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solitary
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adjective
(= lone, lonely)
characterized by or preferring solitude
a lone wolf
a lonely existence
a man of a solitary disposition
a solitary walk
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adjective
of plants and animals; not growing or living in groups or colonies
solitary bees
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noun
confinement of a prisoner in isolation from other prisoners
he was held in solitary
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adjective
(= lonely, unfrequented)
devoid of creatures
a lonely crossroads
a solitary retreat
a trail leading to an unfrequented lake
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noun
(= hermit)
one who lives in solitude
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adjective
(= alone, lone, lonely)
lacking companions or companionship
he was alone when we met him
she is alone much of the time
the lone skier on the mountain
a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel
a lonely soul
a solitary traveler
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adjective
(= lone, lonesome, only, sole)
being the only one; single and isolated from others
the lone doctor in the entire county
a lonesome pine
an only child
the sole heir
the sole example
a solitary instance of cowardice
a solitary speck in the sky
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.