guard

Etymology
For verb: From early or late  (circa 14th cent), from , from , from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (whence also the English inherited ). See also 🇨🇬.

For noun: From, from early or late  (whence modern 🇨🇬), from the verb. , which is from 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) A person who, or thing that, protects or watches over something.
 * 2)  A garda; a police officer.
 * 3)  A squad responsible for protecting something.
 * 4) The part of a sword that protects the wielder's hand.
 * 5) A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts.
 * 6) A watchchain.
 * 7)  A panel of a car that encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels.
 * 8)  A state of caution; posture of defence.
 * 9) Something worn to protect part of the body, e.g. the shins in cricket.
 * 10)  A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.
 * 11)  The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
 * 12)  Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
 * 13)  A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.
 * 14)  A player playing a position named guard.
 * 15)  An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
 * 16)  A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
 * 17)  The, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.
 * 1)  A relatively short player, playing farther from the basket than a forward or centre.
 * 2)  The position on the popping crease where a batsman makes a mark to align himself with the wicket; see take guard.
 * 3)  Either of two offensive positions between the centre and each of the offensive tackles, whose main responsibilities are to protect the quarterback, and open up "holes" through which offensive players can run.
 * 4)  A ground grappling position in which one combatant has their back to the ground while attempting to control the other combatant using their legs.
 * 5)  A player playing a position named guard.
 * 6)  An employee, normally travelling in the last vehicle of a train, responsible for the safety of the train.
 * 7)  A Boolean expression that must evaluate to true for a branch of program execution to continue.
 * 8)  The, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.
 * 1)  The, a radio frequency reserved for emergency communications, typically 121.5MHz for civilian use.

Translations

 * Albanian:, ,
 * Arabic: حَارِس
 * Egyptian Arabic: غفير
 * Armenian: ,
 * Bashkir: һаҡсы
 * Belarusian: вартавы́, ахо́ўнік,
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:, ,
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chamorro: a'adahi
 * Cherokee: ᎠᎦᏘᏱ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Esperanto: gardisto
 * Estonian: valvur
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, , gardiá
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐍂𐌳𐌾𐌰
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: σκοπός, φύλαξ, τηρός
 * Haitian Creole: gad
 * Hawaiian: makaʻina
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:, , मुहाफ़िज़, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ilocano: bantayan
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: garda
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: 監視者, ,
 * Khmer: ,
 * Korean: ,
 * Lao: ຍາມ
 * Latgalian: sorgs
 * Latin: custōs,
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: sargas
 * Macedonian: чувар
 * Maori: kaitiaki
 * Navajo: haʼasídí
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: vakt
 * Old English: weard
 * Persian:, ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian: old use,, , , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: freiceadan, geàrd
 * Serbo-Croatian: ,
 * Sicilian: guardia, vardia
 * Slovak: stráž, strážnik
 * Slovene: stražar, straža
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:, ,
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Tagalog: guwardiya,
 * Thai: ,
 * Tibetan:
 * Turkish:
 * Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎙𐎗
 * Ukrainian: охоро́нець, захисни́к,, , охорони́тель
 * Urdu: مُحافِظ
 * Vietnamese:


 * Dutch: pareerstang
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Parierstange
 * Italian:, , , paramano
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian: проте́ктор
 * Danish:, afskærmning
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Italian:, , ,
 * Latin: integumentum
 * Maori: pare
 * Norman: garde
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: tapador, ,


 * Bulgarian:, гард
 * Catalan: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: kaiārai
 * Romanian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: захисни́к


 * Georgian:
 * Italian:

Verb

 * 1)  To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
 * 2)  To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
 * 3)  To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
 * 4)  To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
 * 5)  To fasten by binding; to gird.
 * 1)  To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
 * 2)  To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
 * 3)  To fasten by binding; to gird.
 * 1)  To fasten by binding; to gird.
 * 1)  To fasten by binding; to gird.

Translations

 * Arabic: حَرَسَ
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bashkir: һаҡлау
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: střežit
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Emilian: guèrdia
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: φυλάττω
 * Haitian Creole: gade
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latgalian: sorguot
 * Latin:, , custodio, tutor, tueor
 * Latvian: sargāt
 * Manchu: ᡴᠠᡵᠮᠠᡨᠠᠮᠪᡳ
 * Norwegian: bevokte
 * Old English: weardian
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Slovak: strážiť, chrániť
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tagalog: guwardiyahan
 * Tocharian B: pāsk-
 * Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎙𐎗
 * Ukrainian:, охороня́ти
 * Yiddish: היטן


 * Bashkir: һаҡлау
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:, piantonare
 * Latin: custodio
 * Maori: tautiaki, tiaki, rauhī
 * Oromo: eeguu
 * Quechua: waqaychay
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovak: strážiť
 * Tamil:
 * Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎙𐎗


 * Bulgarian: предпазвам се
 * Finnish:, olla varuillaan
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: fare attenzione
 * Slovak: chrániť sa
 * Ugaritic: 𐎐𐎙𐎗


 * Finnish:


 * Finnish:

Etymology
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