Definition of watch

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Watch (v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.

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Watch :: Watch (v. i.) To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to keep vigil.
Watch :: Watch (v. i.) The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept..
Watchman :: Watchman (n.) One set to watch; a person who keeps guard; a guard; a sentinel.
Locket :: Locket (n.) A little case for holding a miniature or lock of hair, usually suspended from a necklace or watch chain..
Care :: Care (n.) Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care..
Watchhouse :: Watchhouse (n.) A place where persons under temporary arrest by the police of a city are kept; a police station; a lockup.
Await :: Await (v. i.) To watch.
Deathwatch :: Deathwatch (n.) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death..
Charm :: Charm (n.) Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain..
Idler :: Idler (n.) One who has constant day duties on board ship, and keeps no regular watch..
Vigil :: Vigil (v. i.) Abstinence from sleep, whether at a time when sleep is customary or not; the act of keeping awake, or the state of being awake, or the state of being awake; sleeplessness; wakefulness; watch..
Oversee :: Oversee (v. t.) To superintend; to watch over; to direct; to look or see after; to overlook.
Minder :: Minder (n.) One who minds, tends, or watches something, as a child, a machine, or cattle; as, a minder of a loom..
Preside :: Preside (v. i.) To exercise superintendence; to watch over.
Train :: Train (v.) The number of beats of a watch in any certain time.
Catch :: Catch (n.) The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch..
Nayword :: Nayword (n.) A byword; a proverb; also, a watchword..
Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A noise like that made by a clock or a watch.
Guardful :: Guardful (a.) Cautions; wary; watchful.
Garret :: Garret (n.) A turret; a watchtower.
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