WordNet
v. watch over so as to protect; "We must stand sentinel to protect ourselves"; "The jewels over which they kept guard were stolen" [syn: stand guard, stand watch, stand sentinel]
Usage examples of "keep guard".
Captain Mouce remained on her ship to keep guard on the mercenary ships still arriving from far points in the galaxy.
One must keep guard, another go out for a spy, another to battle too.
Saying these words, she summoned the portress, to my great amusement, to keep guard over the inestimable Correggio in her absence, and left the room.
Others of the beings remained, however, as if to keep guard over the earthmen.
But I feared that in the excess of your zeal you might not keep guard upon your tongues, and I am very desirous that my landing in England, and arrival at Dilston, should not be known for the present.
Once outside he pulled her across the Round, not answering the Keep guard as the man said something in a sneering tone.
The police were forever trying to raid them, and the hell-owners used to keep guard-dogs and scouts to watch out for them.
Him and his sons and a bunch of their hired men keep guard on the Church, and do the Dead God's bidding, as he does theirs.
Yet I desire that none shall dwell beyond my walls who know the way hither: and if I trust you, my sister, others I trust less to keep guard on their tongues.