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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
- 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?
- The following years were characterized by rifts with Russia, in which the Ukraine jealously guarded its own independence against its overbearing neighbour.
- · “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
- 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?
- Thirty unarmed INS agents accompanied the flight, guarding the handcuffed deportees in shifts, standing in aircraft's aisles at every fifth row.
- At that time the Byzantine Emperor employed Vikings in the elite Varangian Guard. The Last Viking Warrior | Heretical Ideas Magazine
- He redialed the number of the bodyguard and waited for him to pick up.
- If the car was parked in her garage, there were the two so-called bodyguards inside the house, plus the children, plus the so-called au pair! Deadly Intent
- The Duke shakily got to his feet, and he hurried out of the room, just as a servant and two guards entered.
- 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
