guard1 nounguard2 verb
guardguard1 /ɡɑːd $ ɡɑːrd/ ●●● S2 W2 noun 
WORD ORIGINguard1
Origin:
1400-1500 French gardeEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Guards at the embassy refused to let journalists enter.
- All college hockey players must wear face guards on their helmets.
- Football players are strongly advised to wear shin guards.
- The guards stopped us at the gate.
- The captain put armed guards all around the camp.
- Two men overpowered the security guard and stole $20,000.
- You can buy guards for electric sockets that make it impossible for little children to stick their fingers into the holes.
- As they came nearer I approached them, before the guard had time to prevent me.
- Creekmur, a Lions offensive lineman during the 1950s, played both guard and tackle in his 10-year career.
- Currently Zandrino works as a security guard at a Healdsburg winery.
- Detectives feared he was out for revenge and armed police were put on guard at police stations.
- Many guards are members of the death squads and openly discuss their activities in loud voices.
- The words caught him off guard.
- Then he sneaked past the security guard without paying.
Longman Language Activatorto try to avoid risks or danger
to do something in a sensible way, in order to avoid risks: · Of course you don't have to spend all your time worrying about possible health hazards, but you still need to take care.take care how/when etc: · Take care how you cross the road. Most drivers ignore the traffic lights and just drive through. take care with: · I always take great care with diets, so I don't lose too much weight too quickly.
to make preparations before you do something, in order to avoid the risk of something unpleasant happening: · Tourists should take precautions as they would in any large city, and should avoid traveling alone at night. take precautions against: · The villagers had already taken precautions against random raids by the militia.take the precaution of doing something: · Bennet had taken the precaution of transferring his house into his wife's name before his company collapsed.
to pay careful attention to what is happening and not easily trust people, in order to avoid getting into danger, being tricked etc: · Drivers have to be on their guard, as faults or signal failures can occur at any time.be on your guard against: · " We would like to warn everybody to be on their guard against unsolicited 'tradesmen'," he said.
to watch and listen very carefully when you are in a situation that might be dangerous, or in which people might try to cheat you: · It was only because John kept his wits about him that the boys managed to get home safely.· Buying a second-hand car can be very tricky. You really have to have your wits about you.
to choose a careful way of doing something instead of a way that could have more risks or danger: · My friends keep advising me to invest my money in stocks and shares but I've decided to play safe and leave it in the bank.· The Film Club could have played safe by starting the season with one of the ever-popular Hitchcock movies, but instead they chose to show an avant-garde documentary.
to organize something in a very careful way, because you want to avoid any possible risks: · This time we're taking no chances. Everything will be planned down to the last detail.· Weather forecasters have warned about the possibility of severe storms, and city officials are taking no chances.
someone whose job is to protect a person or place someone whose job is to watch a place, person, or valuable object, in order to protect them or stop them escaping: · Guards at the embassy refused to let journalists enter.security guard (=someone whose job is to guard a building): · Two men overpowered the security guard and stole $20,000.armed guard (=one with a gun): · The captain put armed guards all around the camp.
a person or group of people whose job is to protect someone important: · The President arrived, surrounded by bodyguards.· a member of the Emperor's bodyguard
a person or organization that protects, or appears to protect, someone or something that people think is important or morally right: · The group, known as the Defenders of Wildlife, have sued to protect the Louisiana black bear.· The film was banned as a result of protests by the Viewers Association and other so-called guardians of public morality.
British informal someone employed by a rich or famous person to protect him or her: · Kylie will often shop in Kensington without her minders, dressed in dark glasses for anonymity.
something that protects someone or something something that protects you against harm or damage: protection against: · Their light summer clothes were no protection against the bitter cold.give/provide protection (=protect someone): · Vitamin C provides some protection against minor illnesses.protection from: · At the time, the law gave women very little protection from violent husbands.
protective clothes, covers, substances etc protect someone or something from being hurt or damaged: · Wear protective glasses when working with the saw.· Motorcyclists must wear protective helmets.· Remove the disk from its protective packaging.protective gear/clothing: · Burke was not wearing protective gear when the accident happened.
a place where you will be protected from danger or from bad weather: · It began to rain and we all ran for shelter. shelter of: · William hurried towards the shelter of the old cowshed.take shelter (=find a safe place): · People took shelter from the flooding in churches and schools on high ground.bomb shelter (=a place, usually underground, that is safe from bombs): · Underground stations in London were used as bomb shelters during the Second World War.
an object or material that protects someone or something from harm or damage: · Suncream acts as a kind of shield against the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays.· The spacecraft is covered in a material that acts as a heat shield.· Before operating this machine, make sure the safety shield is in place.
something that is, for example, fixed to a machine or worn on a part of your body, in order to provide protection against damage or injury: · You can buy guards for electric sockets that make it impossible for little children to stick their fingers into the holes.· Football players are strongly advised to wear shin guards.
a piece of clothing or equipment that you wear or hold to protect a part of your body: · Hockey goalies wear a chest protector that is similar to the one a catcher in baseball wears.· A pocket protector will prevent ink staining your shirt.
something, for example a law or rule, that provides protection against danger, problems, or failure: · There's a safeguard built into the tenancy agreement that says the landlord must give you three months' notice to quit.· Anti-virus software is a simple safeguard that many computer users have not bothered to install.safeguard against: · As a safeguard against misuse, memorize your PIN number immediately and destroy this advice slip.
to do something or to happen when someone is not ready informal if you are caught napping by something that happens, you are not expecting it and are not ready to deal with it, although you should expect it and be ready for it: · Stock traders who ignore these signs are in danger of being caught napping when a recession hits.be caught napping by: · Nowadays, no company can afford to be caught napping by a technological development.
to say or do something when someone is not expecting it so that they cannot deal with it as well as they would like to: · "Are you married?" Vick asked, catching her off guard.· The Prime Minister admitted to being caught off guard by news of the attack.
informal to arrive or to do something when someone is not ready, and make them feel stupid or embarrassed: · The city got caught with its financial pants down, and the scandal has led to 12 high-level officials losing their jobs.
British informal to do something, or to happen, when someone is not expecting it and is not ready to deal with it: · The dramatic fall in share prices caught even the experts on the hop.· Many politicians have been caught on the hop by a good interviewer.
informal to try to do something even though you are not ready, especially when you have to pretend you know more about something that you do: · If you are asked a question that you're not ready for, it's better to say "I hadn't considered that" than to wing it and get it wrong.· We have to wing it in the first game, but we'll be more prepared for the next one.
WORD SETSaccountant, nounactuary, nounadministrator, nounadviser, nounadvocate, nounamanuensis, nounarchivist, nounarmourer, nounauctioneer, nounaudiotypist, nounbackroom boy, nounbailiff, nounbaker, nounbanker, nounbarber, nounbargee, nounbarkeeper, nounbarker, nounbarmaid, nounbarman, nounbartender, nounbeachcomber, nounbeadle, nounbellboy, nounbellhop, nounbiographer, nounblacksmith, nounboatman, nounboatswain, nounbodyguard, nounboffin, nounbombardier, nounbookseller, nounboss, nounbotanist, nounbouncer, nounbreeder, nounbricklayer, nounbuckaroo, nounbuilder, nounbureaucrat, nounbutcher, nounbutler, nounbuyer, nouncabin boy, nouncabinet-maker, nouncareer counselor, nouncareers officer, nouncaretaker, nouncarpenter, nouncarter, nouncashier, nouncaterer, nounCEO, nouncertified public accountant, nounchairman, nounchambermaid, nounchandler, nounchar, nouncharlady, nouncharwoman, nounchef, nounchief executive officer, nounchief of staff, nounchildminder, nounchimney sweep, nouncleaner, nounclerk, nounclothier, nounclown, nouncoastguard, nouncobbler, nouncocktail waitress, nouncollier, nouncomedian, nouncomedienne, nouncomic, nouncommercial traveller, nouncommissionaire, nouncompositor, nounconcierge, nounconfectioner, nounconsultant, nouncook, nouncooper, nouncopy editor, nouncopywriter, nouncorrespondent, nouncostermonger, nouncounsellor, nouncourier, nouncowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nounCPA, nouncraftsman, nouncrew, nouncrewman, nouncrofter, nouncroupier, nouncurator, nouncustodian, noundaily, noundairymaid, noundairyman, noundelivery man, noundesigner, noundesk clerk, noundetective, noundick, noundietician, noundinner lady, noundisc jockey, noundispatch rider, noundistrict nurse, noundiver, nounDJ, noundocent, noundocker, noundogcatcher, noundog warden, noundomestic, noundomestic service, noundoorkeeper, noundoorman, noundowser, noundramatist, noundraper, noundraughtsman, noundressmaker, noundriver, noundrover, noundruggist, noundustbin man, noundustman, nouneducationalist, nouneducator, nounelectrician, nounengineer, nounescort, nounessayist, nounestate agent, nounexecutive, nounfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarrier, nounfire chief, nounfirefighter, nounfireman, nounfirst mate, nounfirst officer, nounfishmonger, nounfitter, nounflorist, nounflower girl, nounforeman, nounforewoman, nounfrogman, nounfruiterer, nounfunctionary, nounfuneral director, nounfurrier, noungaffer, noungamekeeper, noungarbage collector, noungarbage man, noungardener, noungatekeeper, noungaucho, noungendarme, nounghost writer, nounglazier, noungoatherd, noungoldsmith, noungondolier, noungoverness, noungovernor, noungravedigger, noungreengrocer, noungrip, noungrocer, noungroom, noungroundsman, nounground staff, nounguard, nounguest worker, nounguide, noungunner, noungunsmith, nounhack, nounhandler, nounhandmaiden, nounhandyman, nounhangman, nounharvester, nounhatter, nounhawker, nounheadhunter, nounhead teacher, nounhelper, nounherald, nounherbalist, nounherdsman, nounhired hand, nounhireling, nounhistorian, nounhomemaker, nounhomeworker, nounhouse husband, nounhousewife, nouniceman, nounillustrator, nounimpersonator, nounimpresario, nounindustrialist, nouninnkeeper, nouninspector, nouninterior decorator, nouninterpreter, nouninvestigator, nounjanitor, nounjester, nounjeweller, nounjoiner, nounjourno, nounJP, nounjudge, nounkeeper, nounlamplighter, nounlandlady, nounlandlord, nounlibrarian, nounlocksmith, nounlongshoreman, nounmagician, nounmaid, nounmaid of honour, nounmaidservant, nounmail carrier, nounmailman, nounmaitre d', nounmajordomo, nounman, nounmanagement consultant, nounmanservant, nounmason, nounmasseur, nounmasseuse, nounmatador, nounmathematician, nounmechanic, nounmedic, nounmenial, adjectivemenial, nounmerchant seaman, nounmidwife, nounmilkmaid, nounmilkman, nounmilliner, nounminder, nounminer, nounminiaturist, nounminister, nounmodel, nounmortician, nounmover, nounmovie star, nounnanny, nounnavvy, nounnewscaster, nounnewsreader, nounnight porter, nounnight watchman, nounnovelist, nounnumber cruncher, nounnurse, nounnursemaid, nounnurseryman, nounnursery nurse, nounnursing, nounobstetrician, nounoccupation, nounodd-job man, nounoilman, nounold salt, nounoptician, nounostler, nounpacker, nounpaediatrician, nounpaediatrics, nounpageboy, nounpainter, nounpalmist, nounpaperboy, nounpaper girl, nounpaper-pusher, nounparachutist, nounparalegal, nounparamedic, nounpark keeper, nounparliamentarian, nounpathology, nounpawnbroker, nounpeasant, nounpedlar, nounpen pusher, nounpensioner, nounperformer, nounpersonal assistant, nounpharmacist, nounphotographer, nounpipe fitter, nounplanter, nounplasterer, nounplaywright, nounploughman, nounplumber, nounpoet, nounpolice, nounporter, nounpostman, nounpotter, nounpractitioner, nounprinter, nounprivate detective, nounprivate eye, nounprivate investigator, nounprivate practice, nounprivate secretary, nounpro, nounpro, adjectiveprobation officer, nounprofession, nounprofessional, adjectiveprofessional, nounprofessionally, adverbprogrammer, nounproperty developer, nounprostitute, nounpsychiatrist, nounpsychiatry, nounpsychoanalyst, nounpublican, nounpublic defender, nounpublicist, nounpublic prosecutor, nounpublic relations, nounpublisher, nounpurser, nounquantity surveyor, nounquestion master, nounrabbi, nounradiographer, nounradiologist, nounrag-and-bone-man, nounrancher, nounranger, nounreal estate agent, nounreceptionist, nounrecruit, nounrector, nounregistrar, nounrepo man, nounreporter, nounrestaurateur, nounretailer, nounreviewer, nounroadie, nounroad manager, nounrookie, nounroughneck, nounroustabout, nounsailor, nounsalesclerk, nounsalesgirl, nounsalesman, nounsalesperson, nounsales representative, nounsaleswoman, nounsanitation worker, nounscalper, nounschoolmaster, nounschoolmistress, nounschoolteacher, nounscout, nounscout, verbscrew, nounscribe, nounscrubber, nounsea captain, nounseaman, nounseamstress, nounsecretary, nounsecurity guard, nounsemi-professional, adjectiveservant, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounship's chandler, nounshipwright, nounshoemaker, nounshopkeeper, nounsilversmith, nounsmith, nounsoldier, nounsoldier of fortune, nounspaceman, nounspiv, nounstallholder, nounstationer, nounsteeplejack, nounsteersman, nounsteno, nounstenographer, nounstevedore, nounstockbroker, nounstoker, nounstorekeeper, nounstraight man, nounstringer, nounstructural engineer, nounstylist, nounsubmariner, nounsuperintendent, nounsurveyor, nounsweep, nounswineherd, nountailor, nountanner, nountaster, nountattooist, nountaxidermist, nounteamster, nountelecommuter, nounteller, nountemp, nountemp, verbtinker, nountobacconist, nountown crier, nountrade, nountradesman, nountraffic warden, nountranslator, nountrapper, nountravel agent, nountravelling salesman, nountreasurer, nountroubleshooter, nountrucker, nounturner, nountypist, nountypographer, nounundertaker, noununderwriter, nounusher, nounusherette, nounusurer, nounvalet, nounvaluer, nounvice-president, nounvideo jockey, nounvillein, nounvintner, nounvocation, nounvocational, adjectivewaiter, nounwaitress, nounwallah, nounwarden, nounwarder, nounwasherwoman, nounwatchmaker, nounwatchman, nounweaver, nounwelder, nounwhaler, nounwheelwright, nounwindow cleaner, nounwindow dresser, nounwoodcutter, nounwoodsman, nounworkman, nounWPC, nounwrangler, nounwriter, nounyeoman, nounzoo-keeper, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
There were two security guards on duty outside the building. We were stopped by border guards. Armed guards were posted by the exit. The prison guards were reasonably friendly. Gunmen stood guard at the camp entrance. These men are dangerous so you’ll need to be on your guard. Something in his tone put her on her guard.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The prisoners were kept under armed guard. Political activity is closely controlled. Details of the program are a closely-guarded secret. a jealously guarded secret
There were two security guards on duty outside the building. We were stopped by border guards. Armed guards were posted by the exit. The prison guards were reasonably friendly. Gunmen stood guard at the camp entrance. (=to be guarded by a group of people) He was taken to hospital, where he is now under police guard.
He was taken to hospital, where he is now under police guard. These men are dangerous so you’ll need to be on your guard. Something in his tone put her on her guard. The prisoners were kept under armed guard.· the North Korean border guards
Political activity is closely controlled. Details of the program are a closely-guarded secret. (=trained to guard a building)· The guard dog growled at him.
(=job of guarding a place)· There were two soldiers on guard duty outside the embassy.
a jealously guarded secret (=the belief that a future situation will be good or better than before, although you cannot be not sure)· The U.N. sees cause for cautious optimism in what has been achieved so far.· He expressed guarded optimism about the company's future.
· Last month, a prisoner attacked two prison officers with a knife.
(=a secret that few people are allowed to know)· The recipe is a closely-guarded secret.
· There are armed security guards outside the palace.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· An armed guard stood there in the doorway, head bowed, a clean silk pau folded over one arm.· Inside, more armed officers stood guard.· On landing, Sly was shown to his chalet by a uniformed and armed guard.· He moved down the corridor and around the corner, where two more armed guards stood, alert, against either wall.· The room is dimly lit and the regalia are mounted in a centrally placed glass case. Armed guards stand watch.· Still, they met us with fire trucks; we were politely assigned an armed guard and warned not to take pictures.· I shall have the staff escort you home under armed guard!· He flashed his security pass under the eyes of the two armed guards posted beside the exit door.
· A., Daley called Governor Kerner and told him he wanted the national guard.· The national guard of Jalisco, however, remained loyal to the government.
· But the old guard in the leadership sends in the tanks and introduces a new phase of vicious repression.· Nobody likes them, this old guard, but nobody can get them out.· It is probably as much to do with an influx of younger golfers and a falling away of the old guard.· He was then a 20-year-old security guard inside the Chicago Amphitheater where the delegates met.· It's a similar deal to the one that brought another of Wigan's old guard, Andy Gregory, to Headingley.· The old guard, too fond of international conferences, has given way to a younger breed of activist.· The old guard who had stopped us talking before ambled past the wire on the outside.· But the old guard at the Louvreare reluctant to back down.
· More shots rang out, and presidential security guards raced on to the stage from the wings, guns drawn, some blazing.· Just three years after his grab for power, Castillo Armas died at the hands of his own presidential guard.· A force of 70 gunmen opened fire on the compound with automatic weapons and grenade-launchers, according to presidential guard commander Maj.
· Try to scoop the outstretched foot with your rear guard hand.· He informed us that our brigade was to be the rear guard of the army, which was in full retreat.· Slide diagonally forwards, catching the opponent's front kick with your rear guard hand.· As feminist symbols, they are in the rear guard.· As before, the rear guard hand must never cross the body's centre-line.· He skirted the house to the rear, but guards were also there.· Let your rear guard hand move forwards slightly as you do this.
· Maloney and senior guard Andy Rice each had 17 points for Catholic.· McCormick, a senior guard, had 19 points to lead Pace.
NOUN· It takes only an hour to drive from Gaza to Jerusalem, if you don't have to endure obstructive border guards.· His adversaries include still more cossacks, a border guard or two, a rabbi, and a pugilist.· Here, a border guard and two customs officers, all in uniform, came aboard to inspect our documents.· Certainly he had bribed more border guards and Communist officials than he could remember.· The bikes were, technically, contraband, but the border guards turned a blind eye.· Last November, after bribing the border guards, she crossed the frozen Tumen with her blind daughter.
· The end of Grand Isle hosts the coast guard headquarters.· Across from us, the coast guard station is quiet.· The field station consists of a modern Ann Exe built on to the old coast guard station.· As is the way of coast guard stations, it once had waves lapping at its doorstep.· The coast guard impound boats if they find anything.
· Valenzuela himself was promoted from guard duty to acting as a back-up in kidnapping operations.· Some whites tried to help black families by aiding in guard duty.· One of my less distinguished military experiences came when I fell asleep on guard duty.· I could imagine what it would be like to be on perimeter guard duty on a night like this.· Night guard duty was killing time that had died while you weren't looking and so it went on for ever.· People who never had to do it kept saying how important guard duty was.· The trick of doing guard duty was very simple.· Thus the two men on guard duty were not excited by the unhurried approach of a pair of dimmed headlights.
· The new one comes complete with a point ring measure and point guard.· Only the point guards fit that description on this club.· Jacque has been a point guard since he came out of the womb.· The starting point guard committed 12 turnovers Saturday.· The best point guard is struggling with a recurring hand injury.· She is in control without making a big show of it the way some other point guards do.· They forced Mingo Johnson, the Memphis point guard, into a 5-for-18 shooting night.· Stanford used some physical play inside and the playmaking of point guard Brevin Knight to take the lead from the outset.
· Most of the prison guards ran away, with the prisoners.· Since I was the only child in the jail, the prison guards were nice to me.· At one stage, the prison guards went on strike, claiming the prisoners were better armed than them.· After 75 days of being brutalized and sexually assaulted by other inmates and ignored by the prison guards, Rodney hanged himself.
· Past the security guard, up the ramp, out on to the dim street.· Currently Zandrino works as a security guard at a Healdsburg winery.· When Dexter met the superintendent twenty minutes later, Blanche stood outside the Inside Out office still chatting to the security guard.· Some one gets ill or injured, or taunts a security guard, or keeps up serious noise all night long.· A security guard suffered serious head injuries, while another person suffered deep cuts from flying glass.· The president of Shawmut Bank gave her a badge and made her an honorary security guard.· Their aim was to subdue security guards and cut paintings from their frames.· It ended in a shouting match, with Milken being escorted from the building by a security guard.
VERB· An on-site undercover operative can offer an employer protection without the presence of an armed guard.· He holed up in his residence with a few hundred armed guards.· The pilot arrives in an ambulance, with armed guards.· Both sides came frilly armed and on their guard.· The government placed a heavy armed guard around the prison.· The armed guard at the gate was slow to salute.· As corporations worry about workplace violence, armed security guards find themselves in more demand.
· The whole problem was going to be catching her off her guard.· She really caught me off guard with her comments.· The announcement of the opening came suddenly that morning, and many boats were caught off guard.· It feels good to Jody, but she is caught off guard.· This catches William off his guard.· Penelope flinched, angry at her thoughts, and at the girl who had caught her off guard.· The words caught him off guard.· The president faces issues that can catch him off guard and undermine his authority.
· They didn't search me straightaway because it was time to change the guard at six o'clock precisely.· How he survives depends on whether he finally accepts the changing of the guard.· Some people change their guard hands as they step, but this curtails the punch's potential.· It also sounded a changing of the guard at the Pentagon: the politician replacing the manager.· There was an incredible changing of the guard last year.
· Always wait for the referee to stop the bout and never drop your guard on the bell.· I had dropped my guard and I did not punch through.· The handful of dirt caught the dwarf in the face, making him gag and drop his guard.· Today's operation is a training exercise, but the marines can't afford to drop their guard.· We can not drop our guard.· Maybe there is a moment when Dumbo drops his guard, but I can't see him.· He yelped shrilly and dropped his guard just sufficiently for a sword, swung by a surprised opponent, to skewer him.· As an actor you have to drop your guard.
· People who never had to do it kept saying how important guard duty was.· Capshaw sent him out the back door to avoid whoever it was keeping guard in the front.· That and Nils, to keep her on her guard.· Spend your capital, keep your guard down. build your house on sand.· We kept guard against the security forces and helped in the communal kitchen which was set up for the support committee.· Terry kept badgering the guards for magazines and a radio.· One will keep guard, while the other rifles through drawers.· Or only those detailed to keep guard against any hint of attack from Tuathal's side of the river.
· Go up and left, killing both the guards and the policeman with the crates.· When talk show host Denise Richardson asks if he killed the guard, Nathan answers yes.· He missed, killing a security guard.· It used live bombs until two went astray in a 1999 practice and killed a civilian guard on the bombing range.
· From some time in high summer until we left the Pit the guards started bringing us a regular supply of videos.· That leaves five guards for a 12-man roster.· Mayne and his group crept away, leaving the guards to fight it out between themselves.· Rufus leaves one guard on each prisoner and his other three come with us.· Once they were on the floor their feet were bound and somebody was left on guard beside them.· Quickly, then. Leave a small guard here, on the prisoners.
· The usual procedure in this sort of situation is to act like prisoners and let the guards take us to their leader.· In the darkness of the theater Kip seemed to take on some of his boyishness again, let down his guard.· Opportunities to relax and let her guard down, even if only for a few hours, had been rare.· But if the mission is uneventful, the biggest danger is that we might let down our guard, get complacent.· She had learned it the hard way and she never let her guard slip at all.· Now it was Alain's face that surfaced when she let down her guard.· There appears no civilised pale where they can remove their armour and let down their guard for any length of time.· But she senses my momentary abstraction, thinks she's won the fight and lets her guard slip.
· Detectives feared he was out for revenge and armed police were put on guard at police stations.· The hostile bark put Miguel on his guard.· Never sit too close to fires. Put guards on all open fires.· The last blow put the guard strangely on edge.· It put them off their guard.· And officers - some armed - were put on guard at Aylesbury police station.· The poll tax disaster should surely put us on our guard.· Enright at the Freie Universität in West Berlin, and that information immediately put me on my guard.
· His extra two years had come about because he'd shot a security guard in the leg with a twelve-bore.· The team needed a shooting guard.· Read in studio Armed robbers who shot at a security guard in a busy street are still being hunted by police.· Rhodes is an outstanding defensive player who is expected to flourish as a small forward or shooting guard.· Locks shoot back like informed guards stepping aside out of obedience, not willingness.· Perhaps shooting guard or small forward.· This team has no playoff experience and shooting guard Joe Dumars is in the final throes of his lustrous career.· Johnson became the shooting guard and small forward, able to easily feed big men Vlade Divac and Elden Campbell.
· Then one stood guard over her while the other two searched the house.· Riot police stood guard even in tiny back alleys.· A police officer armed with a semi-automatic gun stood guard.· There he is, standing by the guard.· He stood up and walked across the deck to stand by the chromium guard rail, looking down at her.· A pro-choice president now stands guard over abortion rights.· Sam stood guard over his blood-covered friend and tried in vain to flag down passing motorists.· I did not know as yet that ogres stand on guard before the portal of an heiress.
· Next on the depth chart at this crucial position is starting right guard Brad Badger.· The starting point guard committed 12 turnovers Saturday.· Olajuwon will start at center and Clyde Drexler and Jason Kidd are the starting guards.· Antonio is a starting point guard for Bowling Green State University.· The Broncos lost starting guard Brian Habib with a lower back injury in the first quarter at Buffalo.· David Wesley is expected to start at point guard and would be matched against Johnson.· Gardner is expected to start at point guard tonight in place of Prentice McGruder.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► catch/take somebody off-guard
1person [countable] a)someone whose job is to protect a place or person: - Could the upper management of a leading firm like Merrill Lynch be caught so entirely off guard?
- I said it suddenly like that, just blurted it out, and I guess it caught him off guard.
- Penelope flinched, angry at her thoughts, and at the girl who had caught her off guard.
- She really caught me off guard with her comments.
- The president faces issues that can catch him off guard and undermine his authority.
- The question caught Firebug off guard.
- The words caught him off guard.
- This caught me completely off guard.
- Kerrison was still standing by the body, rigid as a guard of honour.
- There was a guard of honour for the Shah to inspect - more than one hundred troops.
- They had a band and a guard of honour outside the station, their backs to a row of railwaymen's cottages.
- the old guard of the Communist Party
- But now what had happened to the old guard was happening to him, too.
- But the old guard in the leadership sends in the tanks and introduces a new phase of vicious repression.
- By agreeing to run, Daley gave up his Senate seat and angered some of the old guard on the South Side.
- Meanwhile, like the Old Guard, the conventional wisdom dies but does not surrender.
- Soon many of the old guard felt his hand upon them.
- The trouble is that his men have done just as badly as the old guard.
- To the old guard there is no such place.
- Would she like to abandon the old guard, she was asked?
- Five had served in the Guards, two in the Cavalry.
- However, Mazzin was not the calmest of the guards and might easily panic and shoot us.
- Parcels were supposed to be give out, but the guards stole any items of slight value.
- So the guards helped him down, cooing still.
- The old man smiled, recalling how he had slipped past the guards like a shadow.
- The verbal and sometimes physical abuse that the guards have to take can be unbearable.
- This time, the stares were even more penetrating when the guards looked up from my passport and auto papers.
- While he is giving orders to one of the guards, Leonor swallows poison.
- But there are many cases where the merging of meanings are more and we have to be on our guard.
- I must always be on my guard.
- Police urged racegoers to be on their guard after six separate incidents of forged £20 notes were reported on the first day.
- That and Nils, to keep her on her guard.
- The boys in the institution had all been on their guard, searching for a way out.
- We'd better keep on our guard, all of us.
- Well, she had been warned, so she would be on her guard.
- When you read anything that any anthropologist has written on the topic of kinship terminology be on your guard.
- My pregnancy caught us by surprise, but we're happy about it.
- The public's reaction obviously caught the governor off guard.
- Capshaw sent him out the back door to avoid whoever it was keeping guard in the front.
- He kept watching out the window of the rear door.
- He climbed to the top of the fence and looked around to see if there was some one keeping watch there as well.
- I told my friend Bridget it was up to us to keep watch.
- Its highly flexible neck enables it to keep watch over a wide area while it is both searching for and chasing prey.
- Mcduff came with him to sit in the shelves and they took it in turns to keep watch.
- Now do stuff that will make us want to keep watching.
- The trick was to keep watching.
- Never let your guard down was the only solace he offered.
- We must not let our defences down, Mrs Thatcher and other cautious voices would argue.
- But now what had happened to the old guard was happening to him, too.
- But the old guard in the leadership sends in the tanks and introduces a new phase of vicious repression.
- By agreeing to run, Daley gave up his Senate seat and angered some of the old guard on the South Side.
- Meanwhile, like the Old Guard, the conventional wisdom dies but does not surrender.
- Soon many of the old guard felt his hand upon them.
- The trouble is that his men have done just as badly as the old guard.
- To the old guard there is no such place.
- Would she like to abandon the old guard, she was asked?
- If you stand guard over our stuff, I'll run get the tickets.
- A deputy stands guard under the black numeral 2.
- A police officer armed with a semi-automatic gun stood guard.
- A pro-choice president now stands guard over abortion rights.
- Riot police stood guard even in tiny back alleys.
- Soldiers stand guard on street corners and roam the city at night.
- Teachers stood guard every night and he was never alone.
- Then one stood guard over her while the other two searched the house.
There were two security guards on duty outside the building. We were stopped by border guards. Armed guards were posted by the exit. b)someone whose job is to prevent prisoners from escaping: The prison guards were reasonably friendly.2protection [uncountable] the act or duty of protecting places or people, or of preventing prisoners from escapingbe on guard Who was on guard the night the fire broke out?keep/stand guard (over somebody/something) Gunmen stood guard at the camp entrance.be under (police/armed etc) guard (=to be guarded by a group of people) He was taken to hospital, where he is now under police guard.3soldiers a)[singular] a group of soldiers who guard someone or something: The president has called in the National Guard. b)the Guards British English a group of soldiers who protect the king or queen4equipment [countable] something that is used to protect someone or something from damage or injury: a face guard a fire guard5on a train [countable] British English a person whose job is to be in charge of a train SYN conductor American English6on your guard to be paying attention to what is happening in order to avoid danger, being tricked etc: These men are dangerous so you’ll need to be on your guard. Something in his tone put her on her guard.7catch/throw somebody off guard to surprise someone by doing something that they are not ready to deal with: Senator O'Hare was caught off guard by the question.8guard of honour a group of people who walk or stand together at a special occasion in order to show respect: Police colleagues formed a guard of honour at her funeral.9the old guard a group of people in an organization who want to do things in the way they were done in the past: the Communist old guard10fighting [singular] the position of holding your arms or hands up in a fight in order to defend yourself: He swung at me and I brought my guard up.11sport [countable] a)one of two players on a basketball team who is responsible for moving the ball to help their team gain points b)one of two players on an American football team who plays either side of the centreguard1 nounguard2 verb
guardguard2 ●●● W2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLE
guard
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | guard |
| he, she, it | guards | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | guarded |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have guarded |
| he, she, it | has guarded | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had guarded |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will guard |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have guarded |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am guarding |
| he, she, it | is guarding | |
| you, we, they | are guarding | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was guarding |
| you, we, they | were guarding | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been guarding |
| he, she, it | has been guarding | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been guarding |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be guarding |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been guarding |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- A dog guards the house.
- An army lieutenant and 14 soldiers were guarding the air strip.
- Byron will guard Jordan in tonight's game.
- Soldiers have been called in to guard the embassy against further attacks.
- We've hired someone to guard the entrance.
- And this she must guard against at all costs.
- I made revisions on the Old Course, guarded her with all my energy.
- She must be mated again, and the first mate has to guard her or risk his groundwork going to benefit another.
- The car was backed inside and Randolph Churchill and Corporal Rose were left to guard it.
- The women and children were sent into the town until the floods subsided and the men were left to guard the camp.
- You guard your other child very closely.
THESAURUS
to keep someone or something safe from harm, damage, or illness: · Don’t worry, I’ll protect you.· The government wants to protect the environment.· Eating healthily helps to protect against many diseases.
to protect someone from something harmful: · Wearing a hat offers some protection from the sun.· The drug can give protection against cancer.· The law provides no protection.
to protect a person, place, or object by staying near them and watching them: · Police officers guarded the entrance to the building.· He is guarded by armed men.
to protect someone or something when they are in danger of being harmed or destroyed: · Local people are fighting to save the theatre from demolition.· Emergency aid could save millions of people who are threatened with starvation.
to keep something, especially buildings or the environment, from being harmed, destroyed, or changed too much: · The organization works to preserve forests.· There is little money for preserving historic buildings.
to protect something important, such as people’s rights, interests, jobs, health etc: · The deal will safeguard 200 jobs at the factory.· Laws should do more to safeguard the rights of victims.
to put something in front of something else to protect it. Also used to talk about protecting people from unpleasant situations: · He lifted his hand to shield his eyes from the light.· They thought the public should be shielded from the truth.
to provide a place where someone or something is protected from the weather or from danger: · The village is sheltered by a belt of trees.· His family had sheltered Jews during the war.
British English, harbor American English to help and protect someone who has done something illegal, and prevent the police from finding them: · He is accused of harbouring suspected terrorists.
Longman Language Activatorto prevent someone or something from being harmed or damaged to keep someone or something safe from harm, injury, damage or illness: · The painting is protected by thick glass.· laws to protect the environment· A series of meetings were held to discuss security issues and teach women employees how to protect themselves.protect somebody/something from something: · Use high-factor sun lotion to protect your child's skin from the sun.protect somebody/something against something: · Garlic was once thought to protect people against evil spirits.
to stay close to a person, a valuable object etc and watch them carefully, in order to make sure that they do not escape, get stolen, or get attacked: · An army lieutenant and 14 soldiers were guarding the air strip.guard somebody/something against somebody/something: · Soldiers have been called in to guard the embassy against further attacks.
to protect something important, for example people's rights, health, or safety - use this especially about organizations and laws that provide protection: · Unless we fight pollution now, we cannot safeguard our children's future.· The new legislation will safeguard the rights of low-paid workers.safeguard something against something: · Effective programs are available to safeguard your data against computer viruses.
to protect someone from something harmful or unpleasant, especially by putting yourself or something else between them and the cause of the harm: · The elderly woman shielded her wounded husband.shield somebody/something from something: · The treated glass shields your eyes from the sun's ultraviolet rays.· Fuel taxes were reduced, shielding industry from the effects of the rise in oil prices.
to make sure that something does not happen to make sure that something will not happen or cannot happen, especially something bad. Prevent is more formal than stop: · Many people now believe that a good diet can help to prevent cancer.· The new laws are designed to stop discrimination in the workplace.prevent/stop something (from) happening: · A special valve prevents the waste gases from escaping.· Stretch the rope out to stop it getting twisted and tangled up.
to do something to prevent something bad that may happen: · The company is anxious to avoid an expensive court case.· We take every precaution to avoid accidents.avoid something at all costs (=do everything possible to avoid something happening): · Civilian casualties must be avoided at all costs.
formal to do something to prevent something bad that will happen very soon if you do not do anything: · It may already be too late to avert another disaster.· Talks will be held today in a final attempt to avert strike action.
to do something to stop a difficult or unpleasant situation from developing, when it seems very likely to happen soon: · They agreed to meet government ministers in an attempt to head off a major conflict.· We managed to head off a financial crisis last year, but we may not be so lucky this year.
to carefully plan and think about what you can do in order to prevent something bad from happening: · The city council is taking emergency measures to guard against flooding in the city centre.· Use sunscreen on your skin to help guard against skin cancer.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY chiefs who jealously guarded their independence a closely guarded secretCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The prisoners were kept under armed guard. Political activity is closely controlled. Details of the program are a closely-guarded secret. a jealously guarded secret
chiefs who jealously guarded their independence a closely guarded secret The prisoners were kept under armed guard.· the North Korean border guards
Political activity is closely controlled. Details of the program are a closely-guarded secret. (=trained to guard a building)· The guard dog growled at him.
(=job of guarding a place)· There were two soldiers on guard duty outside the embassy.
a jealously guarded secret (=the belief that a future situation will be good or better than before, although you cannot be not sure)· The U.N. sees cause for cautious optimism in what has been achieved so far.· He expressed guarded optimism about the company's future.
· Last month, a prisoner attacked two prison officers with a knife.
(=a secret that few people are allowed to know)· The recipe is a closely-guarded secret.
· There are armed security guards outside the palace.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· I am meeting Enya and the Ryans somewhere near her carefully guarded Killiney residence on a silvery wet and foggy autumn day.· Another tore sheets of newspaper into smaller and smaller pieces, carefully guarding her handiwork.· They were carefully guarded, as if they hid secrets he didn't intend ever to reveal to anyone.· The boundary between these two was carefully guarded but was not impassable.· All the direct routes to Ireland are carefully guarded.
· The deal, though its precise value is closely guarded, is rumoured to rank as the largest leasing transaction of 1991.· For more than forty years his existence had been a closely guarded secret.· They continued to be closely guarded and severely restricted in their movements.· His smoking had been one of the most closely guarded secrets of the campaign.· It was almost as closely guarded a secret as Operation Majestic UK8.· The winning design was chosen a few months ago and has been a closely guarded secret.· Details of the program are closely guarded secrets.· Why had he chosen to make Vicky privy to this most closely guarded secret, and not me?
· Sagramoso City itself was heavily guarded by skyward laser batteries, and these could not easily be neutralised.· In a heavily guarded courtroom, the former president implicated his successor, Rafsanjani, and Khamenei.· I had to be escorted because the curfew was on and the village was heavily guarded.· Thus, for example, Baldwin's responses to questions in the House over Britain's preparedness for war were heavily guarded.· Ordinary burglars would never have dared enter the heavily guarded confines of State House.
· Both were heavy red-wine drinkers, always bloated, and each jealously guarded his own inferior status.· Until that day this venerable charter, like a kidnapped virgin, will be jealously guarded by those who have signed it.· The 22-man Politburo jealously guards power.· For 20 years Marshak has owned and jealously guarded the federally registered trademarks for the Drifters, the Platters and the Coasters.· Chocolate is a multimillion pound industry, and each hard won market segment is jealously guarded by the giant global manufacturers.· Exactly how big a chunk those outsiders take is unclear, because most tribes jealously guard their internal finances.· Access to the archives was jealously guarded, and censorship of counter-revolutionary distortions was instituted.· But Kodak has been jealously guarded since 1888.
NOUN· The woman guarding the entrance way does not wish to know this.· We failed to clear the farther islands which guard the entrance, and had to turn back to Po Ti.· They see that the stone guarding the entrance to the sepulchre has been rolled away.· Draitser retaliated by posting security guards at the hotel entrance to bar Tatum.· But the camera was designed to guard the lift entrance, and not show what lay beyond.· Minders guarded the entrance as they played in the hot jets.· Now look up at the towers guarding the entrance to Charles Bridge.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► catch/take somebody off-guard
1to protect a person, place, or object by staying near them and watching them: - My pregnancy caught us by surprise, but we're happy about it.
- The public's reaction obviously caught the governor off guard.
- Capshaw sent him out the back door to avoid whoever it was keeping guard in the front.
- He kept watching out the window of the rear door.
- He climbed to the top of the fence and looked around to see if there was some one keeping watch there as well.
- I told my friend Bridget it was up to us to keep watch.
- Its highly flexible neck enables it to keep watch over a wide area while it is both searching for and chasing prey.
- Mcduff came with him to sit in the shelves and they took it in turns to keep watch.
- Now do stuff that will make us want to keep watching.
- The trick was to keep watching.
- Never let your guard down was the only solace he offered.
- We must not let our defences down, Mrs Thatcher and other cautious voices would argue.
- But now what had happened to the old guard was happening to him, too.
- But the old guard in the leadership sends in the tanks and introduces a new phase of vicious repression.
- By agreeing to run, Daley gave up his Senate seat and angered some of the old guard on the South Side.
- Meanwhile, like the Old Guard, the conventional wisdom dies but does not surrender.
- Soon many of the old guard felt his hand upon them.
- The trouble is that his men have done just as badly as the old guard.
- To the old guard there is no such place.
- Would she like to abandon the old guard, she was asked?
- If you stand guard over our stuff, I'll run get the tickets.
- A deputy stands guard under the black numeral 2.
- A police officer armed with a semi-automatic gun stood guard.
- A pro-choice president now stands guard over abortion rights.
- Riot police stood guard even in tiny back alleys.
- Soldiers stand guard on street corners and roam the city at night.
- Teachers stood guard every night and he was never alone.
- Then one stood guard over her while the other two searched the house.
The Sergeant told Swift to guard the entrance. a lioness guarding her cubsguard somebody/something against something There is no one to guard these isolated farms against attack.► see thesaurus at protect2to watch a prisoner to prevent them from escaping3to protect something such as a right or a secret by preventing other people from taking it away, discovering it etc: chiefs who jealously guarded their independence a closely guarded secret4to prevent another sports player from gaining points, getting the ball etcguard against something phrasal verb to prevent something from happening: Exercise can guard against a number of illnesses.guard against doing something Nurses should guard against becoming too attached to their patients.