Ward+off
71ward — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. watch, guard, defend, protect; fend, parry, stave [off]. n. watch, guard, defense, protector; care, charge, custody; protégé[e], dependent, minor; precinct, district; hospital room. See repulsion,… …
72ward someone off — FEND OFF, repel, repulse, beat back, chase away; informal send packing. → ward …
73ward someone/something off — prevent from harming or affecting one she put up a hand as if to ward him off …
74Ward McAllister — Samuel Ward McAllister (1827–1895) was the self appointed arbiter of New York society from the 1860s to the early 1890s. The Four HundredMcAllister coined the phrase the Four Hundred . According to him, this was the number of people in New York… …
75ward — noun 1》 a room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient. 2》 an administrative division of a city or borough, typically represented by a councillor or councillors. 3》 a child or young person under the care and control …
76ward — [wɔːd] noun [C] I a large room in a hospital with beds for people to stay in II verb ward [wɔːd] ward sb/sth off …
77ward someone/thing off — prevent someone or something from harming or affecting one. → ward …
78-ward — suffix (also wards) added to nouns of place or destination and to adverbs of direction and forming: 1 adverbs (usu. wards) meaning towards the place etc. (moving backwards; set off homewards). 2 adjectives (usu. ward) meaning turned or tending… …
79fend off — ward off, avert, deflect, turn aside, parry, drive back …
80Willis Ward — Willis F. Ward (born circa 1912) is a former track and field athlete and American football player who has been inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1981. Ward was the Michigan High School Athlete of the Year, after… …
