ɡɑːd ɡɑɹd watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect guard my possessions while I'm away a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care they put her in a 4-bed ward a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another