Meaning of 'watch' (Webster Dictionary)
- An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing
watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.
- That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who
together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time,
usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and
the starboard watch.
- The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil;
wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close
observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a
watching or guarding by night.
- One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a
body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.
- The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a
watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
- The period of the night during which a person does duty
as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till
his relief; hence, a division of the night.
- A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about
the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.
- To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to
keep vigil.
- To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the
lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.
- To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to
seek opportunity.
- To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to
attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a
fever.
- To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly
in its place; -- said of a buoy.
- To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of,
for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and
observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.
- To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.
Meaning of 'watch' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- see or watch
Example in sentence:- Catch a show on Broadway;
- see a movie;
- This program will be seen all over the world;
- view a show on television;
- view an exhibition
Meaning (2):
- find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort
Example in sentence:- Check whether the train leaves on time;
- find out if he speaks Russian;
- I want to see whether she speaks French;
- See whether it works
Meaning (3):
- follow with the eyes or the mind
Example in sentence:- Keep an eye on the baby, please!;
- She followed the men with the binoculars;
- The world is watching Sarajevo
Meaning (4):
- observe with attention
Example in sentence:- They watched as the murderer was executed
Meaning (5):
- look attentively
Meaning (6):
- observe or determine by looking
Example in sentence:- Watch how the dog chases the cats away
Meaning (7):
- be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful
Example in sentence:- Watch out for pickpockets!
Definition
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