watch
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noun- 1.
A portable or wearable timepiece.
Meronyms: watch face, watch receiver, watchspring, watch battery, watchstrap, watch strap, watchband
More people today carry a watch on their wrists than in their pockets; some people today don't use a watch at all, because their smartphone serves the purpose well enough.
He set the alarm on his watch to 8:00 am.
- 2.
The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
- 3.
A particular time period when guarding is kept.
The second watch of the night began at midnight.
- 4.
A period of wakefulness between the two sleeps of a biphasic sleep pattern (the dead sleep or first sleep and morning sleep or second sleep): the first waking.
- 5.
A person or group of people who guard.
The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.
- 6.
The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
- 7.
(nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
- 8.
(nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the working of a vessel during the same watch. (FM 55–501).
- 9.
The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(ambitransitive)To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
Watching the clock will not make time go faster.
I'm tired of watching TV.
- 2.
(transitive)To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
Watch this!
Put a little baking soda in some vinegar and watch what happens.
- 3.
(transitive)To mind, attend, or guard.
Please watch my suitcase for a minute.
He has to watch the kids that afternoon.
- 4.
(transitive)To be wary or cautious of.
You should watch that guy. He has a reputation for lying.
- 5.
(transitive)To attend to dangers to or regarding.
watch your head; watch your step
Watch yourself when you talk to him.
Watch what you say.
- 6.
(intransitive)To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
- 7.
(intransitive)To be vigilant or on one's guard.
For some must watch, while some must sleep: So runs the world away.
- 8.
(intransitive)To act as a lookout.
- 9.
(nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
- 10.
(intransitive, obsolete)To be awake.
- 11.
(obsolete, transitive)To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
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