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guard
verb (guarded , guarding )
1 to protect someone or something from danger or attack.
2 to watch over someone in order to prevent their escape.
3 to control or check guard your tongue .
4 to control passage through (eg a doorway).
5 intr (guard against something) to take precautions to prevent it.
6 tr & intr , curling , bowls to protect a stone or bowl by placing another in the line of a potential attack.
noun
1 a person or group whose job is to provide protection, eg from danger or attack, or to prevent escape.
2 Brit a person in charge of a railway train.
3 a state of readiness to give protection or prevent escape keep guard .
4 boxing , cricket , etc a defensive posture.
5 American football , etc a defensive player or their position.
6 (esp in compounds ) anything that gives protection from or to something fireguard shinguard .
7 the act or duty of protecting.
8 (often Guard) a soldier in any of certain army regiments originally formed to protect the sovereign.
[15c: from French garder to protect]
mount guard to go on sentry duty.
mount guard over someone or something to protect or defend them or it.
off guard or off one's guard not on the alert; unwary about what one says or does.
on guard
1 on sentry duty.
2 (also on one's guard) on the alert; wary about what one says or does be on your guard against thieves .
stand guard to act as a guard or sentry.
verb (guarded , guarding )
1 to protect someone or something from danger or attack.
2 to watch over someone in order to prevent their escape.
3 to control or check guard your tongue .
4 to control passage through (eg a doorway).
5 intr (guard against something) to take precautions to prevent it.
6 tr & intr , curling , bowls to protect a stone or bowl by placing another in the line of a potential attack.
noun
1 a person or group whose job is to provide protection, eg from danger or attack, or to prevent escape.
2 Brit a person in charge of a railway train.
3 a state of readiness to give protection or prevent escape keep guard .
4 boxing , cricket , etc a defensive posture.
5 American football , etc a defensive player or their position.
6 (esp in compounds ) anything that gives protection from or to something fireguard shinguard .
7 the act or duty of protecting.
8 (often Guard) a soldier in any of certain army regiments originally formed to protect the sovereign.
[15c: from French garder to protect]
mount guard to go on sentry duty.
mount guard over someone or something to protect or defend them or it.
off guard or off one's guard not on the alert; unwary about what one says or does.
on guard
1 on sentry duty.
2 (also on one's guard) on the alert; wary about what one says or does be on your guard against thieves .
stand guard to act as a guard or sentry.
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