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— English words —

• ward n. (Archaic or obsolete) A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.
• ward n. Protection, defence.
• ward n. A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
• ward n. A person under guardianship.
• ward n. An object used for guarding.
• ward v. (Transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
• ward v. (Transitive) To defend, to protect.
• ward v. (Transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches (usually followed by off).
• ward v. (Intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
• ward v. (Intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
• Ward prop.n. (Countable) An English surname originating as an occupation for a guard or watchman.
• Ward prop.n. (Countable) An English male given name.
• Ward prop.n. A placename.
• Ward prop.n. Clipping of Edward.; A corruption of the name Edward.
• Ward prop.n. Clipping of Howard.
• -ward suff. Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward"…
• -ward suff. Forming adjectives, as in "a backward look", "the northward road", etc; used even by speakers who usually…

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Elfdalian
  • wärd n. World.
• Maltese
  • ward n. Rose, roses.
• Manx
  • ward n. Ward (in a hospital).
• Old high german
  • ward v. First/third-person singular past indicative of werdan.

— English words, defined in German —

• ward S. Abteilung im Krankenhaus.
• ward S. Bezirk in city oder borough, häufig Wahlkreis.

— English words, defined in French —

• ward n. Endroit protégé, comme la cour d’un château, les quartiers d’une prison, etc.
• ward n. Partie d’un hôpital où résident les patients.
• ward n. Circonscription électorale.
• ward n. (Droit) Pupille, enfant en tutelle.
• ward n. (Vieilli) Garde, protection, défense.
• ward v. (Archaïsme) Garder, protéger.
• -ward suff. Suffixe formant des mots indiquant une direction.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• ward s. Guarda, escolta, vigilante, centinela.
• ward s. Custodia.
• ward s. Tutelaje.
• ward s. Sala, ala.
• ward s. Distrito electoral.
• Ward s. Apellido.

— English word, defined in Italian —

• ward s. Reparto, guardia.

— In German —

• ward V. 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv von werden.
• ward V. 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv von werden.

— In Dutch —

• Ward eig. (Mannelijke naam) jongensnaam.

99 English words from 21 English definitions

act act␣on adjectives adverbs and anything approaches Archaic as␣anything aside as␣in backward by␣extension Clipping corruption Countable course defence defend defensive denoting direction Edward English etc even extension fend fend␣off First followed followed␣by for Forming given given␣name guard guardian guardianship guarding hospital Howard indicative Intransitive keep keep␣in look male mischievous motion name northward object obsolete occupation off on␣the on␣the␣defensive originating over past person place placename protect protected Protection repel road Rose roses safety singular speakers subdivision surname tendency that the third third␣person third-person␣singular toward Transitive turn type under used usually vigilant Ward warden watch watchman watch␣over weapon who with World

25 English words from 19 foreign definitions

ala borough château city cour Custodia des direction Droit electoral etc formant Garde les mots naam patients Person prison protection protégé quartiers Sala Singular vigilante

37 foreign words from 19 foreign definitions

Abteilung Aktiv Apellido Archaïsme Bezirk centinela Circonscription comme défense Distrito électorale Endroit enfant escolta Garder Guarda guardia häufig hôpital Indikativ indiquant jongensnaam Krankenhaus oder Partie Präteritum protéger Pupille Reparto résident Suffixe tutelle une Vieilli von Wahlkreis werden

146 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Warda Warde wards -wards Wardak Wardas warded warden Warden warder Warder Wardha Wardle war␣dog wardom Wardon Wardell wardens warders Warders wardest wardeth war-dial warding wardite Wardlaw Wardles Wardley Wardlow Wardman ward␣off war␣dogs wardoms Wardons Wardrip Wardrop war␣drum wardable war␣daddy war␣dance wardapet wardcorn Wardells wardency wardened wardenry war-dials wardings Wardlaws wardless +96 words

824 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

awards gwarda O'Wards swards Swards swardy adwards Alwards awarded awardee awarder bewards cowarde cowards cowardy Edwards gwardar gwardas gwarder Hewards Howards inwards onwards rewards Sowards swarded towards upwards uswards vawards adwarded aftwards airwards asswards awardees awarders awardest awardeth awarding awkwards Aylwards bedwards Clowards cowarded cowardes cowardie cowardly cowardry Dorwards Edwardes +774 words

483 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

award O'Ward sward Sward adward Alward beward coward Coward Edward Heward Howard inward onward reward Saward Seward Soward toward to-ward upward Upward usward vaward aftward airward assward aukward awkward Aylward bedward Bedward Broward bulward Cloward cupward dayward dogward Domward Dorward endward eyeward forward Forward froward Godward Harward hayward Hayward Herward +433 words

10 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ard Ard ARD 'ard -ard war War WAR war- War.

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Dra DRA draw raw Raw RAW R&AW

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

draw

31 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

adraw adrew award a-word Dawro dewar Dewar dowar dowra drawe drawk drawl drawn draws dwarf DWARF O'Ward rawed sward Sward wader Warda Warde wards -wards wared warm'd warn'd W.D.␣Ark. Wiard Wyard

41 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ADR ADW ard Ard ARD 'ard -ard ARW AWD dar Dar DAR -dar daw Daw DAW d'aw Dra DRA DWR rad RAD rad. raw Raw RAW R&AW RDA RDW Rwa RWA RWD wad WAD -wad war War WAR war- War. WRA

58 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

bard Bard BARD card Card Dard 'eard fard gard Gard hard Hard IARD lard Lard mard nard Nard pard PARD sard Sard tard 'tard -tard wadd waid Waid wald wand Wand ware Ware -ware Warf warg wari Wari wark Wark warm warn Warn warp warr Warr wars wart Warw wary WASD word Word wurd wyrd Wyrd yard Yard

13 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ard Ard ARD 'ard -ard wad WAD -wad war War WAR war- War.

5 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

wared warm'd warn'd Wiard Wyard

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