Definition of Watch

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Definition of Watch

Watch

The act of watching; forbearance of sleep; vigil; wakeful, vigilant, or constantly observant attention; close observation; guard; preservative or preventive vigilance; formerly, a watching or guarding by night.

One who watches, or those who watch; a watchman, or a body of watchmen; a sentry; a guard.

The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.

The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard; the time from the placing of a sentinel till his relief; hence, a division of the night.

A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring.

An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch.

That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch.

To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.

To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.

To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to seek opportunity.

To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a man in a fever.

To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.

To give heed to; to observe the actions or motions of, for any purpose; to keep in view; not to lose from sight and observation; as, to watch the progress of a bill in the legislature.

To tend; to guard; to have in keeping.

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Watch Quotations

It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.
Stephen Covey

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.
Norman Vincent Peale

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.
John F. Kennedy

Either he's dead or my watch has stopped.
Groucho Marx

I'm the type who'd be happy not going anywhere as long as I was sure I knew exactly what was happening at the places I wasn't going to. I'm the type who'd like to sit home and watch every party that I'm invited to on a monitor in my bedroom.
Andy Warhol

He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike.
William Shakespeare

The few who do are the envy of the many who only watch.
Jim Rohn

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
Will Rogers

Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
George S. Patton

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
Bob Hope

Watch Translations

watch in Afrikaans is polshorlosie, horlosie, armhorlosie
watch in Danish is ur
watch in Dutch is horloge, polshorloge
watch in Finnish is kello
watch in French is horloge, montre, bracelet montre
watch in German is aufpassen, beobachten, sehe/siehst, bewachen, Uhr
watch in Italian is orologio, sorvegliare
watch in Latin is vigilo, specto
watch in Spanish is prestar atencion, reloj, reloh, guardar
watch in Swedish is klocka, vaka, vakt, valla, iakttar, fickur, ur

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