo

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guard

(= security guard) → Sicherheitsbeamte(r) m → /-beamtin f; (at factory gates, in park etc) → Wächter(in) m(f); (esp US: = prison guard) → Gefängniswärter(in) m(f); (Brit Rail) → Schaffner(in) m(f), → Zugbegleiter(in) m(f)

(= safety device, for protection) → Schutz m → (against gegen); (on machinery) → Schutz (→ vorrichtung f) m; (= fire guard) → Schutzgitter nt; (on foil) → Glocke f; (on sword etc) → Korb m

(in basketball) → Verteidigungsspieler(in) m(f)

vt prisoner, place, valuables → bewachen; treasure, secret, tongue → hüten; machinery → beaufsichtigen; luggage → aufpassen auf (+acc); (= protect) (lit) person, place → schützen (→ from, against vor +dat), → abschirmen (from, against gegen); one’s life → schützen; one’s reputation → achten auf (+acc); (fig) child etc → behüten, beschützen (→ from, against vor +dat); a closely guarded secret → ein gut or streng gehütetes Geheimnis

guard

guard chain

n → Sicherheitskette f

guard

guardrail

n → Schutzgeländer nt; (around machinery) → Schutzleiste f; (Rail) → Schutzschiene f, → Zwangsschiene f; (= US: Mot) → Leitplanke f

guard rope

n → Absperrseil nt

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guard

(gaːd) verb

1. to protect from danger or attack. The soldiers were guarding the king/palace.

2. to prevent (a person) escaping, (something) happening. The soldiers guarded their prisoners; to guard against mistakes.

noun

1. someone who or something which protects. a guard round the king; a guard in front of the fire.

2. someone whose job is to prevent (a person) escaping. There was a guard with the prisoner every hour of the day.

3. (American conductor) a person in charge of a train.

4. the act or duty of guarding.

ˈguarded adjective

cautious. He gave guarded replies.

ˈguardedly adverbguard of honour

soldiers or other people who are lined up as an honour to someone important. A guard of honour greeted the President at the airport.

keep guard (on)

The soldiers kept guard (on the prisoner).

off guard

unprepared. He hit me while I was off guard; to catch someone off guard.

on guard

prepared. Be on your guard against his tricks.

stand guard

to be on duty as a guard. He stood guard at the gates.

guard

→ حارِس, يَحْرُس hlídka, strážit bevogte, vagt bewachen, Wache φύλακας, φυλάω custodiar, guardia vartija, vartioida garde, garder čuvati, stražar difendere, guardia 見張り, 見張る 경호원, 보호하다 bewaken, bewaker vakt, vokte ochronić, straż guarda, guardar охрана, охранять vakt, vakta เฝ้า, ยาม korumak, nöbetçi canh gác, lính gác 护卫队, 看守

guard

vt. [protect] guardar, proteger, cuidar; guardarse, cuidarse;

to ___ against → tomar precauciones, cuidarse de, guardarse de.

Have you seen the guard?

guard

n protector m; mouth — protector bucal; shin — espinillera, canillera (CA, SA)