guarding

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English

Pronunciation

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Verb

guarding

  1. present participle and gerund of guard

Noun

guarding (countable and uncountable, plural guardings)

  1. The duty of one who guards.
  2. A guardrail.
    • 2012, James Holmes-Seidle, Barrier-Free Design, page 58:
      Guardings and balustrades should be designed to minimize the risk of wheelchair users catching their feet between balusters  []
  3. (medicine) Tensing of the muscles, especially of the abdomen, in order to minimise the movement and agitation to the internal inflamed organs.

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