guards in English

noun

1

a person who keeps watch, especially a soldier or other person formally assigned to protect a person or to control access to a place.

a security guard

synonyms: sentry, sentinel, security guard, watchman, night watchman, protector, defender, guardian, lookout, watch, garrison, border patrol

2

a device worn or fitted to prevent injury or damage.

a retractable blade guard

synonyms: safety guard, safety device, protective device, shield, screen, fender, bumper, buffer

3

a defensive posture adopted in a boxing, fencing, or martial arts contest or in a fight.

this kick can curl around an otherwise effective guard

verb

1

watch over in order to protect or control.

they were sent to guard villagers from attack by bandits

noun

sentry, sentinel, security guard, watchman, night watchman, protector, defender, guardian, lookout, watch, garrison, border patrol
warden, warder, keeper, jailer, screw, turnkey
vigilance, vigil, watch, surveillance, watchfulness, caution, heed, attention, care, wariness
safety guard, safety device, protective device, shield, screen, fender, bumper, buffer
safety, safety device
precaution, safeguard
guard duty, sentry go, sentry duty

verb

protect, keep under surveillance, beware of, ward, defend
protect, stand guard over, watch over, keep an eye on, cover, patrol, police, defend, shield, safeguard, keep safe, secure
keep under surveillance, keep under guard, keep watch over, surveil, mind
beware of, keep watch for, be alert to, keep an eye out for, be on the lookout for, be on the alert for
ward
defend, hold

Use "guards" in a sentence

1. Guards!

2. Guards.

3. Guards down.

4. Rail guards

5. Summon the guards.

6. Hello, mer-guards!

7. Guards, after him.

8. The Green Guards.

9. Boxing gloves, pads, skin pads, kick guards, cups, abdomen guards, belly pads, strike shields, thai pads, paddles, punch cushions, target pads, ankle pads, ear guards, elbow guards, knee pads

10. Are those guards?

11. Door Latch Protectors, Guards & Astragals; Door Latch Protectors, Guards & Astragals

12. Leave your guards outside

13. Guards are even closer.

14. Bulwarks, rails and guards

15. Your guards are dead.

16. It guards the forest.

17. Windows have Childproof window guards

18. We're spies, you're security guards.

19. Security guards patrol the perimeter.

20. Bollard Posts And Machine Guards

21. The streets cleared by guards?

22. Brawling with the Cardinal's Guards.

23. Guards patrolled the perimeter fence.

24. The Royal Guards are here

25. The 1st Brigade, known as the Household Brigade, commanded by Major-General Lord Edward Somerset, consisted of guards regiments: the 1st and 2nd Life Guards, the Royal Horse Guards (the Blues), and the 1st (King's) Dragoon Guards.

26. Accessories for hunting firearms, in particular trigger guards, shaft magazines and caps, monogrammed caps and trigger guards

27. The guards hardly ever patrol it.

28. How did you kill those guards?

29. Prince, the guards are coming up.

30. Assuming there are no security guards.

31. One thousand guards and one prisoner.

32. The British guards searched his clothes.

33. The shipment was escorted by guards.

34. New camp, expert guards, the elite.

35. The guards hastily escorted me out.

36. Colonel Sailing commands the Guards Regiment.

37. Guards can be seen patrolling everywhere.

38. Shall I call back the guards?

39. Now you'd better replace the guards.

40. Perhaps the king's guards took him.

41. What prevented "good guards" from objecting or Countermanding the orders from tough or bad guards? 2

42. They usually consist of Foot Guards (guards on foot) wearing full-dress uniform of red tunics and Bearskins (hats).

43. Uniforms were issued for prisoners and guards alike; the guards' uniforms had a special Totenkopf insignia on their collars.

44. Restaurants post armed guards; the homes of the wealthy have walls with razor-wire, floodlights, cameras and security guards.”

45. There's king's guards searching the woods everywhere.

46. The frontier is patrolled by border guards.

47. 22 Colonel Sailing commands the Guards Regiment.

48. The seven elite guards from Qin Court...

49. The constitution guards the liberty of people.

50. Prepare the guards in the upper galleries.