guard

verb/ɡɑrd/

Frequency rank: #1,395 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

To protect a place or person from danger; a person who does this.

Illustration for the English word “guard”

Example sentence

The soldier stood at the gate to guard the castle.

Synonyms & related words

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