Meaning of watch | Babel Free

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1. A portable or wearable timepiece.
2. fourth
3. To be careful or on the alert; take care.
4. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
5. To be in charge of; superintend.
6. fourth, quarter (one of four equal divisions of a whole) quarter-hour (one of four equal divisions of an hour) watch (one of the four approximately equal divisions of the night, especially for shifts of watchmen) watch (one of the four equal divisions of soldiers, guards, police, &c. for routine patrols) English or American quart (a unit of liquid measure equal to ⁄4 galón, equivalent to about 0.95 L) cuarto, quarter-sack (a traditional unit of dry measure equal to ⁄4 saco, equivalent to about 27.8 L) quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of quadrapeds and birds) quarter (one of the four main divisions of the body of criminals for public display)
7. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
8. To be careful: had to watch it when I stepped onto the ice.
9. quarter-hour (one of four equal divisions of an hour)
10. 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.
11. To be careful:beware, look out, mind.
12. watch (one of the four approximately equal divisions of the night, especially for shifts of watchmen)
13. A person or group of people who guard.
14. To direct and watch over the work and performance of others:boss, overlook, oversee, superintend, supervise.
15. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
16. kyker, wagter ساهِر ليلا، حارِس наблюдател vigia pozorovatel, -ka, divák, -čka der/die Wächter(in) iagttager θεατήςobservador, espectador valvaja ناظر valvoja observateur/-trice צופה पहरेदार promatrač virrasztó; (meg)figyelő penjaga áhorfandi osservatore, osservatrice 見張人 경비원 stebėtojas, sargas sargs pemerhati wachteriakttakerstróż, obserwator vigia observator наблюдатель pozorovateľ, -ka; divák opazovalec osmatrač bevakare, iakttagare, vakt องครักษ์; ผู้พิทักษ์ gözlemci 看守者 сторож, вартовий ...
17. A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty: starboard watch, port watch.
18. alert and cautious. watchful eyes; If you are watchful you will not be robbed. behoedsaam يَقِظ، مُحْتَرِس наблюдателен vigilante bdělý wachsam agtpågiven άγρυπνος, προσεκτικόςvigilante, atento tähelepanelik هشيار valpas vigilantערני चौकस pozoran óvatos waspada aðgætinn vigile, vigilante 用心深い 조심하는 akylas modrs; piesardzīgs berjaga-jaga, berhati-hati oplettendpåpasselig, forsiktig baczny, czujny vigilante vigilent внимательный; бдительный bdelý, ostražitý pazljiv oprezan vaksam ซึ่งเฝ้ามองอย่า...
19. 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).
20. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
21. behoedsaam باحْتِراس، بِيَقْظَه наблюдателно com vigilância ostražitě wachsam agtpågivent προσεκτικάvigilantemente, con atención tähelepanelikult هشيارانه valppaasti avec vigilance בְּעֶרָנוּת चौकसी के साथ pozorno óvatosan dengan waspada með aðgætni con vigilanza 用心深く 조심스럽게 akylai modri; piesardzīgi dengan berjaga-jaga, berhati-hati oplettendpåpasselig, årvåkentbacznie com vigilância cu atenţie; vigilent внимательно; бдительно ostražito pazljivo oprezno vaksamt โดยเฝ้ามองอย่างะมัดระวัง dikkat...
22. behoedsaamheid إحْتِراس، يَقْظَه наблюдателност vigilância bdělost die Wachsamkeit agtpågivenhed προσοχή, επαγρύπνησηvigilancia tähelepanelikkus هشياري valppaus vigilanceערנות चौकन्नापन pažljivost, oprez, budnost éberség, óvatosság kewaspadaan aðgætni vigilanza 用心深いこと 조심함 akylumas modrība; piesardzība sifat berjaga-jaga, sifat berhati-hati oplettendheidpåpasselighet, årvåkenhetczujnośćvigilância vigilenţă внимательность; бдительность bdelosť pazljivost opreznost vaksamhet การเฝ้ามองอย่างะมัดร...
23. a dog which guards someone's property etc. We leave a watchdog in our office at night to scare away thieves. waghond كَلْب الحِراسَه куче пазач cão de guarda hlídací pes der Wachhund vagthund μαντρόσκυλο perro guardián valvekoer سگ نگهبان vahtikoira chien de garde כֶּלֶב שְׁמִירָה रखवाली करने वाला कुत्ता pas čuvar házőrző kutya anjing penjaga varðhundur cane da guardia 番犬 감시견 sarginis šuo sargsuns anjing pengawal, pemerhati, pengawas waakhondvakthund pies-stróż cão de guarda câine de pază сто...
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Examples

“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.”

“Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.”

“shepherds keeping watch by night”

“All the long night their mournful watch they keep.”

“The second watch of the night began at midnight.”

“I did stand my watch upon the hill.”

“Might we but hear […] Or whistle from the lodge, or village cock Count the night watches to his feathery dames.”

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“In the evening a tremendous thunder storm, accompanied by wind and rain. It is my watch and I find it a terrible time to act as sentry.”

“The watch stopped the travelers at the city gates.”

“Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch; go your way, make it as sure as ye can.”

“He upbraids Iago, that he made him Brave me upon the watch.”

“A quick watch of Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange sends this reality home fast. Amoral, vacuous, cold-blooded, unsympathetic, and chillingly evil describe only parts of the story.”

“The first third of the film is laugh after laugh; […] But half an hour in and this movie gets unnervingly dark and is an uncomfortable watch at times.”

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