to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.
2.
to look or wait attentively and expectantly (usually fol. by for): to watch for a signal; to watch for an opportunity.
3.
to be careful or cautious: Watch when you cross the street.
4.
to keep awake, esp. for a purpose; remain vigilant, as for protection or safekeeping: to watch with a sick person.
5.
to keep vigil, as for devotional purposes.
6.
to keep guard: She was assigned to watch at the door.
–verb (used with object)
7.
to keep under attentive view or observation, as in order to see or learn something; view attentively or with interest: to watch a play; to watch a football game.
8.
to contemplate or regard mentally: to watch his progress.
9.
to look or wait attentively and expectantly for: to watch one's opportunity.
10.
to guard, tend, or oversee, esp. for protection or safekeeping: to watch the baby.
–noun
11.
close, continuous observation for the purpose of seeing or discovering something: Their watch for the birds was unrewarding.
12.
vigilant guard, as for protection or restraint: to keep watch for prowlers.
13.
a keeping awake for some special purpose: a watch beside a sickbed.
14.
a period of time for watching or keeping guard: to stand the first watch.
15.
a small, portable timepiece, as a wrist watch or pocket watch.
16.
a chronometer.
17.
Nautical.
a.
a period of time, usually four hours, during which one part of a ship's crew is on duty, taking turns with another part.
b.
the officers and crew who attend to the working of a ship for an allotted period of time.
18.
one of the periods, usually three or four, into which the night was divided in ancient times, as by the Greeks or Hebrews: the fourth watch of the night.
19.
a person or group that watches, as a lookout, guard, or sentinel: A watch was posted at sunset.
20.
Also called storm watch.Meteorology. an announcement from the U.S. National Weather Service alerting the public that dangerous weather conditions are a possibility and that vigilance and precautionary preparations are advised: hurricane watch, tornado watch. Compare advisory(def. 5), warning(def. 3).
21.
a flock of nightingales.
—Verb phrases
22.
watch out, to be on one's guard; be cautious: Watch out for cars when you cross the road.
23.
watch over, to guard for protection or safekeeping: She watched over us like a mother hen over her brood.
—Idioms
24.
on the watch, vigilant; alert: The hunter was on the watch for game.
25.
watch oneself,
a.
to be cautious.
b.
to practice discretion or self-restraint.
[Origin: bef. 900; 1580–90 for def. 15; (v.) ME wacchen, OE wæccan, doublet of wacian to be awake (see wake1); (n.) ME wacche, OE wæcce, deriv. of wæccan]
—Synonyms 1.Watch,look,see imply being aware of things around one by perceiving them through the eyes. To watch is to be a spectator, to look on or observe, or to fix the attention upon during passage of time: to watch while a procession passes. To look is to direct the gaze with the intention of seeing, to use the eyesight with attention: to look for violets in the spring; to look at articles displayed for sale. To see is to perceive with the eyes, to obtain a visual impression, with or without fixing the attention: animals able to see in the dark. 9. await. 10. protect. 11. inspection, attention. 12. vigil.
O.E. wæccan "keep watch, be awake," from P.Gmc. *wakojan; essentially the same word as O.E. wacian "be or remain awake" (see wake (v.)); perhaps a Northumbrian form. Watchdog is recorded from 1610; fig. sense is attested from 1845.
O.E. wæcce "a watching," from wæccan (see watch (v.)). Sense of "sentinel" is recorded from c.1300; that of "person or group officially patroling a town (esp. at night) to keep order, etc." is first recorded 1539. Meaning "period of time in which a division of a ship's crew remains on deck" is from 1585. Sense of "period into which a night was divided in ancient times" translates L. vigilia, Gk. phylake, Heb. ashmoreth.
"The Hebrews divided the night into three watches, the Greeks usually into four (sometimes five), the Romans (followed by the Jews in New Testament times) into four." [OED]
The meaning "small timepiece" is from 1588, developing from that of "a clock to wake up sleepers" (1440). Watchmaker is recorded from 1630; watchtower is attested from 1544.
a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
3.
a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe
4.
the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
5.
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event [syn: lookout]
6.
the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) [syn: vigil]
verb
1.
look attentively; "watch a basketball game"
2.
follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"
3.
see or watch; "view a show on television"; "This program will be seen all over the world"; "view an exhibition"; "Catch a show on Broadway"; "see a movie"
4.
observe with attention; "They watched as the murderer was executed"
5.
be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful; "Watch out for pickpockets!"
6.
observe or determine by looking; "Watch how the dog chases the cats away"
7.
find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort; "I want to see whether she speaks French"; "See whether it works"; "find out if he speaks Russian"; "Check whether the train leaves on time" [syn: determine]
a small instrument for telling the time by, worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket of a waistcoat etc Example: He wears a gold watch; a wrist-watch
Arabic:
ساعَه
Chinese (Simplified):
手表
Chinese (Traditional):
手表
Czech:
hodinky
Danish:
ur; -ur; armbåndsur
Dutch:
horloge
Estonian:
käekell
Finnish:
kello
French:
montre
German:
die Uhr
Greek:
ρολόι (χεριού, τσέπης)
Hungarian:
óra
Icelandic:
úr
Indonesian:
arloji
Italian:
orologio
Japanese:
時計
Korean:
시계
Latvian:
(rokas, kabatas) pulkstenis
Lithuanian:
(kišeninis, rankinis) laikrodis
Norwegian:
klokke, ur
Polish:
zegarek
Portuguese (Brazil):
relógio
Portuguese (Portugal):
relógio
Romanian:
ceas
Russian:
часы
Slovak:
hodinky
Slovenian:
ura
Spanish:
reloj (de bolsillo, *pulsera)
Swedish:
fick-, armbandsur
Turkish:
kol saati
watch2[wotʃ]noun
a period of standing guard during the night Example: I'll take the watch from two o'clock till six.
Arabic:
فَتْرَة الحِراسَه
Chinese (Simplified):
守卫
Chinese (Traditional):
守衛
Czech:
stráž
Danish:
vagt
Dutch:
wacht
Estonian:
öövalvekord
Finnish:
yövartio
French:
garde
German:
die Wache
Greek:
σκοπιά
Hungarian:
őrség
Icelandic:
vakt
Indonesian:
tugas jaga
Italian:
guardia
Japanese:
見張り時間
Korean:
불침번, 야경
Latvian:
sardze
Lithuanian:
budėjimas, sargyba
Norwegian:
vakt
Polish:
warta, wachta
Portuguese (Brazil):
guarda
Portuguese (Portugal):
vigília
Romanian:
gardă
Russian:
караул
Slovak:
stráž
Slovenian:
straža
Spanish:
guardia
Swedish:
vakt
Turkish:
nöbet
watch3[wotʃ]noun
in the navy etc, a group of officers and men who are on duty at a given time Example: The night watch come(s) on duty soon.
Arabic:
الحُرّاس، فَريق المُناوبَه
Chinese (Simplified):
值班时间
Chinese (Traditional):
值班時間
Czech:
směna
Danish:
-hold
Dutch:
wacht
Estonian:
valve
Finnish:
vahtivuoro
French:
quart
German:
die Wache
Greek:
βάρδια, σκοπιά
Hungarian:
őrség (hajón)
Icelandic:
vakt
Indonesian:
jaga
Italian:
guardia
Japanese:
当直員
Korean:
당직, 당직자
Latvian:
sardze
Lithuanian:
pamaina
Norwegian:
vakt(mannskap)
Polish:
wachta
Portuguese (Brazil):
quarto
Portuguese (Portugal):
turno
Romanian:
cart
Russian:
вахта
Slovak:
hliadka
Slovenian:
straža na ladji
Spanish:
guardia, vigía
Swedish:
vakt, törn
Turkish:
vardiya
watch1[wotʃ]verb
to look at (someone or something) Example: He was watching her carefully; He is watching television.
Arabic:
يَنْظُر، يُشاهِد
Chinese (Simplified):
观看
Chinese (Traditional):
觀看
Czech:
dívat se, sledovat
Danish:
se
Dutch:
kijken naar
Estonian:
vaatama
Finnish:
katsoa
French:
regarder
German:
beobachten
Greek:
παρακολουθώ
Hungarian:
néz
Icelandic:
horfa á, fylgjast með
Indonesian:
menjaga
Italian:
guardare
Japanese:
見守る
Korean:
…을 보다, 구경하다
Latvian:
skatīties; vērot
Lithuanian:
stebėti, žiūrėti
Norwegian:
se på, betrakte, iaktta
Polish:
obserwować, oglądać
Portuguese (Brazil):
ver, olhar
Portuguese (Portugal):
ver
Romanian:
a se uita, a privi
Russian:
наблюдать; смотреть
Slovak:
pozerať sa
Slovenian:
gledati
Spanish:
mirar; observar
Swedish:
se (titta) på
Turkish:
bakmak, seyretmek
watch2[wotʃ]verb
to keep a lookout (for) Example: They've gone to watch for the ship coming in; Could you watch for the postman?
Arabic:
يُراقِب، يَتَرَبَّص
Chinese (Simplified):
注视
Chinese (Traditional):
注視
Czech:
podívat se (po), hlídat
Danish:
holde udkig efter; holde øje med
Dutch:
uitkijken
Estonian:
jälgima
Finnish:
tähystää
French:
guetter
German:
abpassen
Greek:
προσέχω πότε θα φανεί κπ. ή κτ.
Hungarian:
figyel
Icelandic:
hafa auga með
Indonesian:
mengawasi
Italian:
sorvegliare, (tenere d'occhio)
Japanese:
見張る
Korean:
지켜보다
Latvian:
uzmanīt
Lithuanian:
žiūrėti, budėti, laukti
Norwegian:
speide etter, stå vakt, holde utkikk
Polish:
wypatrywać
Portuguese (Brazil):
ver, ficar de olho
Portuguese (Portugal):
esperar
Romanian:
a se uita (după)
Russian:
ждать, поджидать
Slovak:
pozerať sa; striehnuť
Slovenian:
prežati na
Spanish:
esperar; estar al acecho, estar al tanto
Swedish:
hålla utkik efter
Turkish:
beklemek, gözlemek
watch3[wotʃ]verb
to be careful of (someone or something) Example: Watch (that) you don't fall off!; Watch him! He's dangerous.
Arabic:
يَحْذَر، يَحْتَرِس، يَنْتَبِه
Chinese (Simplified):
注意
Chinese (Traditional):
注意
Czech:
dávat pozor (na)
Danish:
passe på
Dutch:
oppassen
Estonian:
(millegi, kellegi suhtes) ettevaatlik olema
Finnish:
varoa
French:
faire attention (de, *à)
German:
aufpassen (auf)
Greek:
προσέχω, φυλάγομαι από
Hungarian:
vigyáz
Icelandic:
vara sig á
Indonesian:
berhati-hati
Italian:
(fare attenzione)
Japanese:
～に用心する
Korean:
…를 조심하다, 경계하다
Latvian:
uzmanīties; piesargāties
Lithuanian:
būti atsargiam, saugotis
Norwegian:
passe på, være forsiktig
Polish:
uważać
Portuguese (Brazil):
tomar cuidado
Portuguese (Portugal):
prestar atenção
Romanian:
a fi atent (la)
Russian:
остерегаться
Slovak:
dávať (si) pozor
Slovenian:
paziti (se)
Spanish:
tener cuidado, vigilar
Swedish:
se upp
Turkish:
dikkat etmek
watch4[wotʃ]verb
to guard or take care of Example: Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape; Please watch the baby while I go shopping.
Arabic:
يَحْرُس، يَنْتَبِه لِ، يَحْذَر
Chinese (Simplified):
监视
Chinese (Traditional):
監視
Czech:
hlídat
Danish:
holde øje med
Dutch:
letten op
Estonian:
valvama
Finnish:
vahtia
French:
surveiller
German:
aufpassen auf
Greek:
προσέχω, επιβλέπω
Hungarian:
őriz
Icelandic:
gæta
Indonesian:
menjaga
Italian:
sorvegliare
Japanese:
監視する
Korean:
지키다, 돌보다
Latvian:
pieskatīt; apsargāt
Lithuanian:
saugoti
Norwegian:
passe på, holde øye med, vokte
Polish:
pilnować
Portuguese (Brazil):
vigiar
Portuguese (Portugal):
vigiar
Romanian:
a supraveghea
Russian:
следить
Slovak:
striehnuť, strážiť, dať pozor
Slovenian:
paziti
Spanish:
vigilar; cuidar
Swedish:
bevaka, vaka över, passa
Turkish:
göz kulak olmak, bekçilik etmek
watch5[wotʃ]verb
to wait for (a chance, opportunity etc) Example: Watch your chance, and then run.
A*larm"\ ([.a]*l[aum]rm"), n. [F. alarme, It. all' arme to arms ! fr. L. arma, pl., arms. See Arms, and cf. Alarum.]1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. Arming to answer in a night alarm. --Shak. 2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. --Joel ii. 1. 3. A sudden attack; disturbance; broil. [R.] "These home alarms." --Shak. Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope. 4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise. Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. --Macaulay. 5. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum. Alarm bell, a bell that gives notice on danger. Alarm clock or watch, a clock or watch which can be so set as to ring or strike loudly at a prearranged hour, to wake from sleep, or excite attention. Alarm gauge, a contrivance attached to a steam boiler for showing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the water in the boiler too low. Alarm post, a place to which troops are to repair in case of an alarm. Syn: Fright; affright; terror; trepidation; apprehension; consternation; dismay; agitation; disquiet; disquietude. Usage: Alarm, Fright, Terror, Consternation. These words express different degrees of fear at the approach of danger. Fright is fear suddenly excited, producing confusion of the senses, and hence it is unreflecting. Alarm is the hurried agitation of feeling which springs from a sense of immediate and extreme exposure. Terror is agitating and excessive fear, which usually benumbs the faculties. Consternation is overwhelming fear, and carries a notion of powerlessness and amazement. Alarm agitates the feelings; terror disorders the understanding and affects the will; fright seizes on and confuses the sense; consternation takes possession of the soul, and subdues its faculties. See Apprehension.
Biv"ouac\, n. [F. bivouac, bivac, prab. fr. G. beiwache, or beiwacht; bei by, near + wachen to watch, wache watch, guard. See By, and Watch.] (Mil.) (a) The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack. (b) An encampment for the night without tents or covering.
Face\, n. [F., from L. facies form, shape, face, perh. from facere to make (see Fact); or perh. orig. meaning appearance, and from a root meaning to shine, and akin to E. fancy. Cf. Facetious.]1. The exterior form or appearance of anything; that part which presents itself to the view; especially, the front or upper part or surface; that which particularly offers itself to the view of a spectator. A mist . . . watered the whole face of the ground. --Gen. ii. 6. Lake Leman wooes me with its crystal face. --Byron. 2. That part of a body, having several sides, which may be seen from one point, or which is presented toward a certain direction; one of the bounding planes of a solid; as, a cube has six faces. 3. (Mach.) (a) The principal dressed surface of a plate, disk, or pulley; the principal flat surface of a part or object. (b) That part of the acting surface of a cog in a cog wheel, which projects beyond the pitch line. (c) The width of a pulley, or the length of a cog from end to end; as, a pulley or cog wheel of ten inches face. 4. (Print.) (a) The upper surface, or the character upon the surface, of a type, plate, etc. (b) The style or cut of a type or font of type. 5. Outside appearance; surface show; look; external aspect, whether natural, assumed, or acquired. To set a face upon their own malignant design. --Milton. This would produce a new face of things in Europe. --Addison. We wear a face of joy, because We have been glad of yore. --Wordsworth. 6. That part of the head, esp. of man, in which the eyes, cheeks, nose, and mouth are situated; visage; countenance. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread. --Gen. iii. 19. 7. Cast of features; expression of countenance; look; air; appearance. We set the best faceon it we could. --Dryden. 8. (Astrol.) Ten degrees in extent of a sign of the zodiac. --Chaucer. 9. Maintenance of the countenance free from abashment or confusion; confidence; boldness; shamelessness; effrontery. This is the man that has the face to charge others with false citations. --Tillotson. 10. Presence; sight; front; as in the phrases, before the face of, in the immediate presence of; in the face of, before, in, or against the front of; as, to fly in the face of danger; to the face of, directly to; from the face of, from the presence of. 11. Mode of regard, whether favorable or unfavorable; favor or anger; mostly in Scriptural phrases. The Lord make his face to shine upon thee. --Num. vi. 25. My face [favor] will I turn also from them. --Ezek. vii. 22. 12. (Mining) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done. 13. (Com.) The exact amount expressed on a bill, note, bond, or other mercantile paper, without any addition for interest or reduction for discount. --McElrath. Note: Face is used either adjectively or as part of a compound; as, face guard or face-guard; face cloth; face plan or face-plan; face hammer. Face ague (Med.), a form of neuralgia, characterized by acute lancinating pains returning at intervals, and by twinges in certain parts of the face, producing convulsive twitches in the corresponding muscles; -- called also tic douloureux. Face card, one of a pack of playing cards on which a human face is represented; the king, queen, or jack. Face cloth, a cloth laid over the face of a corpse. Face guard, a mask with windows for the eyes, worn by workman exposed to great heat, or to flying particles of metal, stone, etc., as in glass works, foundries, etc. Face hammer, a hammer having a flat face. Face joint (Arch.), a joint in the face of a wall or other structure. Face mite (Zo["o]ll.), a small, elongated mite (Demdex folliculorum), parasitic in the hair follicles of the face. Face mold, the templet or pattern by which carpenters, ect., outline the forms which are to be cut out from boards, sheet metal, ect. Face plate. (a) (Turning) A plate attached to the spindle of a lathe, to which the work to be turned may be attached. (b) A covering plate for an object, to receive wear or shock. (c) A true plane for testing a dressed surface. --Knight. Face wheel. (Mach.) (a) A crown wheel. (b) A Wheel whose disk face is adapted for grinding and polishing; a lap. Cylinder face (Steam Engine), the flat part of a steam cylinder on which a slide valve moves. Face of an anvil, its flat upper surface. Face of a bastion (Fort.), the part between the salient and the shoulder angle. Face of coal (Mining), the principal cleavage plane, at right angles to the stratification. Face of a gun, the surface of metal at the muzzle. Face of a place (Fort.), the front comprehended between the flanked angles of two neighboring bastions. --Wilhelm. Face of a square (Mil.), one of the sides of a battalion when formed in a square. Face of awatch, clock, compass, card etc., the dial or graduated surface on which a pointer indicates the time of day, point of the compass, etc. Face to face. (a) In the presence of each other; as, to bring the accuser and the accused face to face. (b) Without the interposition of any body or substance. "Now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face." 1 --Cor. xiii. 12. (c) With the faces or finished surfaces turned inward or toward one another; vis [`a] vis; -- opposed to back to back. To fly in the face of, to defy; to brave; to withstand. To make a face, to distort the countenance; to make a grimace. --Shak.
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