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What (who) is Guard - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Guards; Guard (disambiguation); Guarding; Gaurd; Standing guard
Guard
·vt Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard.
II. Guard ·noun To fasten by binding; to Gird.
III. Guard ·vt That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.
IV. Guard ·vt Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment.
V. Guard ·vt A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel.
VI. Guard ·vt A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress.
VII. Guard ·vt The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites.
VIII. Guard ·vt One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor.
IX. Guard ·vt A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise.
X. Guard ·vt An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure.
XI. Guard ·noun To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
XII. Guard ·vt One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection.
XIII. Guard ·vt An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled.
XIV. Guard ·vt A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel.
XV. Guard ·noun To protect the edge of, ·esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, ·etc.
XVI. Guard ·vt Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss.
XVII. Guard ·vt A plate of metal, beneath the stock, or the lock frame, of a gun or pistol, having a loop, called a bow, to protect the trigger.
XVIII. Guard ·vi To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety; as, careful persons guard against mistakes.
XIX. Guard ·vt An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull; ·esp., in side-wheel steam vessels, the framework of strong timbers, which curves out on each side beyond the paddle wheel, and protects it and the shaft against collision.
guard
I
n.
group of sentries
sentry
1) to call out the guard
2) to mount, post the guard
3) to change, relieve the guard
4) an advance; armed; color; honor; palace; police; rear; security guard (they slipped past the palace guard)
5) under guard
guard duty
6) to stand guard over
7) on guard (to go on guard)
militia
8) a home guard
police officer
auxiliary police officer
9) (AE) a crossing guard
10) a prison guard (AE; BE has warder, wardress)
alertness
readiness to fight
11) off guard; on guard (to be caught off guard)
12) to put smb. on one's guard
13) to keep one's guard up
protective article of clothing
14) a knee; nose; shin guard (see the Usage Note for warden)
II
v.
1) to guard closely (the player was guarded closely by her opponent)
2) (d; intr.) to guard against (to guard against catching cold)
3) (D; tr.) to guard against (to guard an embassy against intruders)
4) (D; tr.) to guard from (to guard smb. from harm)
guard
I. v. a.
1.
Protect, defend, shield, shelter, watch, keep in safety, attend for protection.
2.
Provide against objections, secure against attack, make with caution.
II. v. n.
Watch, take care, be cautious, be vigilant.
III. n.
1.
Defence, Protection, shield, security, bulwark, rampart, aegis, palladium, safe-guard.
2.
Sentinel, sentry, watch, watchman.
3.
Convoy, escort, conduct, body of defenders.
4.
Circumspection, care, watchfulness, caution, attention, heed.
5.
Conductor (of a coach or of a railway train).
Examples of use of Guard
1. The rescue operation consisted of 52 helicopters, including five Black Hawks, coming from the Coast Guard and the Texas National Guard, and 7,500 Guard troops, Gov.
2. By Maria Danilova The Associated Press Norwegian Coast Guard / AP The Elektron trawler, seen in a photograph released by Norway‘s coast guard, fleeing the coast guard on Tuesday.
3. The National Guard and Washington State Guard could also be mobilized if necessary.
4. The remaining two were on the Coast Guard cutter that rescued them, Coast Guard Lt.
5. You‘re waiting for the Coast Guard or the police or the National Guard.