present participle of ward

The act of one who wards.

plural of warding

(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 adjectives and adverbs denoting course or direction to, or motion or tendency toward, as in "backwards", "towards", etc.

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.