Definition of watch

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Watch (v. i.) 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..

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Round :: Round (n.) A course ending where it began; a circuit; a beat; especially, one freguently or regulary traversed; also, the act of traversing a circuit; as, a watchman's round; the rounds of the postman..
Keep :: Keep (v. i.) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
Roundhouse :: Roundhouse (n.) A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house..
Aware :: Aware (a.) Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.
Timepiece :: Timepiece (n.) A clock, watch, or other instrument, to measure or show the progress of time; a chronometer..
Tidewaiter :: Tidewaiter (n.) A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties..
Eye :: Eye (v. t.) To fix the eye on; to look on; to view; to observe; particularly, to observe or watch narrowly, or with fixed attention; to hold in view..
Brequet Chain :: Brequet chain () A watch-guard.
Await :: Await (v. i.) To watch.
Bivouac :: Bivouac (v. i.) To watch at night or be on guard, as a whole army..
Ward :: Ward (n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time..
Vigilance :: Vigilance (n.) Watchfulness in respect of danger; care; caution; circumspection.
Scape-wheel :: Scape-wheel (n.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.
Mechanism :: Mechanism (n.) The arrangement or relation of the parts of a machine; the parts of a machine, taken collectively; the arrangement or relation of the parts of anything as adapted to produce an effect; as, the mechanism of a watch; the mechanism of a sewing machine; the mechanism of a seed pod..
Tout :: Tout (n.) One who secretly watches race horses which are in course of training, to get information about their capabilities, for use in betting..
Bivouac :: Bivouac (n.) The watch of a whole army by night, when in danger of surprise or attack..
Pledge :: Pledge (n.) To deposit, as a chattel, in pledge or pawn; to leave in possession of another as security; as, to pledge one's watch..
Long :: Long (superl.) Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching..
Insidious :: Insidious (a.) Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe..
Vigilant :: Vigilant (a.) Attentive to discover and avoid danger, or to provide for safety; wakeful; watchful; circumspect; wary..
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