- a person who keeps watch over something or someone
- to keep watch over; "there would be men guarding the horses"
- the person who plays that position on a football team; "the left guard was injured on the play"
- watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away"
- a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
- defend: protect against a challenge or attack; "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"
- In American and Canadian football, a guard (G) is a player that lines up between the center and the tackles on the offensive line of a football team.
- The three basketball positions normally employed by organized basketball teams are guard, forward, and center. More specifically, they can be classified into the five positions: point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward, and center. ...
- In computer programming, a guard is a boolean expression that must evaluate to true if the program execution is to continue in the branch in question. The term is used at least in Haskell, Clean, Erlang, occam, Promela and OCaml programming languages. ...
- The guard, or in Judo sometimes referred to colloquially as do-osae, "trunk hold" ; in Catch Wrestling, the "front body scissor", is a ground grappling position where one combatant has their back to the ground, while holding the other combatant using the legs. ...
- The Guardians of Time (known also as The Guard) is a fictional society dedicated to preserving history against the attempts of the Order of Chaos to alter it. It is headed by a sexless immortal called Lorian, who is backed by a Tribunal of nine members, each a representative of a house.
- The hilt (sometimes called the haft) of a sword is its handle, consisting of a guard, grip and pommel. The guard may contain a crossguard or quillons. A tassel or sword knot may be attached to the guard or pommel.
- a person (or thing) who protects or watches over something; A squad responsible for protecting something; a part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts; panel of a car which encloses the wheel area, especially the front wheels; A relatively short player, playing farther from the ...
- (Guards) The two players who typically move the ball from the backcourt into the frontcourt and then position themselves farthest from the basket.
- (Guards) Marozzo had 13 guards to be used with a cut and thrust sword. Agrippa, who used the rapier, reduced these to four main guards.
- (Guards) Rows of Fur upon the dexter side of Peer's Mantles and denote the rank, viz. Four guards for a Duke, Three and half for a Marquis. Three for an Earl. Two and a half for a Viscount and Two for a Baron.
- (Guards) Strips of paper inserted in the backs of books intended for the insertion of plates, to prevent the book being uneven when filled; also the strips upon which plates are mounted.
- (The Guards) Irish term for the Garda Síochána; (Garda Síochána na hÉireann – Irish for “Guard(ians) of the Peace of Ireland”).
- (guards) A guard is a fixed part inside a lock to prevent false keys from turning, or to prevent an instrument from reaching the bolt or levers.
- (guards) the 2 players on each team who are the smallest on the court; they usually handle setting up plays and passing to teammates closer to the basket.
- a narrow strip of paper or linen pasted to a single leaf to allow sewing into a section for binding.
- An offensive position played primarily at the perimeter, or away from the basket.
- An acrylic resin appliance designed to stabilize and protect the teeth from traumatic effects of bruxism or other bad occlusal habits. (See Bruxism)
- This means exactly what it says. Guards are programs or program elements that have a protective role, meaning that they protect the computer or parts of the computer from particular attacks.
- The guard is when both opponents are engaged in grappling on the ground with one on top of the other. The fighter on the bottom is on his back, facing up, with his legs between him and the fighter on top. ...