a device designed to prevent injury or accidents
the duty of serving as a sentry
a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.
watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
protect against a challenge or attack
(American football) a position on the line of scrimmage
a military unit serving to protect some place or person
a person who keeps watch over something or someone
a position on a basketball team
a posture of defence in boxing or fencing
take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence
the person who plays that position on a football team
the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team
to keep watch over
fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind
be set at a disadvantage
fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit
fail to get or obtain
fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
fail to win
miss from one's possessions; lose sight of
suffer the loss of a person through death or removal
withdraw, as from reality
