ward

«ward» in Mova's school dictionary: A room in a hospital with beds for patients — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a ward, wards); verb (ward off)

meaning for a pupil

1) A room in a hospital with beds for patients. tree →

2) An area of a town or city that votes for its own councillor. tree →

3) A child who is looked after by a guardian or court, not their parents. tree →

4) (verb, «ward off») To keep something bad away: ward off germs. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life: a children's ward in hospital. In citizenship: local wards and councillors. In stories: a ward of a rich family. In health: washing hands to ward off colds. Phrases: «hospital ward», «ward off».

examples

• Grandpa is on a ward on the third floor. tree →
• The nurses on the children's ward were very kind. tree →
• Our town is split into six wards. tree →
• The orphan became the ward of her uncle. tree →
• Garlic was said to ward off vampires in old stories. tree →
• Wear a warm coat to ward off the cold. tree →
• “Let us do so,” his ward agreed tree →

note

Countable. «Ward off» is a phrasal verb: warded off. Words with -ward (forward, backward) mean direction and are different. Garlic warding off vampires is only a story.

In the corpora

• It's a special hospital ward where doctors and nurses look after very poorly or very early babies all day and all night.
• Intensive care is a special hospital ward where very poorly or very early babies are watched day and night.
• Children's wards have nurses, doctors and play specialists, and usually a bed or chair so a parent can stay overnight.
• Children's wards let a parent stay and have play areas and friendly staff, so a child in hospital is not left alone.
• And he put them all together into ward three days.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «ward» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.