B2verb · transitive · frequent

guard

guard · guards · guarded · guarding

охороняти, берегти

охранять, беречь, сторожить, караулить

schützen, bewachen

To protect from dangerTo protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.

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UK/ɡɑːd/US/ɡɑɹd/

» Tom couldn't get past the guard.

Tom kam nicht am Wächter vorbei. — Luiaard

Tom konnte am Wachtposten nicht vorbeikommen. — raggione

Том не зміг пройти повз охорону. — deniko

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Meaning

5 senses

(transitive)To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
All of the mountain passes are guarded by troops.
schützen, bewachen
бере́чьberéčʹ, охраня́тьoxranjátʹ, сторожи́тьstorožítʹ
берегти́berehtý, охороня́тиoxoronjáty
protect against a challenge or attack
(transitive)To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
Guard the prisoner.
to keep watch over
(ambitransitive)To watch by way of caution or defense; to be cautious; to be in a state or position of defense or safety.
Careful people guard against mistakes.
(transitive)To protect the edge of, especially with an ornamental border; hence, to face or ornament with lists, laces, etc.
(transitive)To fasten by binding; to gird.

Examples

848 sentences

Tom couldn't get past the guard.
Том не зміг пройти повз охорону. — deniko
deTom kam nicht am Wächter vorbei. — Luiaard
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Tom has been a prison guard for ten years.
Том десять років був охоронником у в'язниці. — deniko
ruТом десять лет был тюремным охранником. — Biga
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Tom is a guard.
Том — охоронець. — deniko
ruТом - сторож. — marafon
deTom ist Wächter. — Zaghawa
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A guard is outside.
Надворі охоронник. — deniko
ruОхранник снаружи. — ranwise
deDraußen ist eine Wache. — BraveSentry
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I'm a prison guard.
Я охоронець у в'язниці. — deniko
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to protect from some offence:

Русский

By meaning 1

to protect from some offence:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to protect from some offence:

Origin

From early Middle French garder or late Old French (circa 14th cent) guarder (“to keep, wa

From early Middle French garder or late Old French (circa 14th cent) guarder (“to keep, ward, guard, save, preserve, etc.”), from Early Medieval Latin wardo, from Frankish *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardāną (“to guard, protect”). Cognate with French garder, Old English weardian (whence also the English inherited doublet ward). See also English regard.

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Forms

guards, guarding, guarded, guarded

Base form	guard · to guard
3rd person singular	guards
Present participle	guarding
Past simple	guarded
Past participle	guarded

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	guard
he, she, it	guards

Past simpleLesson

all persons

guarded

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have guarded
he, she, it	has guarded

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will guard

Synonyms

3 synonyms

Close in meaning

watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect:ward
protect against a challenge or attack:defend hold

Word family

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

12 patterns

security guard
a security guard
a prison guard
the security guard
prison guard
caught off guard
past the guards
completely off guard
security guard at
on guard duty
of the guards
stand guard