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81guard*/*/ — [gɑːd] noun [C] I 1) someone whose job is to protect a place or person a prison guard[/ex] There was an armed guard on duty outside his door.[/ex] 2) British an official on a train whose job is to check tickets 3) an object that covers something… …
82guard — v. & n. v. 1 tr. (often foll. by from, against) watch over and defend or protect from harm. 2 tr. keep watch by (a door etc.) so as to control entry or exit. 3 tr. supervise (prisoners etc.) and prevent from escaping. 4 tr. provide (machinery)… …
83Guard of Honor — infobox Book | name = Guard of Honor title orig = translator = image caption = Hardback 1st edition cover author = James Gould Cozzens illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher =… …
84Guard Corps — For the Haganah Guard Corps, see Guard Corps (Haganah). The Guard Corps (German: Gardekorps) was an Imperial German Army formation during the First World War consisting of Prussian Guard units. At the outbreak of war in 1914, the Guard Corps… …
85guard dog — noun a dog trained to guard property • Syn: ↑watchdog • Hypernyms: ↑working dog • Hyponyms: ↑kuvasz, ↑attack dog, ↑housedog, ↑schipperke, ↑ …
86guard's van — noun the car on a train that is occupied by the guard • Hypernyms: ↑car, ↑railcar, ↑railway car, ↑railroad car * * * noun Britain : caboose * * * guard s van …
87Guard (computing) — In computer programming, a guard is a boolean expression that must evaluate to true if the program execution is to continue in the branch in question. The term is used at least in Haskell, Clean, Erlang, and OCaml programming languages. In… …
88guard — 1. verb 1) infantry guarded the barricaded bridge Syn: protect, stand guard over, watch over, keep an eye on; cover, patrol, police, defend, shield, safeguard, keep safe, secure 2) the prisoners were guarded by armed men Syn …
89guard — /gad / (say gahd) verb (t) 1. to keep safe from harm; protect; watch over. 2. to keep under close watch in order to prevent escape, outbreaks, etc.: to guard a prisoner. 3. to keep in check, from caution or prudence: to guard the tongue. 4. to… …
90Guard of honour — A ceremonial guard of honour is a military practice to honour the fallen in war, or to honor visiting foreign dignitaries. A guard of honour can is also a ceremony for public figures who have died. It is also a practice in sport.In football… …
