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guarded

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑɹdɪd/ / /ˈɡɑːdɪd/

adj

  1. Cautious; restrained.

    guarded outlook

    guarded optimism

  2. Cautious; restrained.

    guarded prognosis

    prognosis is guarded

  3. Watched over; supervised.
  4. Having a guard, e.g. a crossguard (on a sword), a faceguard (on a helmet), or a hatguard (on a chapeau).

    On the helmet , which is of gold, affrontee, guarded with perpendicular bars, and adorned with a mantled gules, doubled, or, is this crest.

    On a chapeau gules, guarded ermine, a gurnet (fish) urinant proper.

verb

  1. simple past and past participle of guard