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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations

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S: (n) guard (the person who plays that position on a football team) "the left guard was injured on the play"
S: (n) guard, safety, safety device (a device designed to prevent injury or accidents)
S: (n) guard (a posture of defence in boxing or fencing) "keep your guard up"
S: (n) guard (the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team)
S: (n) guard (a military unit serving to protect some place or person)

S: (n) home guard (a volunteer unit formed to defend the homeland while the regular army is fighting elsewhere)

S: (n) yeomanry (a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army)

S: (n) National Guard, home reserve (United States military reserves recruited by the states and equipped by the federal government; subject to call by either)

S: (n) Air National Guard, ANG (a civilian reserve component of the United States Air Force that provides prompt mobilization during war and assistance during national emergencies)

S: (n) Army National Guard, ARNG (a civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergencies)

S: (n) Territorial Army (British unit of nonprofessional soldiers organized for the defense of Great Britain)

S: (n) military unit, military force, military group, force (a unit that is part of some military service) "he sent Caesar a force of six thousand men"

S: (n) precaution, safeguard, guard (a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.) "he put an ice pack on the injury as a precaution"; "an insurance policy is a good safeguard"; "we let our guard down"
S: (n) guard duty, guard, sentry duty, sentry go (the duty of serving as a sentry) "he was on guard that night"
S: (n) guard ((American football) a position on the line of scrimmage) "guards must be good blockers"
S: (n) guard (a position on a basketball team)

S: (n) position ((in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player) "what position does he play?"

S: (n) role (normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting) "what is your role on the team?"

S: (n) activity (any specific behavior) "they avoided all recreational activity"

S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)

S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)

S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)

S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))

S: (v) guard (to keep watch over) "there would be men guarding the horses"
S: (v) guard, ward (watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect) "guard my possessions while I'm away"

S: (v) defend, guard, hold (protect against a challenge or attack) "Hold that position behind the trees!"; "Hold the bridge against the enemy's attacks"

S: (v) protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage) "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"

S: (v) prevent, keep (stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state) "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"

S: (v) guard (take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence) "guard against becoming too friendly with the staff"; "guard against infection"