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ward off (verb)

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  • ward off — verb 1. prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening Let s avoid a confrontation head off a confrontation avert a strike • Syn: ↑debar, ↑forefend, ↑forfend, ↑obviate, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • ward off — verb a) to parry, or turn aside He raised his arms to ward off the attack. b) to avert or prevent He wore garlic to ward off vampires …   Wiktionary

  • ward off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms ward off : present tense I/you/we/they ward off he/she/it wards off present participle warding off past tense warded off past participle warded off to do something to prevent someone or something from harming… …   English dictionary

  • ward off — PHRASAL VERB To ward off a danger or illness means to prevent it from affecting you or harming you. [V P n (not pron)] She may have put up a fight to try to ward off her assailant... [V P n (not pron)] Mass burials are now under way in an effort… …   English dictionary

  • ward off — phr verb Ward off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑blow, ↑disaster, ↑spirit …   Collocations dictionary

  • ward off — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. fend off, parry, turn aside, defend against. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. fend off, deflect, avert, parry, turn aside, block, defend, *keep at bay, rebuff, check, repulse. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To turn or… …   English dictionary for students

  • ward — ► NOUN 1) a room or division in a hospital for one or more patients. 2) an administrative division of a city or borough, represented by a councillor or councillors. 3) a child or young person under the care and control of a guardian appointed by… …   English terms dictionary

  • ward — ward1 [ wɔrd ] noun count * 1. ) a large room in a hospital with beds for people to stay in: a surgical/geriatric/psychiatric ward Jo is working on the maternity ward. admit someone to a ward (=bring them into hospital to stay): When Julie was… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • ward — /wɔd / (say wawd) noun 1. a division or district of a municipality, city or town, as for administrative or representative purposes. 2. a division of a hospital or the like, as for a particular class of patients: a convalescent ward. 3. each of… …  

  • ward — 1 noun (C) 1 a large room in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay: She s in charge of three different wards. | maternity/general/geriatric etc ward (=a ward for people with a particular medical condition) 2 BrE one of the small …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • ward — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weard & Anglo French warde, garde, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German warta act of watching, Old English warian to beware of, guard, wær careful more at guard, wary Date: before 12th… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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