Definitions for warded

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warded ward·ed

Spelling: [wawr-did]

IPA: /ˈwɔr dɪd/

Warded is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 76 anagrams from letters in warded (adderw).

Definitions for warded

noun

1. a division or district of a city or town, as for administrative or political purposes.
2. one of the districts into which certain English and Scottish boroughs are divided.
3. a division, floor, or room of a hospital for a particular class or group of patients:
4. any of the separate divisions of a prison.
5. a political subdivision of a parish in Louisiana.
6. Mormon Church. one of the subdivisions of a stake, presided over by a bishop.
7. Fortification. an open space within or between the walls of a castle or fortified place:
8. Law. a person, especially a minor, who has been legally placed under the care of a guardian or a court. the state of being under the care or control of a legal guardian. guardianship over a minor or some other person legally incapable of managing his or her own affairs.
9. the state of being under restraining guard or in custody.
10. a person who is under the protection or control of another.
11. a movement or posture of defense, as in fencing.
12. a curved ridge of metal inside a lock, forming an obstacle to the passage of a key that does not have a corresponding notch.
13. the notch or slot in the bit of a key into which such a ridge fits.
14. the act of keeping guard or protective watch:
15. Archaic. a company of guards or a garrison.

adjective

1. having notches, slots, or wards, as in locks and keys.

verb (used with object)

1. to avert, repel, or turn aside (danger, harm, an attack, an assailant, etc.) (usually followed by off):
2. to place in a ward, as of a hospital or prison.
3. Archaic. to protect; guard.

Origin of warded

1565-75; ward (noun) + -ed³

Examples for warded

He warded them off, holding the butt of the gun in front of him.

At a distance, and with Miss Grafton's aid, the blow will be warded off.

We prayed that the war might be warded off, but God disposed otherwise.

This was not the anticipated, warded danger, but the trick punch from nowhere.

Blow after blow he warded off, till at last his own arm was disabled.

Jerry warded off the blows as well as he could, and tried to return them.

Matches are very convenient, but they must be warded from dampness.

I've got him warded off proposing, and while I guard against that it's all right.

The tax cuts could be warded off through simple legislation.

What, then, would result if these disturbers could be warded off, one or all?