OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 7851

guard

/ɡɑːd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
custodiar • guachar • guachimanear • guardar • proteger • vigilar
To protect from danger; to secure against surprise, attack, or injury; to keep in safety; to defend.
For Heaven still guards the right.
Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, ⁠My blessing, like a line of light, ⁠Is on the waters day and night, And like a beacon guards thee home.
custodiar • guachar • güeitear • vigilar
To keep watch over, in order to prevent escape or restrain from acts of violence, or the like.
Guard the prisoner.