watch
IPA: wˈɑtʃ
noun
- A portable or wearable timepiece.
- The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
- A particular time period when guarding is kept.
- 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.
- A person or group of people who guard.
- The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
- (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
- (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).
- The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
verb
- (transitive, intransitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
- (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
- (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
- (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
- (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
- (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
- (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
- (intransitive) To act as a lookout.
- (nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.
- (transitive, obsolete) To be on the lookout for; to wait for expectantly.
Examples of "watch" in Sentences
- They watched the movie together.
- We watch the movie in the class.
- We watch the movie The Corporation in the class.
- Please watch the making of the movie from the DVD.
- If you dont know the term watch the movie speechless.
- Same looking watches are juxtaposed in the show window.
- These programs include watching the movies and concerts.
- Students watch a movie in the gym instead of exercising.
- They bought the chips and ate it while they watched a movie.
- He's probably been chortling as he watched the comedy movie.
- The movie is misguide the people who have just watch the film.
- In the Lost world, a watch is almost useless, and the calendar strictly a suggestion.
- Other friend, seeing the watch for the first time, sans time display: "* knocks on watch*
- Do you really think that simply being in possession of this watch is the reason they are at Guantanamo?
- If a watch, it can be said, "Your friends are growing a little suspicious of you, and, after due deliberation, they have determined to a place _a watch_ upon you."
- In a man-of-war, and in some merchantmen, this alternation of watches is kept up throughout the twenty-four hours; but our ship, like most merchantmen, had all hands from twelve oclock till dark, except in bad weather, when we had watch and watch.
- ~ where got real ... already said its fictional, how can be real. haben watch and dun intend to watch~ its NOT as great as its hyped while it can be some sort of a transition fun if theres nothing much else keen to go for at the moment or simply out of personal interest
- -- _A Narrative, etc. _, by W. Bligh, 1790, pp. 23, 24.] {100} [121] [ "[As] our lodgings were very miserable and confined, I had only in my power to remedy the latter defect, by putting ourselves _at watch and watch_; so that _one half_ always sat up, while the other half
- When a spy was sent from Ghadames to watch the Shânbah and their approaches round the country, on the eve of my departure from that place, people went up a ruined tower, situated on a high ground, and apparently built specially for the purpose, _to watch_ the return of the spy.
- It is probable that the term watch was given to each of these divisions, from the practice of placing sentinels around the camp in time of war, or in cities, to watch or guard the camp or city, and that they were at first relieved three times in the night, but under the Romans four times.