Ward

  • 31Ward — m English: transferred use of the surname, originally an occupational name from Old English weard guard or watchman …

    First names dictionary

  • 32-ward — [wəd US wərd] suffix [in adjectives] [: Old English; Origin: weard] towards a particular direction or place ▪ our homeward journey ▪ a downward movement …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33-ward — [ wərd ] or wards [ wərdz ] suffix in a particular direction or toward a particular place: used with some nouns and adjectives: backward westward homeward …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 34Ward's — Ward, Lester Frank …

    Dictionary of sociology

  • 35Ward — Correspond en anglais à la fonction de garde …

    Noms de famille

  • 36ward — avert, *prevent, preclude, obviate Analogous words: block, bar, obstruct, impede, *hinder: forestall, anticipate (see PREVENT): *frustrate, balk, thwart, foil Antonyms: conduce to …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 37-ward — UK [wə(r)d] / US [wərd] or wards UK [wə(r)dz] / US [wərdz] suffix in a particular direction, or towards a particular place: used with some nouns and adjectives westward backward homeward …

    English dictionary

  • 38-ward — [wərd] [ME werd < OE weard < base of weorthan, to become: see WORTH2] suffix 1. forming adverbs in a (specified) direction [inward] 2. forming adjectives in a (specified) direction [downward] …

    English World dictionary

  • 39Ward — [wôrd] 1. Artemus [ärt′ə məs] (pseud. of Charles Farrar Browne) 1834 67; U.S. humorist 2. Mrs. Humphry (born Mary Augusta Arnold) 1851 1920; Brit. novelist, born in Tasmania …

    English World dictionary

  • 40ward|ed — «WR dihd», adjective. (of a key or lock) constructed with wards …

    Useful english dictionary