warded

1. 1
   verb

   Past tense of ward. Use this form when the guarding or blocking already happened.

   The guards warded the gate through the whole night.

   She warded off the cold with a thick wool blanket.

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2. 2
   adjective

   Describes a lock with metal ridges inside that stop keys of the wrong shape.

   Like a little maze inside the lock that only the right key can get through.

   The warded lock on the old chest resisted every key but its own.

   Grandpa kept his coins in a box with a simple warded lock.

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