Meaning of Guard | Babel Free

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1. A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
2. A surname.
3. A garda; a police officer.
   Ireland
4. Not alert; unprepared.
5. Ellipsis of the proper name of any of various specific services called the National Guard, the Republican Guard, and so on.
   abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
6. A squad responsible for protecting something.
7. Alert and watchful; cautious.
8. An elite military unit in Russia, the former Soviet Union and several post-Soviet countries.
   in-plural, often
9. Part of a mowing machine sickle bar.
10. The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.
11. To keep safe from danger, attack, or harm:defend, preserve, protect, safeguard, secure, shield, ward.
12. A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
13. cautious. He gave guarded replies. behoedsame, versigtige حَذِر، مُحْتَرِس предпазлив cauteloso opatrný zurückhaltend forsigtig επιφυλακτικόςcauteloso, prudente ettevaatlik محتاط varautunut prudentזהיר सर्तक pozoran, suzdržan óvatos hati-hati varkár prudente 用心深い 조심성 있는 atsargus piesardzīgs berhati-hati voorzichtigforsiktig, tilbakeholdenostrożny محتاط، محتاطانه cauteloso prudent сдержанный opatrný previden oprezan försiktig, reserverad ระมัดระวัง dikkatli, ihtiyatlı 小心謹慎的 обережний محطات thậ...
14. A watchchain.
15. behoedsaam, versigtig بِحَذَر، باحْتِراس предпазливо cautelosamente obezřetně zurückhaltend forsigtigt επιφυλακτικάcautelosamente, prudentemente ettevaatlikult محتاطانه varautuneesti prudemmentבזהירות सर्तकतापूर्वक pozorno, suzdržano tartózkodóan secara hati-hati varlega con prudenza 用心深く 조심성 있게 atsargiai piesardzīgi secara berhati-hati op zijn hoede forsiktig, tilbakeholdentostrożnie محتاطانه cautelosamente (în mod) prudent, cu pru­­denţă сдержанно opatrne previdno oprezno försiktigt, vaksam...
16. A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
    Australia
17. soldiers or other people who are lined up as an honour to someone important. A guard of honour greeted the President at the airport. erewag حَرَس شَرف почетна стража guarda de honra čestná stráž die Ehrenwache æresgarde τιμητική φρουρά guardia de honor auvahtkond گارد احترام kunniavartio garde d'honneur מִשמָר כָּבוֹד सम्मान गारद počasna straža díszszázad pengawal kehormatan heiðursvörður guardia d'onore 儀仗兵 의장병 garbės sargyba goda sardze kawalan kehormatan erewacht, gardeæresvakt, garde gwar...
18. A state of caution; posture of defence.
    uncountable
19. The soldiers kept guard (on the prisoner). wag hou يَحْرُس охранявам guardar střežit Wache halten holde vagt φρουρώvigilar, montar guardia valvama مراقبت کردن vahtia surveiller לַעֲמוֹד עַל הַמִשמָר चौकसी बरतना čuvati stražu, stražariti őrt áll menjaga hafa gætur á sorvegliare 見張りをする 보초를 서다 eiti sargybą, saugoti []sargāt berkawal bewaken, de wacht houden holde vakt over trzymać wartę ساتونکی guardar a supraveghea охранять strážiť stražiti čuvati hålla vakt คุม nöbet tutmak 站崗 тримати охорону ...
20. Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket.
21. unprepared. He hit me while I was off guard; to catch someone off guard. nie op jou hoede nie ليس في الحِراسَه хващам неподготвен desprevenido nepřipravený unachtsam tage på sengen απροετοίμαστοςdesprevenido (kaitseks) ettevalmistamata غافل؛ غیر آماده yllättäen au dépourvu לא עוֹמֶד עַל הַמִשמָר गैर सतर्क nespreman elővigyázatlan lengah óviðbúinn alla sprovvista 油断して 경계가 태만한 praradęs budrumą, nejučiom, netikėtai nesagatavots; neaizsargāts tidak bersedia niet op zijn hoede uoppmerksom, uforber...
22. A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.
23. prepared. Be on your guard against his tricks. wag staan, op jou hoede wees في الحِراسَه нащрек precavido ve střehu auf der Hut være på vagt προετοιμασμένος en guardia, en alerta (kaitseks) ettevalmistatud مواظب بودن valppaana sur ses gardes לַעֲמוֹד עַל הַמִשמָר तैयार spreman, pripravan résen van siaga viðbúinn in guardia 用心して 당번으로 budrus, atsargus būt modram bersedia op zijn hoede på vakt, forberedt påczujny مواظب اوسه precavido pregătit настороже v strehu pripravljen sprema på sin vakt เตร...
24. The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
25. Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
26. A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.
27. A player playing a position named guard.
28. An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
29. A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
30. The aircraft emergency frequency, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.

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Examples

“The prison guard unlocked the door of the cell. After completing the repairs, he replaced the sump guard.”

“Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.”

“The Garda Regulations 1924 required a candidate for appointment as a guard to be able to produce satisfactory references as to his character”

“The president inspected the guard of honour.”

“Holonym: hilt”

“The motorcycle mechanic removed the damaged chain guard.”

“Another possible way is to go for a lower profile tyre (50 series). This effectively lowers the distance of the tyre wall away from the guard (not by much though and generally, the lower the profile, the wider the tyre so the tyre may stick out more as well).”

“The reason I'm asking - Whenever I put some weight in the back of the car (say - a passenger or two) the rear tyres can sometimes hit the guards.”

“I had just bought myself broken headlights, a f**ked up grill, a front guard bent into my front tyre, a leaky radiator and one *SLIGHTLY* bent chassis rail end. I turned the key on my stalled motor and she kicked over first go - if it weren't for the guard bent into the tyre, I could've driven home later if I wanted to.”

“When an engineer wished to stop a swiftly moving train he had first to whistle to the guard requesting him to apply the hand-brake of the van, and then apply the hand-brake of the engine. Guards did not always hear.”

“Please deliver this package to Mr Guard.”

“I was 19 when I joined the Guard. The Guard provides a small pension to members who retire with enough years of service.”

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