(archaic or obsolete) A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.

(obsolete) A guard or watchman; now replaced by warden. / The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.) / Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.

(transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard. / (transitive) To defend, to protect.

Forming adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backward", "toward", "forward", etc.

(countable) An English surname originating as an occupation for a guard or watchman. / (countable) An English male given name / A parish of Castleknock, Fingal, Ireland

Clipping of Edward.; A corruption of the name Edward / Clipping of Howard.

simple past tense and past participle of ward

Of a lock: fitted with wards.

present participle of ward

The act of one who wards.