WARD

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ward I. substantiv

1. apărare; (la duel) gardă.

2. respingere a unui atac;

to lie at one's ward a se feri, a se pune la adăpost.

3. pază, apărare, protecţie.

4. loc sigur; închisoare; captivitate;

to put in ward a băga la închisoare.

5. tutelă, epitropie;

to be in ward a fi sub tutelă.

6. pupil, minoritate;

(jur.) court of wards tribunal tutelar.

7. district; cartier; circumscripţie.

8. secţie (de spital), sală, salon;

isolating ward secţie de izolare.

9. secţie (într-o închisoare).

ward II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a întemniţa, a încarcera.

2. (şi to ward off) a respinge, a para (o lovitură etc.), a preveni, a preîntâmpina (o boală etc.).

ward II. verb B. intranzitiv

a se apăra, a se pune la adăpost.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Lady Lynn had remarked, "It is Mr. Rochester's ward, I suppose—the little French girl he was speaking of."

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

She had two sisters to be benefited by her elevation; and such of their acquaintance as thought Miss Ward and Miss Frances quite as handsome as Miss Maria, did not scruple to predict their marrying with almost equal advantage.

(Mansfield Park, de Jane Austen)

You say you never heard of a Mrs. Rochester at the house up yonder, Wood; but I daresay you have many a time inclined your ear to gossip about the mysterious lunatic kept there under watch and ward.

(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)

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