Definition of ward

"ward" in the noun sense

1. ward

a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another

2. ward

a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections

3. ward, hospital ward

block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care

"they put her in a 4-bed ward"

4. Ward, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth

English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)

5. Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward

English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)

6. Ward, Montgomery Ward, Aaron Montgomery Ward

United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)

7. cellblock, ward

a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)

"ward" in the verb sense

1. guard, ward

watch over or shield from danger or harm protect

"guard my possessions while I'm away"

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Quotations for ward

The tender flower that lifts its head, elate,
Helpless must fall before the blasts of fate,
Sunk on the earth, defaced its lovely form,
Unless your shelter ward th' impending storm. [ Burns ]

He that strikes with his tongue must ward with his head. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Love is the master-key that opens every ward of the heart of man. [ J. H. Evans ]

Many men want wealth, - not a competence alone, but a five-story competence. Everything subserves this; and religion they would like as a sort of lightning-rod to their houses, to ward off by and by the bolts of Divine wrath. [ Beecher ]

ward in Scrabble®

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

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters ward:

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ward in Words With Friends™

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

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters ward:

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2 letter words in ward (2 words)

3 letter words in ward (4 words)

4 letter words in ward (Anagrams) (2 words)

Words containing the sequence ward

Words with ward in them (173 words)

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Word Growth involving ward

Shorter words in ward

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Longer words containing ward

afterward afterwards

airward airwards

award awardable unawardable

award awarded misawarded

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award awardee awardees

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award reaward reawarded

award reaward reawarding

award reaward reawards

award seaward seawards

awkward awkwarder

awkward awkwardest

awkward awkwardly

awkward awkwardness

backward backwardation backwardations

backward backwardly

backward backwardness

backward backwards

bedward bedwards

ceilingward ceilingwards

cloudward cloudwards

coastward coastwards

coward cowardice

coward cowardliness

coward cowardly

coward cowards

downward downwardly

downward downwards

earthward earthwardly

earthward earthwards

eastward eastwardly northeastwardly

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eastward eastwards northeastwards

eastward eastwards southeastwards

eastward northeastward northeastwardly

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eastward southeastward southeastwardly

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forward flashforward

forward forwardable

forward forwardation forwardations

forward forwarded

forward forwarder forwarders

forward forwardest

forward forwarding forwardings

forward forwardlooking

forward forwardly straightforwardly

forward forwardness straightforwardness unstraightforwardness

forward forwards straightforwards

forward forwards thenceforwards

forward henceforward thenceforward thenceforwards

forward straightforward straightforwardly

forward straightforward straightforwardness unstraightforwardness

forward straightforward straightforwards

forward straightforward unstraightforward unstraightforwardness

frontward frontwardly

frontward frontwards

froward

goalward

groundward groundwards

headward headwards

heavenward heavenwardly

heavenward heavenwards

hellward hellwards

homeward homewardbound

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homeward homewards

howard

inward inwardly

inward inwardness

inward inwards

jailward jailwards

lakeward

landward landwardly

landward landwards

leeward leewardly

leeward leewardmost

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leftward leftwardly

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millward

netherward

nightward nightwards

northward northwardly

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oceanward oceanwards

onward horizonward

onward onwards noonwards

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outward outwardbound

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polarward

poleward polewards

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reward rewardable

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rightward rightwardly

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selfward selfwards

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spaceward

sternward sternwards

steward stewarded

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sunward sunwards

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