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US
/ˈɡɑɹd/
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[ UK /ɡˈɑːd/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈɑːd/ ]
NOUN
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a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
we let our guard down
an insurance policy is a good safeguard
he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution - a military unit serving to protect some place or person
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a posture of defence in boxing or fencing
keep your guard up - a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
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(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage
guards must be good blockers - a person who keeps watch over something or someone
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the duty of serving as a sentry
he was on guard that night - a position on a basketball team
- the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
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the person who plays that position on a football team
the left guard was injured on the play
VERB
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watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
guard my possessions while I'm away -
protect against a challenge or attack
Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks
Hold that position behind the trees! -
take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence
guard against becoming too friendly with the staff
guard against infection -
to keep watch over
there would be men guarding the horses
How To Use guard In A Sentence
- The following years were characterized by rifts with Russia, in which the Ukraine jealously guarded its own independence against its overbearing neighbour.
- Leaked Reports Detail Iran's Aid for Iraqi Militias," blared the headline on afront page story inThe New York Times, which went on to report on several incidents recounted in WikiLeaks documents that journalist Michael Gordon called "the shadow war between the United States and Iraqi militias backed by Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Ali Gharib: What Did WikiLeaks Really Tell Us About Iran?
- On Tuesday, guard Jaymes Brooks was discussing how Smith has become the player who "fusses at us a lot, tries to get our spirits up, tries to tell us not to get our heads down in certain situations" when he also alluded to a speech Smith gave at halftime of that East Carolina game. Did Andre Smith save the Hokies' season?
- At least five people were killed when an overcrowded migrant boat capsized last month which was dramatically caught on camera by Italian coastguards. The Sun
- There was no mail coach -- no driver in scarlet -- no mail guard -- no passengers, but only a ramshackle iron mail cart -- a "postboy" as driver and carrying no arms. The King's Post Being a volume of historical facts relating to the posts, mail coaches, coach roads, and railway mail services of and connected with the ancient city of Bristol from 1580 to the present time
- · “Adult family member” is defined as “a person over 21 years of age who is the parent, grandparent, step-parent living in the household, or legal guardian” of the pregnant teen. Archive 2009-07-01
- Connection is here something both yearned for and guarded against. The Times Literary Supplement
- So the girl was out of bondage, but Cadwaladr, sick with humiliation and rage, must come under guard to be handed over for a price to the brother who discarded and misprized him. His Disposition
- It is the final guard against nationalistic states that sought the betterment of their people first and foremost and not that of some hypothetical global village or for the internationalistic elite. Pravda blames trotskyites for u.s. empire
- Thirty unarmed INS agents accompanied the flight, guarding the handcuffed deportees in shifts, standing in aircraft's aisles at every fifth row.
