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keep ward

keep ward verb: to maintain guard, watch, or vigilance over something.

Verb

keep ward (third-person singular simple present keeps ward, present participle keeping ward, simple past and past participle kept ward)

  1. (dated, obsolete) To maintain guard, watch, or vigilance over something.

Forms of keep ward

third-person singular presentkeeps ward
present participlekeeping ward
past participlekept ward
pastkept ward

Questions about keep ward

What does keep ward mean?
Keep ward means to maintain guard, watch, or vigilance over something.
What part of speech is keep ward?
Keep ward is a verb.
What is the past tense of keep ward?
The past tense of keep ward is kept ward.

Words near keep ward in the dictionary

  1. keep up appearances
  2. keep up with
  3. keep up with the Joneses
  4. keep up with the times
  5. keep vigil
  6. keep ward
  7. keep watch
  8. keep wicket
  9. keep your friends close, and your enemies closer
  10. keep yourself safe
  11. keep'st

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