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guarding

noun

  1. standing watch over something
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/ / /ˈɡɑːdɪŋ/

noun

  1. The duty of one who guards.
  2. A guardrail.

    Guardings and balustrades should be designed to minimize the risk of wheelchair users catching their feet between balusters […]

  3. Tensing of the muscles, especially of the abdomen, in order to minimise the movement and agitation to the internal inflamed organs.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of guard