Dictionary entry details
• GUARD (noun)
Meaning:
A person who keeps watch over something or someone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("guard" is a kind of...):
defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guard"):
security guard; watcher; watchman (a guard who keeps watch)
screener (a guard at an airport who checks passengers or their luggage at a security checkpoint)
halberdier (a guard who carries a halberd (as a symbol of his duty))
door guard; doorkeeper; doorman; gatekeeper; hall porter; ostiary; porter (someone who guards an entrance)
bouncer; chucker-out (a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting)
Meaning:
The person who plays that position on a football team
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
the left guard was injured on the play
Hypernyms ("guard" is a kind of...):
lineman (one of the players on the line of scrimmage)
Meaning:
A device designed to prevent injury
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
safety device; guard; safety
Hypernyms ("guard" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guard"):
safety catch; safety lock (guard consisting of a locking device that prevents a weapon from being fired)
fender (a low metal guard to confine falling coals to a hearth)
Meaning:
A posture of defence in boxing or fencing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
keep your guard up
Hypernyms ("guard" is a kind of...):
attitude; position; posture (the arrangement of the body and its limbs)
Meaning:
The person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("guard" is a kind of...):
basketball player; basketeer; cager (an athlete who plays basketball)
Instance hyponyms:
Oscar Palmer Robertson; Oscar Robertson; Robertson (United States basketball guard (born in 1938))
Meaning:
A group of men who escort and protect some important person
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
bodyguard; guard
Hypernyms ("guard" is a kind of...):
detachment (a small unit of troops of special composition)
Meronyms (members of "guard"):
bodyguard; escort (someone who escorts and protects a prominent person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guard"):
yeomanry (a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army)
Praetorian Guard (the elite bodyguard of a Roman Emperor in ancient Rome)
Holonyms ("guard" is a part of...):
cortege; entourage; retinue; suite (the group following and attending to some important person)
Meaning:
A precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
safeguard; precaution; guard
Context examples:
he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution / an insurance policy is a good safeguard / we let our guard down
Hypernyms ("guard" is a kind of...):
measure; step (any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "guard"):
backstop (a precaution in case of an emergency)
security; security measures (measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.)
Meaning:
The duty of serving as a sentry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
guard duty; sentry duty; sentry go; guard
Context example:
he was on guard that night
Hypernyms ("guard" is a kind of...):
assignment; duty assignment (a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces))
Meaning:
A position on the line of scrimmage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
guards must be good blockers
Hypernyms ("guard" is a kind of...):
lineman (the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage)
Holonyms ("guard" is a member of...):
eleven; football team (a team that plays football)
Meaning:
A position on a basketball team
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("guard" is a kind of...):
position ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player)
Holonyms ("guard" is a member of...):
basketball team; five (a team that plays basketball)
• GUARD (verb)
Meaning:
To keep watch over
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
there would be men guarding the horses
Hypernyms (to "guard" is one way to...):
follow; keep an eye on; observe; watch; watch over (follow with the eyes or the mind)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "guard"):
patrol; police (maintain the security of by carrying out a control)
keep guard; stand guard; stand sentinel; stand watch (watch over so as to protect)
baby-sit; sit (work or act as a baby-sitter)
baby-sit (take watchful responsibility for)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
ward; guard
Context example:
guard my possessions while I'm away
Hypernyms (to "guard" is one way to...):
protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "guard"):
shepherd (watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Protect against a challenge or attack
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
defend; guard; hold
Context examples:
Hold that position behind the trees! / Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks
Hypernyms (to "guard" is one way to...):
protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context examples:
guard against becoming too friendly with the staff / guard against infection
Hypernyms (to "guard" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
