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verb
- To surround or guard.
- To stumble or lurch.
- To seal off an area of the mine in which a fire has started.
- To trample.
- To pack in tightly.
- To stink; to smell bad.
- To dam up; to block the flow of water or other liquid.
- To cause to smell bad.
- simple past tense of stink
- To cause (the udders) to become blocked and inflamed from lack of milking.
noun
- A stink; a foul smell.
- Water retained by an embankment; a pool of water.
- A dam or mound to stop water.
adj
verb
- To be vigilant or on one's guard.
- To mind, attend, or guard.
- To be wary or cautious of.
- To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
- To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
- To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
- To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
- To act as a lookout.
- To attend to dangers to or regarding.
noun
- A portable or wearable timepiece.
- The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
- A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.
- The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
- A particular time period when guarding is kept.
- A person or group of people who guard.
- A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
- The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
- A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
verb
- To defend or guard.
- To enclose, contain or separate by building fence.
- To engage in the sport of fencing.
- To engage in the selling or buying of stolen goods.
- To jump over a fence.
- To conceal the truth by giving equivocal answers; to hedge; to be evasive.
noun
- A memory barrier.
- Skill in oral debate.
- Someone who hides or buys and sells stolen goods, a criminal middleman for transactions of stolen goods.
- A thin artificial barrier that separates two pieces of land or forms a perimeter enclosing the lands of a house, building, etc.
- A guard or guide on machinery.
- The place whence such a middleman operates.
- A barrier, for example an emotional barrier.
prep_phrase
verb
- To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
- To be vigilant; to keep guard.
- To defend, to protect.
- To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches (usually followed by off)
- To act on the defensive with a weapon.
noun
- The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
- The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
- An object used for guarding.
- A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
- A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
- A section or subdivision of a prison.
- An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
- A guarding or defensive motion or position.
- Land tenure through military service.
- Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
- A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.
- An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
- An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
- A minor looked after by a guardian.
- A division of a forest.
noun
- Guard duty.
- An adult male deer.
- An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
- One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium, and not to hold the stock.
- An unmarried man; a bachelor; a man not accompanying a woman at a social event.
- A stag beetle (family Lucanidae).
- A colt, or filly.
- A social event for men held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends of the groom; sometimes a fundraiser.
- The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
- An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox).
adv
verb
prep_phrase
verb
- Of a person: to be positioned or stationed around (someone or something) to attend to or protect them.
- To cover, enclose, or envelop (someone or something).
- To encircle or surround (someone or something).
- To encircle or surround (someone or something) so as to attack from all sides; to beset.
- Of a situation or state of affairs, especially danger or trouble: to happen to and affect (someone or something).
- Followed by from: to hide or shield (someone or something).
noun
verb
- To watch over, look after, guard, protect.
- To supply with necessities and financially support (a person).
- To refrain from freely disclosing (a secret).
- To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
- To remain edible or otherwise usable.
- To remain in a state.
- To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; to not swerve from or violate.
- To raise; to care for.
- To have habitually in stock for sale.
- To act as wicket-keeper.
- To enter (accounts, records, etc.) in a book.
- To maintain the condition of; to preserve in a certain state.
- To restrain.
- To maintain (an establishment or institution); to conduct; to manage.
- To maintain possession of.
- To record transactions, accounts, or events in.
- To remain faithful to a given promise or word.
- To continue.
noun
noun
- Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
- A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law.
- One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
- A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
- One who prevents interference.
- A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.
verb
- To accompany as an assistant or protector; to care for the wants of; to look after; to watch; to guard.
- To be likely, or probable to do something, or to have a certain habit or leaning.
- To kindle; ignite; set on fire; light; inflame; burn.
- To look after (e.g. an ill person.)
- To contribute to or toward some outcome.
- To manage (an anchored vessel) when the tide turns, to prevent it from entangling the cable when swinging.
- To make a tender of; to offer or tender.
- To wait (upon), as attendants or servants; to serve; to attend.
verb
- To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman
- To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.
noun
- The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.
- A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.
- Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the people thus guarding.
- A unit of a troop, usually defined by certain ranks or age groups within the troop, and ideally comprised of six to eight members.
- The largest division of officers within a police department or sheriff's office, whose assignment is to patrol and respond to calls for service.
- A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.
verb
noun
- Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
- A monitor lizard.
- One of a class of relatively small armored warships with only one or two turrets (but often carrying unusually large guns for a warship of its size), usually designed for shore bombardment or riverine warfare rather than open-ocean combat.
- A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from a computer.
- A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
- A program for viewing and editing.
- A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring the several tools successively into position.
- A studio monitor or loudspeaker.
- A monitor nozzle.
verb
- To place persons or things along the side of for security or defense; to strengthen by adding; to fortify.
- To reinforce (the back of a book) with glue and glued scrap material such as fabric or paper.
- To mark with a line or lines; to cover with lines.
- To fill or supply (something), as a purse with money.
- To place (objects) into a line (usually used with "up"); to form into a line; to align.
- To align (one or more switches) to direct a train onto a particular track.
- To read or repeat line by line.
- To form a line along.
- To track (wild bees) to their nest by following their line of flight.
- To hit a line drive; to hit a line drive which is caught for an out. Compare fly and ground.
- To measure.
- To cover the inner surface of (something), originally especially with linen.
noun
- A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.
- A sentence of dialogue, especially in a play, movie, or the like.
- A set of positions in a team which play in a similar position on the field; in a traditional team, consisting of three players and acting as one of six such sets in the team.
- A verse (in poetry).
- One fortieth of an inch.
- The goal line.
- An edge of a graph.
- A series of notes forming a certain part (such as the bass or melody) of a greater work.
- An infinitely extending one-dimensional figure that has no curvature; one that has length but not breadth or thickness.
- A maxwell, a unit of magnetic flux.
- The equator.
- A vascular catheter.
- A written or printed row of letters, words, numbers, or other text, especially a row of words extending across a page or column, or a blank in place of such text.
- A particular path taken by a vehicle when driving a bend or corner in the road.
- A long tape or ribbon marked with units for measuring; a tape measure.
- The position in which the fencers hold their swords.
- a set composed of a spike, a drip chamber, a clamp, a Y-injection site, a three-way stopcock and a catheter.
- A hose or pipe, of any size.
- A letter, a written form of communication.
- A line segment; a continuous finite segment of such a figure.
- A trench or rampart, or the non-physical demarcation of the extent of the territory occupied by specified forces.
- A connected series of public conveyances, as a roadbed or railway track; and hence, an established arrangement for forwarding merchandise, etc.
- A threadlike crease or wrinkle marking the face, hand, or body; hence, a characteristic mark.
- A more-or-less straight sequence of people, objects, etc., either arranged as a queue or column and often waiting to be processed or dealt with, or arranged abreast of one another in a row (and contrasted with a column), as in a military formation.
- The regular infantry of an army, as distinguished from militia, guards, volunteer corps, cavalry, artillery, etc.
- A lie or exaggeration, especially one told to gain another's approval or prevent losing it.
- A tsarist-era Russian unit of measure, approximately equal to one tenth of an English inch, used especially when measuring the calibre of firearms.
- A population of cells derived from a single cell and containing the same genetic makeup.
- The official, stated position (or set of positions) of an individual or group, particularly a political or religious faction.
- Direction, path.
- A group of people born in a certain year (liners).
- Proper relative position or adjustment (of parts, not as to design or proportion, but with reference to smooth working).
- The batter's box.
- A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; compare lineage.
- The exterior limit of a figure or territory: a boundary, contour, or outline; a demarcation.
- That which was measured by a line, such as a field or any piece of land set apart; hence, allotted place of abode.
- Course of conduct, thought, occupation, or policy; method of argument; department of industry, trade, or intellectual activity.
- A rope, cord, string, or thread, of any thickness.
- Any of an ill-defined set of units of length, varying according to the country, discipline, industry, and date of application, commonly with no indication of the intended magnitude
- One of the straight horizontal and parallel prolonged strokes on and between which the notes are placed.
- The wire connecting one telegraphic station with another, a telephone or internet cable between two points: a telephone or network connection.
- One sixteenth of an inch.
- One twelfth of an inch.
- A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.
- A clothesline.
- The horizontal path of a ball towards the batsman (see also length).
- Information about or understanding of something. (Mostly restricted to the expressions get a line on, have a line on, and give a line on.)
- Lineament; feature; figure (of one's body).
- A number of shares taken by a jobber.
- A small path-shaped portion or serving of a powdery illegal drug, especially cocaine.
- A group of forwards that play together.
- A set of products or services sold by a business, or by extension, the business itself.
verb
- To defend; protect.
- To eat away at, erode, diminish, or consume gradually; to cause a gradual deterioration in; to produce (some change) through attrition, exposure, or constant use.
- (in the phrase "wearing on (someone)") To cause annoyance, irritation, fatigue, or weariness near the point of an exhaustion of patience.
- To pass slowly, gradually or tediously.
- To have or carry on one's person habitually, consistently; or, to maintain in a particular fashion or manner.
- To ward off; prevent from approaching or entering; drive off; repel.
- To bring (a sailing vessel) onto the other tack by bringing the wind around the stern (as opposed to tacking when the wind is brought around the bow); to come round on another tack by turning away from the wind. Also written "ware". Past: weared, or wore/worn.
- To bear or display in one's aspect or appearance.
- To carry or have equipped on or about one's body, as an item of clothing, equipment, decoration, etc.
- To overcome one's reluctance and endure a (previously specified) situation.
- To undergo gradual deterioration; become impaired; be reduced or consumed gradually due to any continued process, activity, or use.
- To exhaust, fatigue, expend, or weary.
- To last or remain durable under hard use or over time; to retain usefulness, value, or desirable qualities under any continued strain or long period of time; sometimes said of a person, regarding the quality of being easy or difficult to tolerate.
- To guard; watch; keep watch, especially from entry or invasion.
- To conduct or guide with care or caution, as into a fold or place of safety.
noun
verb
adj
- Of a place: strengthened so as to withstand attacks; fortified.
- Subject to or troubled by attacks, controversy, or pressure.
- Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides.
- Of a place: occupied or surrounded by armed troops (also figuratively).
- Armed or prepared for battle (literally or figuratively).
- Of a fortress or other building, a wall, etc.: having battlements or crenellations; battlemented, crenellated.
verb
noun
- A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.
- A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.
- Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
- A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.
- One who protects or defends.
- A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.
- A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.
- A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.
- The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.
- A field of energy that protects or defends.
- In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.
- A police badge.
verb
- To ward off attacks against; to fight to protect; to guard.
- To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
- To attempt to retain a title, or attempt to reach the same stage in a competition as one did in the previous edition of that competition.
- To call a raise from the big blind.
- To support by words or writing; to vindicate, talk in favour of.
- To make legal defence of; to represent (the accused).
verb
- To surround.
- To travel around along a curved path.
- To travel in circles.
- To place or mark a circle around.
noun
- An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.
- A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point.
- A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
- A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match.
- A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep.
- A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
- A territorial division or district.
- Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
- Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.
- A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
- A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
- A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
- The orbit of an astronomical body.
- A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the air with a wand or literally with stones or other items used for worship.
- A traffic circle or roundabout.
verb
noun
- A respectful term of address for an officer, especially a police officer.
- One who has a position of authority in a hierarchical organization, especially in military, police or government organizations.
- One who holds a public office.
- An agent or servant imparted with the ability, to some degree, to act on initiative.
- A commissioned officer.
noun
- A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
- An elected or appointed public officer, usually at municipal level, responsible for maintaining order or serving writs and court orders.
- One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.)
- The warden of a castle.
- An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).
- An elected head of a parish (also known as a connétable)
- A large butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus, family Nymphalidae, of Asia.
noun
- A guardsman.
- Any member of a military, regardless of specialty.
- Someone who fights or toils well.
- The red or cuckoo gurnard (Chelidonichthys cuculus).
- A piece of buttered bread (or toast), cut into a long thin strip for dipping into a soft-boiled egg.
- A low-ranking gangster or member of a gang, especially the mafia, who engages in physical conflict.
- An enlisted member of a military service, as distinguished from a commissioned officer.
- A member of a ground-based army, of any rank, but especially an enlisted member.
- A member of the Salvation Army.
- A term of approbation for a young boy.
- One of the asexual polymorphic forms of termites, in which the head and jaws are very large and strong. The soldiers serve to defend the nest.
verb
noun
- A guard.
- A kind of angel appointed to watch over the human realm, in particular one of those who became fallen angels and begot the Nephilim.
- Someone who keeps vigil.
- Someone who observes something closely for professional reasons, such as an analyst or pundit.
- A political representative aligned with a candidate sent to observe elections to report on irregularities. A scrutineer.
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