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verbIf you guard a place, person, or object, you stand near them in order to watch and protect them.Gunmen guarded homes near the cemetery with shotguns....the heavily guarded courtroom.If you guard someone, you watch them and keep them in a particular place to stop them from escaping.Marines with rifles guarded them.He is being guarded by a platoon of police.If you guard some information or advantage that you have, you try to protect it or keep it for yourself.He closely guarded her identity....a threat to the country's jealously guarded unity.nounA guard is someone such as a soldier, police officer, or prison officer who is guarding a particular place or person.The prisoners overpowered their guards and locked them in a cell.A guard is a specially organized group of people, such as soldiers or police officers, who protect or watch someone or something.We have a security guard around the whole area.A heavily armed guard of police have sealed off the city centre.On a train, a guard is a person whose job is to travel on the train in order to help passengers, check tickets, and make sure that the train travels safely and on time.A guard is a protective device which covers a part of someone's body or a dangerous part of a piece of equipment....the chin guard of my helmet.A blade guard is fitted to protect the operator.Some regiments in the British Army, or the soldiers in them, are referred to as Guards ....the Grenadier Guards. B1

word	guard
definition	verb If you guard a place, person, or object, you stand near them in order to watch and protect them. Gunmen guarded homes near the cemetery with shotguns. ...the heavily guarded courtroom. If you guard someone, you watch them and keep them in a particular place to stop them from escaping. Marines with rifles guarded them. He is being guarded by a platoon of police. If you guard some information or advantage that you have, you try to protect it or keep it for yourself. He closely guarded her identity. ...a threat to the country's jealously guarded unity. noun A guard is someone such as a soldier, police officer, or prison officer who is guarding a particular place or person. The prisoners overpowered their guards and locked them in a cell. A guard is a specially organized group of people, such as soldiers or police officers, who protect or watch someone or something. We have a security guard around the whole area. A heavily armed guard of police have sealed off the city centre. On a train, a guard is a person whose job is to travel on the train in order to help passengers, check tickets, and make sure that the train travels safely and on time. A guard is a protective device which covers a part of someone's body or a dangerous part of a piece of equipment. ...the chin guard of my helmet. A blade guard is fitted to protect the operator. Some regiments in the British Army, or the soldiers in them, are referred to as Guards . ...the Grenadier Guards.
inflections	guardsguardingguarded
cefr-level	B1

Guard Guarded Protect Watch Police Order Heavily Place