Ward

Definition

ward /wↄ:d/ n ၁။ လူနာေဆာင္။ (ေဆး႐ံု) အေဆာင္။ a children's/maternity/surgical ward ❍ a public/private ward. ၂။ ရပ္ကြက္။ There are three candidates standing for election in this ward. ၃။ အအုပ္အထိန္းခံ ကေလး။ She invested the money on behalf of her ward. ❍ The child was made a ward of court. ❏ ward sb/sth off [ PHRV ] တားဆီးကာကြယ္သည္။ ward off blows/disease/danger/intruders. ❏ wardship n [U] ရပ္ကြက္အျဖစ္ သတ္မွတ္ျခင္း။ -ward suff (with advs forming adjs ) သို႔။ ဘက္သို႔။ … ဘက္။ backward ❍ eastward ❍ homeward. -wards (also esp US -ward ) (forming advs ): onward(s) ❍ forward(s).

Examples

1. A surgical/geriatric/psychiatric ward
2. Jo is a staff nurse working on the maternity ward.
3. [admit someone to a ward] : When Julie was admitted to the ward she was still in a lot of pain.
4. She was made a ward of court when her parents died.