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31ward — /wɔd / (say wawd) noun 1. a division or district of a municipality, city or town, as for administrative or representative purposes. 2. a division of a hospital or the like, as for a particular class of patients: a convalescent ward. 3. each of… …
32ward — 1 noun (C) 1 a large room in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay: She s in charge of three different wards. | maternity/general/geriatric etc ward (=a ward for people with a particular medical condition) 2 BrE one of the small …
33ward — [[t]wɔrd[/t]] n. 1) gov a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes 2) gov one of the districts into which certain English and Scottish boroughs are divided 3) a division or large room of a hospital for a …
34ward — v 1.Usu. ward off repel, drive back, push back, thrust back, beat back, force back; throw off, check, scotch, repulse, chase away, run off, put to flight, rout, Inf send packing; scatter, disperse. 2. oppose, withstand, make a stand against;… …
35ward — I UK [wɔː(r)d] / US [wɔrd] noun [countable] Word forms ward : singular ward plural wards * 1) a large room in a hospital with beds for people to stay in a surgical/geriatric/psychiatric ward Jo is a staff nurse working on the maternity ward.… …
36ward — [[t]wɔ͟ː(r)d[/t]] wards, warding, warded 1) N COUNT A ward is a room in a hospital which has beds for many people, often people who need similar treatment. A toddler was admitted to the emergency ward with a wound in his chest. 2) N COUNT A ward… …
37ward — [OE] Ward and guard are ultimately the same word. Both go back to a prehistoric West Germanic *wartho ‘watching over’. But whereas guard reached English via Old French, ward is a lineal descendant of the Germanic word. The noun originally meant… …
38ward — [OE] Ward and guard are ultimately the same word. Both go back to a prehistoric West Germanic *wartho ‘watching over’. But whereas guard reached English via Old French, ward is a lineal descendant of the Germanic word. The noun originally meant… …
39ward — 1. noun /wɔːd/ a) Protection, defence. no gate they found, them to withhold, / Nor ward to wait at morne and euening late [...]. b) an enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or a social unit that prevents any tres …
40ward — noun 1) the surgical ward Syn: room, department, unit, area, wing 2) the majority of voters in our ward are Democrats Syn: district, constituency, division, quarter, zone, parish 3) …
