Definition of guard

"guard" in the noun sense

1. guard

a person who keeps watch over something or someone

2. guard

the person who plays that position on a football team

"the left guard was injured on the play"

3. guard, safety, safety device

a device designed to prevent injury or accidents

4. guard

a posture of defence in boxing or fencing

"keep your guard up"

5. guard

the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team

6. guard

a military unit serving to protect some place or person

7. precaution, safeguard, guard

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"

8. guard duty, guard, sentry duty, sentry go

the duty of serving as a sentry

"he was on guard that night"

9. guard

American football) a position on the line of scrimmage

"guards must be good blockers"

10. guard

a position on a basketball team

"guard" in the verb sense

1. guard

to keep watch over

"there would be men guarding the horses"

2. guard, ward

watch over or shield from danger or harm protect

"guard my possessions while I'm away"

3. defend, guard, hold

protect against a challenge or attack

"Hold that position behind the trees!"

"Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"

4. guard

take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence

"guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"

"guard against infection"

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Quotations for guard

Guard the faith. [ Motto ]

The faulty stands on his guard. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Faithfully guard your reputation. [ Rothschild ]

Honesty, now-a-days, wants a guard. [ Proverb ]

The guard dies but never surrenders. [ Rougemont ]

Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber.
Holy angels guard thy bed!
Heavenly blessings without number
Gently falling on thy head. [ Watts ]

Virtue's a stronger guard than brass. [ Edmund Waller ]

And hearts resolved and hands prepared
The blessings they enjoy to guard. [ Smollett ]

Never anger made good guard for itself. [ William Shakespeare ]

Virtue is a man's both guard and glory. [ Proverb ]

No man can stand always upon his guard. [ Proverb ]

The subject's love is the king's best guard. [ Proverb ]

Man has only too much reason to guard himself from man. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Work, ah! that talisman to guard one against one's self. [ Mrs. Campbell Praed ]

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. [ Locke ]

Guard well thy thoughts: our thoughts are heard in heaven. [ Young ]

He is safe from danger who is on his guard even when safe. [ Syrus ]

Guard thy heart on this weak side, where most our nature fails. [ Addison ]

Guard against that vanity which courts a compliment, or is fed by it. [ Chalmers ]

Care may acquire wealth, which, when acquired, care must guard and worry about. [ Quesnel ]

Man's caution often into danger turns, and his guard falling crushes him to death. [ Young ]

To guard from error is not the instructor's business; but to lead the erring pupil. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

Be in possession, and thou hast the right, and sacred will the many guard it for thee. [ Friedrich Schiller ]

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it. [ Daniel Webster ]

That is a treacherous friend against whom you must always be on your guard. Such a friend is wine. [ Bovee ]

The journalist should be on his guard against publishing what is false in taste or exceptionable in morals. [ Bryant ]

Truth is to be costly to you - of labour and patience; and you are never to sell it, but to guard and to give. [ John Ruskin ]

A tendency to slang, to colloquial inelegancies, and even vulgarities, is the besetting sin against which we, as Americans, have especially to guard and to struggle. [ W. D. Whitney ]

I am beholden to calumny, that she hath so endeavored and taken pains to belie me. It shall make me set a surer guard on myself, and keep a better watch upon my actions. [ Ben Jonson ]

Let us recognize the beauty and power of true enthusiasm; and whatever we may do to enlighten ourselves and others, guard against checking or chilling a single earnest sentiment. [ H. T. Tuckerman ]

At the last, when we die, we have the dear angels for our escort on the way. They who can grasp the whole world in their hands can surely also guard our souls, that they make that last journey safely. [ Luther ]

It is also important to guard against mistaking for good-nature what is properly good-humor, - a cheerful flow of spirits and easy temper not readily annoyed, which is compatible with great selfishness. [ Whately ]

Love is rarely a hypocrite; but hate - how detect and how guard against it! It lurks where you least expect it; it is created by causes that you can the least foresee; and civilization multiplies its varieties, whilst it favors its disguise. [ Edward Bulwer-Lytton ]

guard in Scrabble®

The word guard is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters guard:

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guard in Words With Friends™

The word guard is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters guard:

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Words within the letters of guard

2 letter words in guard (3 words)

3 letter words in guard (4 words)

4 letter words in guard (2 words)

5 letter words in guard (1 word)

guard + 1 blank (2 words)

Word Growth involving guard

Shorter words in guard

ar

Longer words containing guard

armguard armguards

axleguard axleguards

blackguard blackguards

bodyguard bodyguarded

bodyguard bodyguarding

bodyguard bodyguards

chinguard chinguards

coastguard coastguardman

coastguard coastguardmen

coastguard coastguards coastguardsman

coastguard coastguards coastguardsmen

dressguard dressguards

fingerguard fingerguards

fireguard fireguards

guardable

guardant

guardcell guardcells

guarddog guarddogs

guarded bodyguarded

guarded guardedly unguardedly

guarded guardedness

guarded safeguarded

guarded unguarded unguardedly

guarder safeguarder safeguarders

guardhouse guardhouses

guardian guardians guardianship guardianships

guarding bodyguarding

guarding safeguarding

guardrail guardrails

guardroom guardrooms

guards armguards

guards axleguards

guards blackguards

guards bodyguards

guards chinguards

guards coastguards coastguardsman

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guards dressguards

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guards vanguards

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noseguard noseguards

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safeguard safeguarded

safeguard safeguarder safeguarders

safeguard safeguarding

safeguard safeguards

shinguard shinguards

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vanguard vanguards

watchguard watchguards

wristguard wristguards