Keep
Keep verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Usage example: may God bless and keep you
Ward
Ward verb - To drive danger or attack away from.
Usage example: vowed that he would take whatever measures were necessary to ward the nation's people
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| old | old keep | old ward |
| good | good keep | good ward |
| full | full keep | full ward |
| perfect | perfect keep | perfect ward |
| Other adjectives: regular, single, small, powerful, actual, dark, main, private, remaining. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Even people treated with medical doses of I-131 are kept in the hospital ward until their "glow" fades, and the staff are made to wear lead aprons around them to keep the exposure to a minimum.
- The reason was that, in the absence of a regular army and police force, it was the duty of citizen militias to keep watch and ward at night to capture and confront suspicious persons.
- Anne was married to Lancaster; after the war she became a ward of George, who did everything he could to keep them apart.
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