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guard | shut |

As nouns the difference between guard and shut

is that guard is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something while shut is the act or time of shutting; close or shut can be a narrow alley]] or [[passageway|passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.

As verbs the difference between guard and shut

is that guard is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend while shut is to close, to stop from being open.

As an adjective shut is

closed.

guard

English

Alternative forms

* (all obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
  • *
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  • (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.
  • A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
  • (Australia) A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, group=aus.cars, author=Pendles, date=December 24, year=1996
  • , title= Tyres rubbing on guards, %22guards%22+group:aus.cars
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  • , passage=Another possible way is to go for a lower profile tyre (50 series). This effectively lowers the distance of the tyre wall away from the guard (not by much though and generally, the lower the profile, the wider the tyre so the tyre may stick out more as well).}}
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, group=aus.cars, author=Nathan, date=November 23, year=1999
  • , passage=The reason I'm asking - Whenever I put some weight in the back of the car (say - a passenger or two) the rear tyres can sometimes hit the guards . , title= Tyres rubbing on guards, %22guards%22+group:aus.*
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  • * {{quote-newsgroup, group=alt.autos, author=Confusement, date=June 12, year=2001
  • , passage=I had just bought myself broken headlights, a f**ked up grill, a front guard' bent into my front tyre, a leaky radiator and one *SLIGHTLY* bent chassis rail end. I turned the key on my stalled motor and she kicked over first go - if it weren't for the ' guard bent into the tyre, I could've driven home later if I wanted to. , title= Position N or D, %22guards%22+group:aus.cars
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  • (basketball) A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or center.
  • (cricket) The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard .
  • (American football) Either of two offensive positions between the center and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
  • (sports) A player playing a position named guard.
  • (rail) An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
  • (computing, programming) A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
  • Synonyms

    * (part of machine blocking dangerous parts) protection * (panel of a car enclosing a wheel) fender

    Derived terms

    * be on one's guard * bodyguard * changing of the guard * crossing guard * guard dog * guardian * lifeguard * mudguard * off guard * on guard * rear guard * safeguard * vanguard

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
  • * Shakespeare
  • For Heaven still guards the right.
  • To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
  • Guard the prisoner.
  • To watch by way of caution or defense; to be caution; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
  • Careful people guard against mistakes.
  • To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
  • * Shakespeare
  • The body of your discourse is sometime guarded with fragments, and the guards are but slightly basted on neither.
  • To fasten by binding; to gird.
  • (Ben Jonson)

    Anagrams

    *

    shut

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) shutten, shetten, from (etyl) .

    Verb

  • To close, to stop from being open.
  • Please shut the door.
    The light was so bright I had to shut my eyes.
  • To close, to stop being open.
  • If you wait too long, the automatic door will shut .
  • (transitive, or, intransitive, chiefly, British) To close a business temporarily, or (of a business) to be closed.
  • The pharmacy is shut on Sunday.
  • To preclude; to exclude; to bar out.
  • * Dryden
  • shut from every shore
    Usage notes
    Except when part of one of the derived terms listed below, almost every use of shut'' can be replaced by ''close''. The reverse is not true -- there are many uses of ''close'' that cannot be replaced by ''shut .
    Derived terms
    (phrasal verbs derived from shut) * shut away * shut down * shut in * shut off * shut out * shut up (single words and compounds derived from shut) * shutdown, shut-down * shut-eye * shut-in * shutout, shut-out * shutter (idioms derived from shut) * open and shut * shut one's eyes to * shut the door on * shut up shop * shut your face * shut your mouth * shut your trap

    Adjective

    (-)
  • closed
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act or time of shutting; close.
  • the shut of a door
  • * Milton
  • Just then returned at shut of evening flowers.
  • A door or cover; a shutter.
  • (Sir Isaac Newton)
  • The line or place where two pieces of metal are welded together.
  • Etymology 2

    Variation of (chute) or (shute) (archaic, related to (shoot)) from (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A narrow alley]] or [[passageway, passage acting as a short cut through the buildings between two streets.
  • Synonyms
    * (alleyway) alley, gennel (Northern Ireland), ginnel (Yorkshire and Lancashire), gitty (East Midlands), jitty (Midlands), passage, snicket (Northern England), wynd (Scotland)