ward off

English

Verb

ward off (third-person singular simple present wards off, present participle warding off, simple past and past participle warded off)

1. (transitive) to parry, or turn aside

   He raised his arms to ward off the attack.

2. (transitive) to avert or prevent

   He wore garlic to ward off vampires.

Translations

to parry, or turn aside

• Czech: odrazit (cs)
• Dutch: afweren (nl)
• Finnish: torjua (fi)
• French: parer (fr),

• German: abwehren (de)
• Ido: parear (io)
• Japanese: かわす (ja) (kawasu)
• Spanish: evitar (es), esquivar (es)
• Swedish: avvärja

to avert or prevent

• Catalan: prevenir
• Dutch: ontwijken (nl),voorkomen (nl)
• Finnish: torjua (fi)

• French: éviter (fr), prévenir (fr)
• Spanish: prevenir (es)
• Swedish: avvärja

Anagrams

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