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ward noun

  /wɔɹd/ , /wɔːd/
  • A minor looked after by a guardian.
 pupil
  • An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
 binnenplaats, binnenhof, binnenplein
  • A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
 afdeling, paviljoen
  • A section or subdivision of a prison.
 bewaking, blok van een gevangenis, celblok
  • (Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
 bewaking, gebied, wijk
  • A person under guardianship.
 curandus
  • An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
 district
  • The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
 inkeping in sleutelbaard
  • (fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.
 pareren

ward verb

  /wɔɹd/ , /wɔːd/
  • (transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off)
 afweren, verdedigen
  • (transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
 bewaken
  • (transitive) To defend, to protect.
  • (intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
 verdedigen

-ward suffix

  /wɔɹd/ , /wɔːd/ , /wəd/ , /wɚd/
  • Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward", "forward", etc.
  • Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look", "the northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually use -wards for adverbs.
 -waarts

-wards suffix

  /wɔɹdz/ , /wɔːdz/ , /wədz/ , /wɚdz/
  • Forming adjectives and adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backwards", "towards", etc.
 -waarts
ward off
afweren, voorkomen, ontwijken
sea ward
zeewaarts
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