| Engels > Nederlands |
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| ward |
| 1. gebied, wijk |
| Engels > Engels |
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| ward |
| 1. n. (archaic, or obsolete) A guard; a guardian or watchman. |
| 2. n. Protection, defence. |
| 3. n. (obsolete) A guard or watchman; now replaced by warden. |
| 4. n. The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.). |
| 5. n. Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner. |
| 6. n. An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area, or a social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering, approaching or even from being ab |
| 7. n. (historical, Scots law) Land tenure through military service. |
| 8. n. (fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position. |
| 9. n. A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision. |
| 10. n. (archaic) An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls. |
| 11. n. A section or subdivision of a prison. |
| 12. n. An administrative division of a borough, city or council. |
| On our last visit to Tokyo, we went to Chiyoda ward and visited the Emperor's palace. |
| 13. n. (UK) A division of a forest. |
| 14. n. (Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch. |
| 15. n. A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside. |
| 16. n. A person under guardianship. |
| 17. n. A minor looked after by a guardian. |
| After the trial, little Robert was declared a ward of the state. |
| 18. n. (obsolete) An underage orphan. |
| 19. n. An object used for guarding. |
| 20. n. The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key. |
| 21. v. To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard. |
| 22. v. To defend, to protect. |
| 23. v. To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. |
| 24. v. (intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard. |
| 25. v. (intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| afdeling |
| 1. n-f. department, branch |
| 2. n-f. section, part |
| 3. n-f. (military, chiefly artillery) regiment, army unit consisting of more than one battalions |
