guard
verb/ɡɑːd/
/ɡɑːrd/
Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they guard | /ɡɑːd/ /ɡɑːrd/ |
| he / she / it guards | /ɡɑːdz/ /ɡɑːrdz/ |
| past simple guarded | /ˈɡɑːdɪd/ /ˈɡɑːrdɪd/ |
| past participle guarded | /ˈɡɑːdɪd/ /ˈɡɑːrdɪd/ |
| -ing form guarding | /ˈɡɑːdɪŋ/ /ˈɡɑːrdɪŋ/ |
- guard somebody/something to protect property, places or people from attack or danger
- Armed officers guarded the entrance.
- The dog was guarding its owner's luggage.
- political leaders guarded by the police
- You can't get in; the whole place is guarded.
- (figurative) The recipe is a closely guarded secret.
Extra ExamplesTopics Dangerb1, War and conflictb1- He was under instructions to guard the key with his life.
- She jealously guarded her position of power.
- The military base is closely guarded.
- The mountain pass is well guarded.
- a bird carefully guarding its eggs
- pop stars who need to be guarded from their fans
- strictly guarded privacy
- tightly guarded privacy
- Delegates at the conference were guarded by the police.
- They guard the city against attack.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- well
- carefully
- fiercely
- …
- against
- from
- closely guarded
- heavily guarded
- guard somebody/something with your life
- …
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- guard somebody to prevent prisoners from escaping
- The prisoners were guarded by soldiers.
- guard somebody (in basketball) to stay close to a player from the other team to stop them from passing the ball or scoring
- He was given the job of guarding the Rocks' star player.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘care, custody’): from Old French garde (noun), garder (verb), of West Germanic origin. Compare with ward.
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