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Meaning of guard in English

guard
noun
uk/ɡɑːd/ us/ɡɑːrd/

guard noun (PERSON WHO PROTECTS)

B1 [ C ]
a person or group of people whose job is to protect a person, place, or thing from danger or attack, or to prevent a person such as a criminal from escaping:
security guards
post a guard There are guards posted (= standing and watching) at every entrance.
prison guard Prison guards managed to prevent more than 50 prisoners from escaping.
armed guard Armed guards are posted around the site.
be under guard
to be kept in a place by a group of people who have weapons:
be under armed guard The ex-president was under armed guard in the palace.
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stand/keep guard (also be on guard)
to be responsible for protecting someone or something, or for preventing someone from escaping:
keep guard over Two of the soldiers kept guard over the captured guns.
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changing of the guard
a ceremony in which a group of soldiers replaces the soldiers who have finished their time on duty standing outside an important public building, such as a palace (= a building where a king or queen lives):
the changing of the guard The band played the national anthem during the changing of the guard.
a time when a new person or group starts to be in control of a society, organization, etc. with the result that there are a lot of changes:
His resignation as Secretary of State marks the beginning of a changing of the guard in Washington.
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guard noun (ON A TRAIN)

[ C ] UK (US conductor)
a railway official who travels on and is responsible for a train

guard noun (DEVICE)

[ C ]
a device that protects a dangerous part of something or that protects something from getting damaged:
a fire guard
a trigger guard
The helmet has a face guard attached.

guard noun (TEAM POSITION)

[ C ]
in basketball, one of the two positions taken by players who are especially skilful and good at shooting:
The 5'8" guard became the first Japanese player in the NBA.
[ C ]
in American football, a player who plays next to the centre and tries to stop players from the opposing team reaching his quarterback (= the player who directs play):
left guard Williams started nine games at left guard.
right guard Right guard Jared Thomas is expected to be out two to four weeks with a hamstring strain.
offensive guard He played offensive guard for the university team.

guard noun (BOXING)

[ S ]
in boxing and other fighting sports, a position in which you hold your arms up to protect yourself from hits from the opposing fighter:
drop your guard A more skilled boxer can evade him, pound his ribs to slow him down, and make him drop his guard.
let your guard down In the seventh round, Moore let his guard down and was floored.

guard noun (CURLING)

[ C ]
in curling (= a sport played on ice in which stones are slid towards a target), a stone that is slid into a position where it can protect the team's other stones from being hit:
guard stone The GB team puts a guard stone up, but Norway bashes it away.
guard
verb [ T ]
uk/ɡɑːd/ us/ɡɑːrd/

guard verb [T] (WATCH)

B2
to protect someone or something from being attacked or stolen:
Soldiers guard the main doors of the embassy.
B2
to watch someone and make certain they do not escape from a place:
Five prison officers guarded the prisoners.

guard verb [T] (NOT TELL)

jealously guard Journalists jealously (= carefully) guard their sources of information.

guard verb [T] (SPORT)

in sports such as American football and basketball, to prevent a member of the opposing team from taking control of the ball by staying close to them all the time:
Who is your most challenging player to guard?
Synonyms
the Guard
noun [ S ]
uk/ɡɑːd/ us/ɡɑːrd/
informal for the National Guard
(Definition of guard from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

guard | American Dictionary

guard
noun [ C ]
us/ɡɑrd/
a person or group of people whose job it is to protect a person, place, or thing from danger or attack, or to prevent a person such as a criminal from escaping:
prison guards
Armed guards were posted at every exit.
In sports, a guard is a player who supports and defends other players of his or her team.
(Definition of guard from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

guard | Business English

guard
noun [ C ]
uk/ɡɑːd/ us
WORKPLACE
a piece of equipment that protects the user of a machine from being injured by a sharp or dangerous part on the machine:
Make sure that the safety guard is in position before using the cutting machine.
a person or group of people whose job is to protect a person, place or thing, or to prevent a person, such as a criminal, from escaping:
a night guard at a bank
be on your guard (against sth)
to be careful to avoid being tricked or getting into a dangerous situation:
Stores must always be on their guard against credit card fraud.
guard
uk/ɡɑːd/ us
to protect something from being known, found, harmed, or taken:
The California-based company is aggressively guarding its secret technology.
guard (sth) against sth The firewall guards the computer against viruses or other harmful programs.
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Examples of guard

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In turn, this forces old guards to adapt to new balances of power when they cannot suppress the new media.
All of these avenues of research will reveal the importance of guarding against simple equations between knowledge and colonial power.
Dentists have guarded their status as autonomous practitioners and rejected all attempts at regulation by the state.
Perhaps the mysterious will remain forever guarded by its own definition, but at least now some of its doors have keys.
According to this municipal budget, in 1882 the 40 regular night guards employed by the municipality earned 12 pesos per month.
The common atrioventricular junction may be guarded by a common valve or by separate right and left valvar orifices.
The automaton contains a total of n -variable guards annotating its nonaccepting nodes.
Even in the late middle ages, town councils would occasionally employ mercenaries as guards at their town gates on a temporary basis.
The old guards, for their part, are forced to learn how to play by the new rules, or face marginalization.
In countries where the nationalist canon had previously been jealously guarded, this is a remarkable new departure.
Dentists have guarded a professional identity that values individual restorative practice, carried out in a small business setting, as in the interests of patients.
One year he even posted guards at the doors of the seminar room to keep uninvited people out.
A similar team of twenty commandos was to take the radio station, which was lightly guarded.
We develop a general method for obtaining finitary guarded monads that allows us to define and prove properties of the rational and term graph monads.
Others guarded their independence in running the home and caring for their partners.
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Collocations with guard

guard

These are words often used in combination with guard.

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advance guard
What is that advance guard going to do?
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armed guard
Most of the time, arsenal military police brought workers under armed guard back to the arsenal for discipline.
border guard
Furthermore, a centre for ad hoc border guard training and a risk analysis centre are also being set up.
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Translations of guard

in Chinese (Traditional)
守衛, 衛兵，警衛, 看守，守衛…
in Chinese (Simplified)
守卫, 卫兵，警卫, 看守，守卫…
in Spanish
guardia, guarda, carcelero…
in Portuguese
carcereiro, carcereira, guarda…
अशी व्यक्ती किंवा लोकांचा गट ज्याचे काम एखाद्या व्यक्तीला, ठिकाणाला किंवा वस्तूला धोक्यापासून किंवा हल्ल्यापासून वाचविणे किंवा गुन्हेगारासारख्या व्यक्तीला पळून जाण्यापासून रोखणे आहे., रक्षण…
警備員, 守衛, ～を守る…
koruma, muhafız, nöbetçi…
garde [masculine], garde [feminine], surveillance [feminine]…
guàrdia, guarda, vigilar…
beschermen (tegen), bewaken, zich hoeden (voor)…
ஒரு நபர், இடம் அல்லது பொருளை ஆபத்து அல்லது தாக்குதலிலிருந்து பாதுகாப்பது அல்லது ஒரு குற்றவாளி போன்ற ஒரு நபர் தப்பிப்பதைத் தடுப்பது ஒரு நபர் அல்லது மக்கள் குழு, யாரோ அல்லது எதையாவது தாக்கப்படுவதிலிருந்தோ அல்லது திருடப்படுவதிலிருந்தோ பாதுகாக்க…
गार्ड, प्रहरी, सुरक्षा करने के लिए पेशे के तौर पर रखवाली करने वाला व्यक्ति…
રક્ષક, રક્ષણ (કોઈને હુમલો અથવા ચોરીથી), પર નજર રાખો…
vogte, bevogte, holde vagt ved…
vakta, hålla vakt, bevaka…
menjaga, mengelakkan, pelindung…
bewachen, sich hüten, die Wache…
vakt [masculine], vaktmann [masculine], vakthold [neuter]…
گارڈ, محافظ(وہ شخص جو کسی شخص یا کسی جگہ کو جرائم پیشہ افراد سے بچانے کےلئے تعینات کئےجاتے ہیں), نگرانی کرنا…
охороняти, стерегти, варта…
కాపలాదారు/ ఒక వ్యక్తి, స్థలం లేదా వస్తువును ప్రమాదం లేదా దాడి నుండి రక్షించడం, లేదా నేరస్థుడి వంటి వ్యక్తి తప్పించుకోకుండా నిరోధించడం చేసే వ్యక్తి లేదా వ్యక్తుల సమూహం…
রক্ষী, প্রহরী, রক্ষা করা…
střežit, hlídat, chránit…
mengawal, menjaga, pengawal…
คุ้มกัน, ป้องกัน, คนป้องกันหรืออุปกรณ์ป้องกัน…
canh gác, canh giữ, người canh gác…
strażni-k/czka, straż, konduktor/ka…
경비원, 지키다, 경비를 서다…
guardia, sorvegliare, fare la guardia a…
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