Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to ward
Participle: warded
Gerund: warding
Indicative
Present
| I | ward |
| you | ward |
| he;she;it | wards |
| we | ward |
| you | ward |
| they | ward |
Perfect
| I | have warded |
| you | have warded |
| he;she;it | has warded |
| we | have warded |
| you | have warded |
| they | have warded |
Past
| I | warded |
| you | warded |
| he;she;it | warded |
| we | warded |
| you | warded |
| they | warded |
Pluperfect
| I | had warded |
| you | had warded |
| he;she;it | had warded |
| we | had warded |
| you | had warded |
| they | had warded |
Future
| I | will ward |
| you | will ward |
| he;she;it | will ward |
| we | will ward |
| you | will ward |
| they | will ward |
Future Perfect
| I | will have warded |
| you | will have warded |
| he;she;it | will have warded |
| we | will have warded |
| you | will have warded |
| they | will have warded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | ward |
| you | ward |
| he;she;it | ward |
| we | ward |
| you | ward |
| they | ward |
Perfect
| I | have warded |
| you | have warded |
| he;she;it | have warded |
| we | have warded |
| you | have warded |
| they | have warded |
Imperfect
| I | warded |
| you | warded |
| he;she;it | warded |
| we | warded |
| you | warded |
| they | warded |
Pluperfect
| I | had warded |
| you | had warded |
| he;she;it | had warded |
| we | had warded |
| you | had warded |
| they | had warded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would ward |
| you | would ward |
| he;she;it | would ward |
| we | would ward |
| you | would ward |
| they | would ward |
Perfect
| I | would have warded |
| you | would have warded |
| he;she;it | would have warded |
| we | would have warded |
| you | would have warded |
| they | would have warded |
Imperative
| you | ward |
| we | Let's ward |
| you | ward |
Verbs conjugated like 'ward'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'ward'
award,
bard,
card,
fard,
gard,
hard,
lard,
mard,
sard,
sward,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make or keep a person or object safe from attack
- beshield, beward, brood, cape for, defend, fend, guard, preserve, protect, safeguard, secure, shelter, shield
- deflect
- fend, parry
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English warden, from Old English weardian (“to watch, guard, keep, protect, preserve; hold, possess, occupy, inhabit; rule, govern”), from Proto-West Germanic *wardēn, from Proto-Germanic *wardōną, *wardāną (“to guard”), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend”). Doublet of guard. See: Old English '
weardian'.
Verbs referencing "ward"
German, old spelling
warten, German, Pennsylvania
waarde, Luxembourgish
waarden.
Sample Sentences
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Passing one of these boats at night, and seeing the great body of fire, exposed as I have just described, that rages and roars beneath the frail pile of painted wood: the machinery, not warded off or guarded in any way, but doing its work in the midst of the crowd of idlers and emigrants and children, who throng the lower deck: under the management, too, of reckless men whose acquaintance [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)