Crossword-Solution: WARD
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Ward | a. | The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1. |
| Ward | n. | One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection. |
| Ward | n. | The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody. |
| Ward | n. | A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard. |
| Ward | n. | One who, or that which, is guarded. |
| Ward | n. | A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery. |
| Ward | n. | A division of a county. |
| Ward | n. | A division, district, or quarter of a town or city. |
| Ward | n. | A division of a forest. |
| Ward | n. | A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward. |
| Ward | n. | A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it. |
| Ward | n. | A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch. |
| Ward | n. | To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time. |
| Ward | n. | To defend; to protect. |
| Ward | n. | To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. |
| Ward | n. | To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. |
| Ward | v. i. | To be vigilant; to keep guard. |
| Ward | v. i. | To act on the defensive with a weapon. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| WARD | anagram | DRAW |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with WARD (5)
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Andersen often told each other it was strange that Miss Kronborg had so little initiative about “visiting points of interest.” When Thea came to live with them she had expressed a wish to see two places: Montgomery Ward and Company’s big mail-order store, and the packing-houses, to which all the hogs and cattle that went through Moonstone were bound.
The Ghost, on hearing this, set up another cry, and clanked its chain so hideously in the dead silence of the night, that the Ward would have been justified in indicting it for a nuisance.
Ward; lawyer Riverson, the new notable from a distance; next the belle of the village, followed by a troop of lawn-clad and ribbon-decked young heart-breakers; then all the young clerks in town in a body—for they had stood in the vestibule sucking their cane-heads, a circling wall of oiled and simpering admirers, till the last girl had run their gantlet; and last of all came the Model Boy, Willie Mufferson, taking as heedful care of his mother as if she were cut glass.
With a horrified shriek she tore herself from Tarzan’s arms, and the ape-man turned just in time to ward with his arm a terrific blow that De Coude had aimed at his head.
Quotes with WARD (3)
Two seconds later, the sound of an alarm filled my ears. ''What did you do?'' I said over the noise as he backed up towards the bathroom door. ''The girl who gave you the note?''''Yes...''''I caught her staring at my lighter.''I blinked. ''You gave a child, in a psych ward , a lighter?''His eyes crinkled at the corners. ''She seemed trustworthy.''''You're sick,'' I said, but smiled.''Hey, nobody's perfect. '' Noah smiled back.
So far Kat has been through all the Wa's she could think of, but Hale hadn't admitted to being Walter or Ward or Washington. He'd firmly denied both Warren and Waverly. Watson had prompted him to do a very bad Sherlock Holmes impersonation throughout a good portion of a train ride to Edinburgh, Scotland. And Wayne seemed so wrong she hadn't even tried. Hale was Hale. And not knowing what the W's stood for had become a constant reminder to Kat that, in life, there are some thi…
Sabrina Thomas clutched the leather-bound notebook to her chest and tried not to be impatient as the elevator in the south tower of Texas Hospital near downtown Dallas stopped once again on its climb to the eighteenth and top floor. But it was difficult. Dr. Cade Mathis, the bane of her existence, would reach Mrs. Ward’s room first and then there’d be hell to pay. Sabrina jabbed the button to close the doors as soon as the last person stepped onto the already crowded elevator.
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Rock & Roll, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 152 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).