"ward" meaning in English

See ward in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /wɔːd/ [UK], /wɔrd/ [US] Audio: en-us-ward.ogg [US] Forms: ward [singular], wards [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A ward is an area in a hospital that focused on one kind of medicine.
    Sense id: simple-ward-en-noun-9xoKis6K
  2. A ward is an area of a city.
    Sense id: simple-ward-en-noun-9sjjSvh2
  3. A ward is someone, usually a child, who is under the legal care of someone else.
    Sense id: simple-ward-en-noun-12p~h8sw

Verb

IPA: /wɔːd/ [UK], /wɔrd/ [US] Audio: en-us-ward.ogg [US] Forms: ward [canonical], wards [third-person, singular], warded [past], warded [past, participle], warding [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you ward off something bad, you do something to keep it away.
    Sense id: simple-ward-en-verb-rZV~SqCd
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