Guard is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for GUARD in dictionary:

VERB:
• to protect
• watch over in order to protect or control
• watch over (someone) to prevent them from escaping
• stay close to (an opponent) in order to prevent them getting or passing the ball
• protect against damage or harm
• take precautions against
• watch over to protect or to prevent escape
• 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.
• One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection.
• A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel.
• One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor.
• Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss
• That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.
• Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment.
• A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one\'s person or dress.
• A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel.
• 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.
• 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.
• An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled.
• A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise.
• An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure.
• Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard.
• The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites.
• watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
• protect against a challenge or attack
• take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence
NOUN:
• a person who keeps watch, especially a soldier or other person assigned to protect a person or to control access to a place
• a body of soldiers serving to protect a place or person
• the household troops of the British army.
• a member of the Irish police force; a Garda
• a prison warder.
• a device worn or fitted to prevent injury or damage
• a defensive posture that is adopted in a boxing or martial arts contest or in a fight
• a state of vigilance or preparedness against adverse circumstances
• an official who rides on and is in general charge of a train.
• each of two players either side of the centre.
• each of two players chiefly responsible for marking opposing players.
• To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend; to shelter; to shield from surprise or attack; to protect by attendance; to accompany for protection; to care for.
• To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
• To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
• To fasten by binding; to gird.
• a person who keeps watch over something or someone
• the person who plays that position on a football team
• a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
• a posture of defence in boxing or fencing
• the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
• a military unit serving to protect some place or person
• a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
• the duty of serving as a sentry
• (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage
• a position on a basketball team
• person or group that guards

Words related to GUARD

guardable13 guarded10 guarder9 guarders10 guarding11 guardless11 guardlike15 guards8 jaga12 warder10

Words that contain GUARD

guards8 enguard9 guarded10 guardee9 guarder9 unguard9 armguard12 enguards10 guardage11 guardant10 guarddog12 guardees10 guarders10 guardian10 guarding11 hatguard13 mudguard13 outguard10 unguards10 vanguard13 armguards13 bodyguard17 enguarded12 fireguard14 guardable13 guardages12 guardants11 guarddogs13 guardedly15 guardians11 guardless11 guardlike15 guardrail11 guardroom13 guardship16 guardsman13 guardsmen13 hatguards14 headguard15 lifeguard14 mudguards14 noseguard11 outguards11 rearguard11 safeguard14 shinguard14 unguarded12 vanguards14 afterguard15 blackguard20 bodyguards18 coastguard14 dressguard13 enguarding13 fireguards15 footguards15 guardhouse15 guardrails12 guardrooms14 guardships17 headguards16 lifeguards15 noseguards12 rearguards12 safeguards15 shinguards15 unguarding13 watchguard20 mouthguard17 afterguards16 aguardiente13 blackguards21 bodyguarded20 coastguards15 dressguards14 fingerguard17 guardedness14 guardhouses16 lifeguarded17 safeguarded17 unguardedly17 vanguardism18 vanguardist16 watchguards21 mouthguards18 aguardientes14 blackguarded23 blackguardly25 bodyguarding21 fingerguards18 guardianship19 lifeguarding18 safeguarding18 vanguardisms19 vanguardists17 blackguarding24 blackguardism25 coastguardman19 coastguardmen19 guardednesses16 guardianships20 unguardedness16 blackguardisms26 coastguardsman20 coastguardsmen20 blackguardlier24 unguardednesses18 blackguardliest25

How to use GUARD in a sentence

• Milton Elliot went on guard at midnight, and kept the fire till morning, yet neither sign nor sound of the missing came over that desolate trail.
• He went to the feast, which his daughter had made ready for him with a show of love, and posted an armed guard hard by to use against the treachery when need was.
• However, the horsemen passed over safely, while about three hundred foot-soldiers remained behind to guard the entrance of the bridge.
• Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city, and told unto the chief priests all the things that were come to pass.
• A taller tree stands sentinel at the gate, as if to guard the poet-soul from the world and close it around with the beauty that it loved.
• The regular army was enlarged and the troops of the national guard were brought into national service.
• After discussion it was decided that the temper of the cohort on guard in the palace should be tested, but not by Galba himself.
• A few weeks later the nobleman, hearing of a rising of the peasants, hastened to Saeckingen to restore order, leaving his daughter and Werner to guard the castle.
• The state militia was on guard here, at intervals along the road and upon the reservation.
• But if we did that now, the others would be put on their guard.
• As he turned away, the foreman nodded to the green-clad guard, who followed closely behind Astro, his hand on the butt of his paralo-ray gun.
• No doubt they are stationed there to guard the road and railway bridge.
• The men can get water in an emergency and hot coffee is always ready for the sentries and men on guard duty to carry with them at night.
• He made a sign to the other guard, who turned Ross around roughly and sent him toward the door with a shove.
• Half the guard were dead, and old Arnwulf, the captain, lay blood-eagled on the edge of the tide.
• The guard, who belonged to the original lot, naturally thought he was an Indian.
• With all haste they bore him into the fortress and put him under close guard.
• The big fellow struck twice, and both blows were met by a ready guard.
• He can steal a living man who is surrounded by the most formidable guard.
• They drove them to some dungeon in the castle, where they shut them up under a guard.
• An elderly Armenian gentleman who had a wife with him, stood guard with pistols over her all night.
• The great lions carved in stone that seemed to guard his city are still standing above the gate through which Agamemnon used to drive his chariot.
• I had run barefooted across the open space where my tents were pitched, very much to the astonishment of the sentry on guard, but I returned to my tent without speaking to him.
• In this dashing exploit, two of the British guard were killed, and the remainder made prisoners, who were afterward turned over to Colonel Davidson.
• Comminges, who was on guard that night at the Palais Royal, ran in.
• You must guard against a winter drift, and the only way is to hold your cattle under herd.
• Stubbs had passed out through the prison-door which it was his work to guard.
• They bade him remember the recent example of what those people did on an occasion on which they were employed by his predecessor, and to be on his guard against them.

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