A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something. / (Ireland) A garda; a police officer. / (military) A squad responsible for protecting something.

To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend. / To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.

plural of guard

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of guard

simple past tense and past participle of guard

Cautious; restrained. / Watched over; supervised.

present participle of guard

(medicine) Tensing of the muscles, especially of the abdomen, in order to minimise the movement and agitation to the internal inflamed organs.

plural of guarde

Obsolete form of guard.