Ward

Hebrew Meaning

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English Meaning

1. A division of a city or town, especially an electoral district, for administrative and representative purposes.
2. A district of some English and Scottish counties corresponding roughly to the hundred or the wapentake.
3. A room in a hospital usually holding six or more patients.
4. A division in a hospital for the care of a particular group of patients: a maternity ward.
5. One of the divisions of a penal institution, such as a prison.
6. An open court or area of a castle or fortification enclosed by walls.
7. Law A minor or incompetent person placed under the care or protection of a guardian or court.
8. A person under the protection or care of another.
9. The state of being under guard; custody.
10. The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship.
11. A means of protection; a defense.
12. A defensive movement or attitude, especially in fencing; a guard.
13. The projecting ridge of a lock or keyhole that prevents the turning of a key other than the proper one.
14. The notch cut into a key that corresponds to such a ridge.
15. To guard; protect.
16. ward off To turn aside; parry: ward off an opponent's blows.
17. ward off To try to prevent; avert: took vitamins to ward off head colds.