-ward -wards.  Suffixes denoting course or direction to; motion or tendency toward; as in backward, or backwards; toward, or towards, etc.
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 ward
      n 1: a person who is under the protection or in the custody of
           another
      2: a district into which a city or town is divided for the
         purpose of administration and elections
      3: block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms)
         shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they
         put her in a 4-bed ward" [syn: hospital ward]
      4: English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) [syn: Barbara
         Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth]
      5: English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the
         women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) [syn: Mrs. Humphrey
         Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward]
      6: United States businessman who in 1872 established a
         successful mail-order business (1843-1913) [syn: Montgomery
         Ward, Asron Montgomery Ward]
      7: a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
         [syn: cellblock]
      v : watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my
          possessions while I'm away" [syn: guard]
 Ward
    a prison (Gen. 40:3, 4); a watch-station (Isa. 21:8); a guard
    (Neh. 13:30).