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2 dictionary results for: watching

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watch   (wŏch) Pronunciation Key
v.   watched, watch·ing, watch·es

v.   intr.

To look or observe attentively or carefully; be closely observant: watching for trail markers.
To look and wait expectantly or in anticipation: watch for an opportunity.
To act as a spectator; look on: stood by the road and watched.
To stay awake at night while serving as a guard, sentinel, or watcher.
To stay alert as a devotional or religious exercise; keep vigil.

v. tr.

To look at steadily; observe carefully or continuously: watch a parade.
To keep a watchful eye on; guard: watched the prisoner all day.
To observe the course of mentally; keep up on or informed about: watch the price of gold.
To tend (a flock, for example). See Synonyms at tend².

The act or process of keeping awake or mentally alert, especially for the purpose of guarding.
1. The act of observing closely or the condition of being closely observed; surveillance.
2. A period of close observation, often in order to discover something: a watch during the child's illness.
3. Any of the periods of time, usually four hours, into which the day aboard ship is divided and during which a part of the crew is assigned to duty.
4. The members of a ship's crew on duty during a specific watch.
5. A chronometer on a ship.
6. A period of wakefulness, especially one observed as a religious vigil.
7. A funeral wake.
A person or group of people serving, especially at night, to guard or protect.
The post or period of duty of a guard, sentinel, or watcher.
Any of the periods into which the night is divided; a part of the night.
Nautical
1. Any of the periods of time, usually four hours, into which the day aboard ship is divided and during which a part of the crew is assigned to duty.
2. The members of a ship's crew on duty during a specific watch.
3. A chronometer on a ship.
4. A period of wakefulness, especially one observed as a religious vigil.
5. A funeral wake.
1. A period of wakefulness, especially one observed as a religious vigil.
2. A funeral wake.
A small portable timepiece, especially one worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket.
A flock of nightingales. See Synonyms at flock¹.

Phrasal Verb(s):
watch out
To be careful or on the alert; take care.
watch over
To be in charge of; superintend.

Idiom(s):
watch it
To be careful: had to watch it when I stepped onto the ice.

Idiom(s):
watch (one's) step

To act or proceed with care and caution.
To behave as is demanded, required, or appropriate.

[Middle English wacchen, from Old English wæccan, to watch, be awake; see weg- in Indo-European roots.]

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