The Meaning of guard

• (n.) 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.
• (n.) To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
• (n.) To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
• (n.) To fasten by binding; to gird.
• (v. i.) 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.
• (v. t.) One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack; defense; protection.
• (v. t.) A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position; a watch; a sentinel.
• (v. t.) One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train; a conductor.
• (v. t.) Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss
• (v. t.) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.
• (v. t.) Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment.
• (v. t.) A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one's person or dress.
• (v. t.) A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) 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.
• (v. t.) An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled.
• (v. t.) A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise.
• (v. t.) An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure.
• (v. t.) Watch; heed; care; attention; as, to keep guard.
• (v. t.) The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites.

Synonyms

safety , safety device , precaution , safeguard , guard duty , sentry duty , sentry go , ward , defend , hold

Homophones

gard , garde

Rhymes

alard , archard , ard , avant-garde , backyard , bard , barde , barnard , barnyard , barred , beauregard , bedard , belgard , bellard , benard , bernard , berrard , bevard , billard , blowhard , blvd , boatyard , bodyguard , boilard , bolyard , bombard , bossard , bouchard , bouffard , boulevard , bovard , bozard , brickyard , brossard , bunyard , burchard , burnard , buzard , byard , canard , card , chard , charred , chouinard , churchyard , courtyard , deckard , denard , dennard , dewaard , diehard , dillard , disbarred , discard , disregard , dockyard , eckard , eckhard , ekkehard , farmyard , gabbard , gallard , garard , gard , garde , gaspard , gerard , gerhard , giard , gibbard , girard , giscard , godard , gossard , graveyard , guerard , guichard , hard , hildegarde , hypercard , icard , jarrard , jarred , junkyard , lard , lazard , leotard , lifeguard , lumberyard , maillard , marquard , marred , mccard , menard , nard , parde , picard , pickard , postcard , regard , renard , rennard , retard , revard , ricard , rocard , safeguard , scarred , schoolyard , scorecard , shard , shipyard , sparred , stockyard , suchard , tarred , vanguard , wildcard , willyard , yard , yarde