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Child
Biologically, a child (plural: children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty. The legal definition of child generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority.Child may also describe a relationship with a parent (such as sons and daughters of any age) or, metaphorically, an authority figure, or signify group membership in a clan, tribe, or religion; it can also signify being strongly affected by a specific time, place, or circumstance, as in “a child of nature” or “a child of the Sixties”.There are many social issues that affect children, such as childhood education, bullying, child poverty, dysfunctional families, child labor, hunger, and child homelessness. Children can be raised by parents, by fosterers, guardians or partially raised in a day care center.
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Child (noun)
A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)
“Go easy on him: he is but a child.”
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Child (noun)
a female child, a girl.
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Child (noun)
One’s son or daughter, regardless of age.
“My youngest child is forty-three.”
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Child (noun)
The thirteenth Lenormand card.
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Child (noun)
A figurative offspring, particularly:
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Child (noun)
A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.
“The children of Israel.”
“He is a child of his times.”
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Child (noun)
Anything derived from or caused by something.
“Poverty, disease, and despair are the children of war.”
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Ward (noun)
A guard; a guardian or watchman.
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Ward (noun)
Protection, defence.
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Ward (noun)
A guard or watchman; now replaced by warden.
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Ward (noun)
The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.).
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Ward (noun)
Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
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Ward (noun)
An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area, or a social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering, approaching or even from being able to locate said protected premises.
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Ward (noun)
Land tenure through military service.
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Ward (noun)
A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
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Ward (noun)
A guarding or defensive motion or position.
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Ward (noun)
An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
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Ward (noun)
A section or subdivision of a prison.
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Ward (noun)
An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
“On our last visit to Tokyo, we went to Chiyoda ward and visited the Emperor’s palace.”
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Ward (noun)
A division of a forest.
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Ward (noun)
A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
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Ward (noun)
A person under guardianship.
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Ward (noun)
A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
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Ward (noun)
A minor looked after by a guardian.
“After the trial, little Robert was declared a ward of the state.”
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Ward (noun)
An object used for guarding.
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Ward (noun)
An underage orphan.
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Ward (verb)
To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
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Ward (verb)
To defend, to protect.
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Ward (verb)
To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; — usually followed by off.
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Ward (verb)
To be vigilant; to keep guard.
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Ward (verb)
To act on the defensive with a weapon.