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Guard is a related term of wall.


As a noun guard

is a person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.

As a verb guard

is to protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

As a proper noun wall is

or wall can be (astronomy) a chinese constellation located near pegasus and andromeda, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger black turtle.

guard

English

Alternative forms

* (all obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
  • *
  • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=2 , passage=Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.
  • (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

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    wall

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rampart of earth, stones etc. built up for defensive purposes.
  • A structure built for defense surrounding a city, castle etc.
  • :
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
  • Each of the substantial structures acting either as the exterior of or divisions within a structure.
  • :
  • *, chapter=7
  • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=[…] St.?Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.}}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
  • , chapter=14 citation , passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall . Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.}}
  • A point of desperation.
  • A point of defeat or extinction.
  • An impediment to free movement.
  • :
  • A type of butterfly (Lasiommata megera ).
  • A barrier.
  • :
  • A barrier to vision.
  • Something with the apparent solidity and dimensions of a building wall.
  • :
  • A divisive or containing structure in an organ or cavity.
  • *
  • *:The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis'', with nodose "trigones" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in ''Frullania spp.
  • (lb) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. Also called a chandelier.
  • (lb) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2011, date=January 23, author=Alistair Magowan, work=BBC
  • , title= Blackburn 2-0 West Brom , passage=Blackburn were the recipients of another dose of fortune when from another Thomas pass Odemwingie was brought down by Jones inside the penalty area, but referee Mark Clattenburg awarded a free-kick which Chris Brunt slammed into the wall .}}
  • (lb) A personal notice board listing messages of interest to a particular user.
  • Synonyms
    * (fictional bidder at an auction) chandelier

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To enclose with a wall
  • He walled the study with books.
  • To enclose by surrounding with walls.
  • They had walled in the garden
  • To separate with a wall
  • The previous owners had walled off two rooms, making an apartment.
  • To seal with a wall
  • They walled up the basement space that had been used as a coal bin.

    Derived terms

    * abdominal wall * bounce off the walls * blue wall of silence * brick wall * cell wall * climb the walls * diaphragm wall * drywall * firewall * hole-in-the-wall * paywall * retaining wall * stonewall, stone wall * up the walls * wall clock * wall fan * wall in * wall off * wall of silence * wallpaper * walls have ears * wall up * wall unit

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) . See also (l).

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To boil.
  • To well, as water; spring.
  • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) *.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chiefly, dialectal) A spring of water.
  • Etymology 4

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) A kind of knot often used at the end of a rope; a wall knot or wale.
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