guard | | |
n. (person) | 1. guard | a person who keeps watch over something or someone. |
| ~ defender, guardian, protector, shielder | a person who cares for persons or property. |
| ~ bouncer, chucker-out | a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting. |
| ~ door guard, doorman, hall porter, gatekeeper, ostiary, porter, doorkeeper | someone who guards an entrance. |
| ~ halberdier | a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty). |
| ~ screener | a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint. |
| ~ security guard, watchman, watcher | a guard who keeps watch. |
n. (person) | 2. guard | the person who plays that position on a football team.; "the left guard was injured on the play" |
| ~ lineman | one of the players on the line of scrimmage. |
n. (artifact) | 3. guard, safety, safety device | a device designed to prevent injury or accidents. |
| ~ device | an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose.; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" |
| ~ fender | a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth. |
| ~ safety catch, safety lock | guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired. |
n. (attribute) | 4. guard | a posture of defence in boxing or fencing.; "keep your guard up" |
| ~ posture, attitude, position | the arrangement of the body and its limbs.; "he assumed an attitude of surrender" |
n. (person) | 5. guard | the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team. |
| ~ basketball player, basketeer, cager | an athlete who plays basketball. |
| ~ oscar palmer robertson, oscar robertson, robertson | United States basketball guard (born in 1938). |
n. (group) | 6. guard | a military unit serving to protect some place or person. |
| ~ military force, military group, military unit, force | a unit that is part of some military service.; "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men" |
| ~ bodyguard | a group of men who escort and protect some important person. |
| ~ home guard | a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere. |
| ~ territorial reserve, territorial | a territorial military unit. |
| ~ bodyguard, escort | someone who escorts and protects a prominent person. |
n. (act) | 7. guard, precaution, safeguard | a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc..; "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down" |
| ~ measure, step | any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal.; "the situation called for strong measures"; "the police took steps to reduce crime" |
| ~ backstop | a precaution in case of an emergency.; "he acted as a backstop in case anything went wrong" |
| ~ security measures, security | measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc..; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" |
n. (act) | 8. guard, guard duty, sentry duty, sentry go | the duty of serving as a sentry.; "he was on guard that night" |
| ~ assignment, duty assignment | a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces).; "hazardous duty" |
n. (act) | 9. guard | (American football) a position on the line of scrimmage.; "guards must be good blockers" |
| ~ lineman | (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage. |
| ~ football team, eleven | a team that plays football. |
n. (act) | 10. guard | a position on a basketball team. |
| ~ position | (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player.; "what position does he play?" |
| ~ basketball team, five | a team that plays basketball. |
v. (social) | 11. guard | to keep watch over.; "there would be men guarding the horses" |
| ~ patrol, police | maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol. |
| ~ keep guard, stand guard, stand sentinel, stand watch | watch over so as to protect.; "We must stand sentinel to protect ourselves"; "The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen" |
| ~ keep an eye on, watch over, watch, observe, follow | follow with the eyes or the mind.; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars" |
| ~ baby-sit, sit | work or act as a baby-sitter.; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do" |
| ~ baby-sit | take watchful responsibility for.; "I baby-sit the neighbor's plants when she is out of town" |
v. (competition) | 12. guard, ward | watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect.; "guard my possessions while I'm away" |
| ~ protect | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage.; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" |
| ~ shepherd | watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils. |
v. (competition) | 13. defend, guard, hold | protect against a challenge or attack.; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks" |
| ~ protect | shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage.; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" |
| ~ hold | take and maintain control over, often by violent means.; "The dissatisfied students held the President's office for almost a week" |
v. (social) | 14. guard | take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence.; "guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard against infection" |
| ~ act, move | perform an action, or work out or perform (an action).; "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel" |
sentinel | | |
n. (person) | 1. lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, spotter, watch | a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event. |
| ~ security guard, watchman, watcher | a guard who keeps watch. |
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