guard

• To keep watch over
• protect against a challenge or attack
• (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage
• a person who keeps watch over something or someone
• the person who plays that position on a football team
• a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
• a posture of defence in boxing or fencing
• the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
• a military unit serving to protect some place or person
• a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
• the duty of serving as a sentry
• a position on a basketball team
• watch over or shield from danger or harm
• take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence
• To protect from danger
• To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like
• To protect the edge of, esp. with an ornamental border
• To fasten by binding
• To watch by way of caution or defense
• One who, or that which, guards from injury, danger, exposure, or attack
• A man, or body of men, stationed to protect or control a person or position
• One who has charge of a mail coach or a railway train
• Any fixture or attachment designed to protect or secure against injury, soiling, or defacement, theft or loss
• That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand
• Ornamental lace or hem protecting the edge of a garment
• A chain or cord for fastening a watch to one´s person or dress
• A fence or rail to prevent falling from the deck of a vessel
• An extension of the deck of a vessel beyond the hull
• 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
• An interleaved strip at the back, as in a scrap book, to guard against its breaking when filled
• A posture of defense in fencing, and in bayonet and saber exercise
• An expression or admission intended to secure against objections or censure
• Watch
• The fibrous sheath which covers the phragmacone of the Belemnites

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