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outguard

outguard noun: a guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy.

Noun

outguard (plural outguards)

  1. A guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy.
  2. (broadly) Anything for defense placed at a distance from the thing to be defended.

Verb

outguard (third-person singular simple present outguards, present participle outguarding, simple past and past participle outguarded)

  1. To serve as an outguard at.
    • The defense complex itself, not unlike that organized in and around Abu Ageila, consisted of several batallion strongpoints outguarded and flank protected by platoon, detachment, and company sized units.1962 May-June, Stuart A. Beckley, “"Operation Kadesh", Mobility Masterpiece”, in Armor, page 60
    • To most of them Dong Tre was only a place somewhere other than the port that they outguarded.1992, S. L. A Marshall, The Fields of Bamboo
  2. To do a better job of guarding than.
    • He outguessed, outscored, and outguarded the Tiger, though the latter in a guard position showed that he was a real basketball man.1921, The Colorado School of Mines Magazine - Volumes 11-13, page 22
    • Whereas, the Bulls outgunned, outguarded and outplayed the Los Angeles Lakers Wednesday, June 12, to claim their fourth victory in the best-of seven series for the National Basketball Association title; […]1991, Illinois. General Assembly. Senate, Journal of the Senate, page 2421

Forms of outguard

Noun
pluraloutguards
Verb
third-person singular presentoutguards
present participleoutguarding
past participleoutguarded
pastoutguarded

Origin of outguard

From out + guard or out- + guard.

Questions about outguard

What does outguard mean?
Outguard means a guard or small body of troops at a distance from the main body of an army, to watch for the approach of an enemy.
What part of speech is outguard?
Outguard can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of outguard?
The plural of outguard is outguards.

Words near outguard in the dictionary

  1. outgrowings
  2. outgrown
  3. outgrows
  4. outgrowth
  5. outgrowths
  6. outguard
  7. outguarded
  8. outguarding
  9. outguards
  10. outguess
  11. outguessed

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