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ward
Noun
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A ward is an area in a hospital that focused on one kind of medicine.
We visited them in the hospital's children's ward.
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A ward is an area of a city.
The lower ninth ward of New Orleans was destroyed by the flood.
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A ward is someone, usually a child, who is under the legal care of someone else.
ward
Verb
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If you ward off something bad, you do something to keep it away.
lock
Noun
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A lock is a metal thing on a door (or on a window, drawer, etc.) that stops people from opening the door unless they have the right key to open it.
No one will take things from my house. I have a very strong lock on the door.
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A lock is two or more gates (doors) in water to let boats move from lower water to higher water or the other way.
lock
Verb
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Someone locks a door when they close the lock with a key so that no one can come in.
Remember to lock the door when you leave the house.