Such a thin padded coat cannot ward off the cold mountain wind.
Superstition: There should always be a light burning in an empty theater to ward off ghosts.
Their elaborate designs and hues are deliberately ostentatious to ward off potential predators, a tactic called aposematic coloration.
The intruder lunged at Stevens with a knife;Stevens snatched up a briefcase to ward off the blow.
Mr Phillipson's book includes a pen-and-ink caricature of Smith trapped in a bubble of contemplation, holding a nosegay to ward off Edinburgh's stench.
For centuries, people who live in the high Andes have chewed coca leaves, whose alkaloids act as a mild stimulant and help to ward off cold and hunger.
On a scorching afternoon, family gathered in the living room to play with Mehek, now five months old, sporting a small dot on her eyebrow to ward off evil spirits.
Then she was violently yanked backward off her feet.
